I’ve launched a new D&D forum in the form of a text-based roleplay. Today I’m actively moving my users from the old forum to the new one. I already have an update plan for the next six months. Welcome to QuestPost!
Using the Pages extension, I wrote a nicely formatted set of rules that looks good in both dark and light themes.
I also created a discussion where I talked in detail about my old project — my very first experience with Flarum. In the screenshot, you can see small part of badges and profile frame that were drawn specifically for the project.
So that users know about upcoming updates, I also created a discussion with the project’s roadmap.
My recommendations for forum creators
I’ve been actively working with Flarum for a year and a half now, have seen more than 50 forums, and have tried all sorts of extensions.
1. You don’t need many widgets. If your forum has fewer than 50 messages per day, you don’t need hot discussions or news widgets. Seriously — the same information will just keep rotating there. All it will do is take up valuable space. Flarum is light as a feather — keep it that way 🪶
2. Don’t install extensions with the mindset of «maybe I’ll need it someday». You won’t. Clearly define your audience and goals, and only then choose from the large list of available extensions. I wrote my own extensions specifically for my project 👀
3. Unique content is more important than SEO. Focus on quality first, not on promotion — and your community will come naturally 🧡
What’s Next
I’m continuing work on an all-in-one achievements and badges extension for Flarum 2.x. I’m really looking forward to an update of the language pack or at least Linguist, because the forum is in English right now. I’m also planning to create an extension for GIF avatars and profile frames — also for 2.x.
Important
I know Flarum well enough to rebuild or update it myself. If you have little experience administering forums, wait for the stable release of Flarum 2.x — by that time, our favorite platform will be even better
