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Gazette is now available in the marketplace.

Gazette is an editorial theme that reads like a newspaper: a centred masthead with a date line and tagline, serif headlines, and your latest discussions set as the lead story at the top of the forum index. It suits news sites, magazines and communities that publish as much as they discuss.DEMOWhat you get- A centred masthead with a date line, "The community journal" and a framed account menu, abov...

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Forma Modern Nostalgic is now available in the marketplace.

Forma Modern Nostalgic gives Forma's clean layout a glossy charcoal menu bar, a framed page, gold buttons and a dark column strip on forum categories. It suits communities that want modern clarity with a nod to classic forums.DEMOWhat you get- A slim top line, a blue header with arcs and a framed account panel.- A glossy charcoal menu bar that sits on the page frame, with a rounded search field.-...

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Forma Modern Heritage is now available in the marketplace.

Forma Modern Heritage dresses Forma in a deep navy header, a framed page sheet and a dark navy menu bar. It suits serious, established communities that want a refined look.DEMOWhat you get- A slim top line and a deep navy header with soft rings behind the account panel.- A dark navy menu bar with tall tabs and a dark search field.- Forum categories as cards with large titles, inside a framed page...

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Forma Modern is now available in the marketplace.

Forma Modern 2026 is a clean, rounded theme with a bright blue header, a floating white menu card and a search field that is always in view. It suits any community that wants a modern, uncluttered look.DEMOWhat you get- A blue header with the Forma brand mark, a tagline and the account links.- A floating white menu card with the light/dark switch, the Customize button and a search field.- Forum li...

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Encore is now available in the marketplace.

Encore is a nostalgic theme with a striped header, a charcoal navigation ribbon with folded ends and silver category headers. It suits communities that like a little early-2000s character with a clean, modern finish.DEMOWhat you get- A striped header with the "encore." wordmark, a tagline and a short italic welcome message.- A charcoal navigation ribbon with folded ends, a home button and an under...

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Deskspace is now available in the marketplace.

Deskspace is a warm, hand-made theme: a cork board header with stationery, a paper panel with an inlaid blue navigation bar and a taped note pinned on the forum index. It suits creative communities, hobby groups and anyone who likes a cozy desk.DEMOWhat you get- A cork board header with the handwritten "Deskspace." wordmark, a tagline and a stationery illustration, with your account menu on a smal...

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Broadcast is now available in the marketplace.

Broadcast is a modern community theme. A navy header and a large welcome section open the forum index, and clean, card-style forum lists follow below. It suits a discussion community that wants a calm, contemporary look with a bit of presence on the front page.DEMOWhat you get- A one-row navy header with your logo, the menu and a framed account menu.- A large welcome section with a signal illustra...

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Aurora V2 is now available in the marketplace.

Aurora is a violet-to-teal community theme. An aurora masthead with fine ribbon artwork opens every page, a charcoal navigation bar floats over it, and the forum categories carry matching ribbons. It suits any community that wants a calm, modern look with a little colour.DEMOWhat you get- An aurora masthead with your logo, a tagline and a "What's new" link, or a compact header.- A floating charcoa...

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When adding a moderator to your team, do you just add them and turn them loose?

Or do you offer some kind of moderator guide or training?

Do you think moderators would do better and stick around if they have a training program or guide to work with?

How welcoming are your members to newbies? Do they say hello or welcome in the newcomer’s welcome thread? Do they reach out on their profiles to say Greetings or something else? Or do they mostly stick to talking to the people they know on the forum?

Do you conduct post exchanges with other forums?

How serious do you conduct them? Do you try to remain on topic or go straight to the off topic section?

How would you rate the quality of most post exchanges these days?

How many staff titles and positions do you offer on your forum?

Just administrators and moderators, or maybe just moderators?

Or do you have other titles and positions available?

Have you ever had an incident involving a staff member on the forum that resulted in your having to ban said staff member?

If so, tell us about the situation if you can.

When you think of promotion for your forum, what comes to mind?

What do you all think about this idea?

Let’s say you make a forum for Halloween or Christmas discussions.

However, the month of October (or December) is the only time the forum is open.

After that, you shut the forum down until the next holiday next year.

Seems odd, but do you think it’s enough to make people want to join in so they can converse for the month before it’s too late?

