Flatboard 5.7.2 "BEACON" — what changed since 5.6.0 "BASTION" Three weeks and about a dozen point releases. This note collects everything between BASTION (5.6.0) and the current 5.7.2, grouped by what it does for you rather than which patch it shipped in. The codename fits the work. BASTION closed t…
Hello Flatboard Community! 👋 After months of intensive development, testing, and refinement, I'm thrilled to announce the official release of Flatboard v5 Final! 🚀 This release represents a major milestone in Flatboard's evolution, bringing significant improvements to performance, stability, and use…
Flatboard Community Guidelines & Rules Welcome to the Flatboard community! We’re thrilled to have you here. To ensure a positive and productive experience for everyone, please read and follow these guidelines. 1. Getting Support Support is available for users who help test Flatboard and report i…
Release date: June 6, 2026 Extensibility New upload.image.saved hook — post-process uploaded images from a plugin — Image uploads had no extension point: a plugin could not compress, strip or convert an image as it was saved. UploadService now fires upload.image.saved right after an image is written…
Installing a forum in 2026 is still more complicated than it needs to be. Popular platforms like IPB, phpBB, Flarum, XenForo, and MyBB all require MySQL or MariaDB. That means: Creating a database Setting up users and permissions Running a schema installer Maintaining a database server For many use…
🚀 Changelog — Flatboard 5.3.0 — Lighthouse Release date: March 19, 2026 Highlights FlatHome joins Flatboard Pro — FlatHome replaces EasyPages in the Pro plugin pack. It is a full CMS, homepage, and blog system that transforms any Flatboard forum into a complete web platform. EasyPages users can migr…
Until now, Flatboard offered three display modes: light, dark, or system. Handy, but not exactly exciting. From now on, you can pick from several full interface themes — not just a background color, but a completely different visual style. Head to: Profile > Preferences > Interface Theme. 🖥️ A…
🚀 Changelog — Flatboard 5.2.0 Release date: March 7, 2026 Added Analytics — visit tracking system (app/Services/AnalyticsService::recordVisit(), app/Middleware/VisitorTrackingMiddleware.php) — Daily visit and unique-visitor counts are now recorded persistently in stockage/visit_log.json. Unique visi…
Hey everyone! After 10 months of development, I'm thrilled to announce that the first Release Candidate (RC) of Flatboard is now available! You can finally test it on your own servers. I want to give a huge thank you to all the users who provided feedback throughout this journey. Your input has been…
Flatboard Changelog Welcome to the official Flatboard Changelog 👋 All updates, improvements, bug fixes, and changes related to Flatboard will be published here. 📌 Important Notes All changelogs will be written in English Updates will be posted in Markdown format Each release will include clear detai…
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