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ForumSpark on Discord
Started by Cedric ·
ForumSpark on Discord
Hi everyone,
We’ve set up a Discord server for ForumSpark. It’s a great place to hang out, chat with others, and share ideas about building and managing your communities. We'll develop the server further as we see fit.
Here’s what you can do on our Discord:
Connect with...
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Release 1.3.2
Started by Cedric ·
Release 1.3.2
Hi everyone,
I've just released ForumSpark 1.3.2. This update includes several CSS fixes and general improvements, along with a few new features.
What's new in this version:
Pages can now use HTML or BBCode as the content format
Added multiple account / alias support
Added seco...
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ForumSpark Hub and Single Sign On!
Started by Cedric ·
ForumSpark Hub and Single Sign On!
Hello, Single Sign-On!
Finding and joining communities just got a whole lot easier. With pride, I present to you: ForumSpark Hub and SSO.
SSO makes perfect sense on a platform like ForumSpark. It allows you to join any community in the network with a single click of a button....
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Release 1.3.1
Started by Cedric ·
Release 1.3.1
Hi everyone!
I've just released the new What’s New page on ForumSpark, a central activity page designed to make it easier to keep up with everything happening across the community.
The page is accessible from the top navigation bar as well as the user menu (newspaper icon). It...
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Released 
Released 🚀
Single Sign-On (SSO)
For those not familiar with Single Sign-On, this means users will be able to create one account and use it across multiple ForumSpark communities - no need to register again and again.
Our goal is simple: make participation easier, smoother, and more connected across the ecosyst...
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ForumSpark Registrations Are Open Again
Started by Cedric ·
ForumSpark Registrations Are Open Again
I’m happy to share that board registrations are officially open again.
ForumSpark will continue supporting community owners who want to build and grow their own forums, and I’m proud to say I’ve taken over the service from Jamie.
First, I want to thank Jamie for the opportunity...
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Release 1.3.0
Started by Cedric ·
Release 1.3.0
Our newest release brings a solid round of improvements to ForumSpark. On the surface, there isn’t a huge amount that changes for you as an admin - but under the hood, this update strengthens the foundation in a big way.
ForumSpark is now in a much stronger position when it come...
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Terms of Service - Updated February 28th 2026
Started by Cedric ·
Terms of Service - Updated February 28th 2026
Hello everyone,
We’ve updated ForumSpark’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Legal Framework.
This update improves clarity, strengthens our content and moderation policies, and better reflects our compliance with current regulations, including GDPR and the UK Online Safety...
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Release 1.2.9
Started by Jamie ·
Release 1.2.9
This release includes several more quality-of-life improvements, such as the ability to toggle between relative and absolute timestamps and a new setting to disable auto-subscription when replying to topics. Key bug fixes include improved filtering in the weekly digest, which now...
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Release 1.2.8
Started by Jamie ·
Release 1.2.8
This release brings several quality-of-life improvements and new features aimed at boosting engagement and ease of use.
Most notably, we've introduced email notifications for watched topics and a new weekly digest to help bring users back into the conversation. You’ll also find...
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Release 1.2.7
Started by Jamie ·
Release 1.2.7
I have been queuing up a few changes and thought it would be good to push these up as the release includes a bunch of quality of life improvements. For the full list of changes please see below:
Features
Add moderation queue badge to ModCP menu
Create default forums with perm...
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Release 1.2.6
Started by Jamie ·
Release 1.2.6
Features
Ability to select a best answer in forums with the feature enabled
Ability to view poll results before voting
BREAKING replace frontend_secret with short lived JWTs for frontend extensions (documentation to follow)
Admin can remove 2FA for user via admin panel
Admin ca...
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A quick update
Started by Jamie ·
A quick update
In the interest of transparency, I wanted to share a quick update on what’s currently in development for ForumSpark. This should give you a good idea of where things are headed and what to expect over the next few versions.
Coming in Release 1.2.6
The next release includes a nu...
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June 10th - 1.2.5 (Hotfix)
Started by Jamie ·
June 10th - 1.2.5 (Hotfix)
1.2.5 is a hotfix release to patch the creation of boards.
It was reported that it was not possible to create a new board due to a 404 error appearing when typing in the board creation form. This was due to a collision in middleware preventing access from the main domain to L...
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June 6th - Release 1.2.4
Started by Jamie ·
June 6th - Release 1.2.4
Features
Admins now have the ability to remove avatars from a user via the admin area
New Merge Topic moderation action
Groups can now be allocated as moderators to forums
Bug Fixes
Timezones are now generated based on environment rather than a hard-coded list
Admin user fo...
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Changelog w/c 14 Apr 2025
Started by Jamie ·
Changelog w/c 14 Apr 2025
Changelog
[1.2.3] - 2025-04-20
Features
Add custom menu management
Filter banned users from board statistics
Bug Fixes
Add missing migration
Tenant default file_storage value
Fix issue where user ranks would not be recalculated during rank deletion
Fix issue where custom p...
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