Scarcity marketing if you will.

What has been the biggest mistake you’ve ever made concerning forums?

How did you overcome the mistake and what did you learn from it?

How do you feel about rules on a forum?

Should there be a lot of rules or is too many a good way to run people off?

What rules should every forum have no matter what and why?

One thing I try to do on the sites I own or am on staff at is to post unique content based on my own experience. I think it gets people to respond better with more sincere conversation than saying what their favorite browser is. Engagement could bring them back again to the site to continue posting, whereas having the same content that everyone else has doesn’t give your site anything new or different to lure them in.

Do you find that to be true too? What kinds of experiences do you post about that gains traction?

Issue: Custom pages created through the admin panel do not display their page titles in the browser tab.

Description:

When creating a custom page through the ForumSpark admin panel, the page title does not appear in the browser tab. Instead, the browser tab only displays the forum name, regardless of which custom page is being viewed.

Examples from Spark Promotion:

• https://sparkpromotion.net/pages/about-spark-promotion

• https://sparkpromotion.net/pages/faq

• https://sparkpromotion.net/pages/rules

For all three pages, the browser tab displays only Spark Promotion, rather than including the individual page title.

Expected Behaviour:

The browser tab should display the page title followed by the forum name, for example:

• About Spark Promotion | Spark Promotion

• FAQ | Spark Promotion

• Rules | Spark Promotion

Ideally, the page title should be automatically included in the HTML <title> tag for each custom page, improving browser tab identification, usability, and SEO.

Actual Behaviour:

Only the forum name is displayed in the browser tab, with no indication of which custom page the visitor is viewing.

Request:

Could this be investigated and fixed so that custom pages created through the admin panel automatically use their individual page titles in the browser's title tag?

Thanks!

I’d like to suggest an option to allow custom emoticons appear in the Emoji section of the editor with the default Emojis, instead of only having the separate picker. I think it’s possibly confusing to someone who doesn’t realize there is two sections for Emojis.

As an online community operator, do you try to extend your knowledge about cybersecurity more?

Just as social media platforms, in reality, we’re responsible for the protection of member data. Cybersecurity is a we concern not just a platform developer’s concern.

Is this something you try to learn about? Tell us about your journey in cybersecurity.

Forum: Spark Promotion — https://sparkpromotion.net/

Description

I've enabled the relevant settings in the ForumSpark credits system, but SparkCoins balances aren't showing in member profiles or post mini profiles on Spark Promotion.

The following settings are enabled:

• Show in mini profile — Display the credit balance in post mini profiles.

• Show in profile — Display the credit balance on member profiles.

• Show leaderboard — Show the top-earners widget and page.

Despite enabling these options, the SparkCoins balances aren't appearing where expected.

Expected Behaviour

Members should be able to see their SparkCoins balances in their post mini profiles and full profiles when the relevant settings are enabled.

Actual Behaviour

The balances aren't displaying, even though the settings are enabled.

Could someone investigate whether this is a bug or if an additional configuration step is required?

Thanks!

On 21 October 2026, the PHP project released fixes for two critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) affecting PHP installations worldwide.

We acted on the advisory as soon as we could. A temporary protective measure was in place while we waited for the official patches, and all ForumSpark servers were updated to the patched PHP versions as soon as they became available.

No action is needed from board owners or members. Your forums remain online and work as usual.

If you have any questions, contact our support team.

Suggestion

It would be great to have an administrator-only reset option for the ForumSpark credits system.

I had the credits system disabled on my forum, Spark Promotion, for a while and recently enabled it again. However, the old SparkCoins balances were still there. I would have liked the option to start everyone fresh with a zero balance.

Suggested Features

• Add a Reset Credits button in the administrator settings.

• Allow administrators to reset all members' credit balances to zero.

• Include a confirmation prompt to prevent accidental resets.

• If possible, provide options to reset the leaderboard and transaction history as well.

Why This Would Be Useful

This would be particularly helpful for forums restarting their rewards programmes, launching a new credits-based competition, or simply wanting to give everyone a fresh start.

The reset should be optional and restricted to administrators so existing balances aren't accidentally lost.

Thanks for considering this suggestion!

My co-admin let me know that when he got a notification through the club system they get an error when they click the notification.