We’re excited to announce that CjForum v6 Beta is now available! After months of hard work, we’ve rebuilt CjForum from the ground up to give you a faster, smoother, and more beautiful forum experience.
A New Era of Forum Excellence
CjForum v6 represents more than just an update, it’s a fundamental rethinking of what forum software should be in 2025. Built from the ground up with a singular vision: to create an experience so polished, so seamless, and so elegant that it feels premium from the first interaction.
What’s New in Version 6?
⚡ Lightning-Fast Performance
CjForum v6 uses modern technology (React 18 and TailwindCSS) to load pages incredibly fast. You’ll notice:
- Pages load in under 2.5 seconds
- Instant navigation between topics
- Smooth scrolling through long discussions
- No more waiting for pages to refresh
🎨 Beautiful New Design
We’ve redesigned everything with a clean, professional look:
- Modern interface that looks great on any device
- Dark mode for comfortable nighttime browsing
- Clear, easy-to-read text and spacing
- Professional icons instead of emoji
- Responsive design that works perfectly on phones, tablets, and desktops
🔍 Smart Search
Find what you’re looking for quickly:
- Search for topics, posts, or users
- Get instant suggestions as you type
- Filter results by category
- See both topics and categories in search results
✍️ Better Topic Creation
Creating and replying to topics is now easier:
- Rich text editor with formatting tools
- Markdown support for quick formatting
- Add images with drag-and-drop
- Attach files up to 5MB
- Add tags to help others find your posts
- Live preview of how your post will look
👥 Enhanced User Profiles
Every user gets a detailed profile showing:
- Total posts and reputation score
- Days active in the community
- Topics started
- Recent activity
- Member badges and achievements
- and more
📊 Powerful Admin Dashboard
For forum administrators, we’ve added:
- Activity trends showing daily forum usage
- Top contributors leaderboard
- Trending content this week
- System health monitoring
- Real-time statistics on users and posts
- and more
🎯 Smart Layout Customizer
Customize your forum layout without coding:
- Drag-and-drop page builder
- Pre-built blocks for common features
- Multiple blocks to choose from
- Live preview of changes
- Mobile-responsive automatically
💬 Better Discussions
Improved topic pages make conversations easier:
- Threaded replies to organize discussions
- Topic statistics (views, replies, likes)
- Quick actions for common tasks
- Topic author info always visible
- Related topics suggestions
📱 Mobile-First Design
Everything works beautifully on mobile devices:
- Touch-optimized controls
- Fast loading on slow connections
- Easy navigation with one hand
- Readable text without zooming
- All features are available on mobile
Key Features at a Glance
✅ Category Management – Organize topics into categories with beautiful grid or list views
✅ Advanced Search – Find anything with smart autocomplete and filtering
✅ Real-time Updates – See new posts and notifications instantly
✅ User Reputation – Reward active members with points and badges
✅ Security First – Built-in protection against spam and attacks
✅ SEO Optimized – Help search engines find your content
✅ Multilingual Ready – Easy translation to any language
✅ Theme Support – Switch between light and dark modes
Who Should Try CjForum v6 Beta?
This beta release is perfect for:
- New communities starting a forum from scratch
- Existing CjForum users who want to test the new version
- Developers interested in modern Joomla extensions
- Administrators looking for better forum management tools
As a beta release, this is not meant for your production workloads, please use with caution.
Try It Today
CjForum v6 Beta is available for download now. We’d love to hear your feedback as we work toward the final release.
How to Get Started
- Download CjForum v6 Beta
- Install it on your Joomla 5/6 site
- Start building your community!
Migration from Older Versions
The migration is automatically taken care by the installer.
We Need Your Feedback
As a beta release, we’re looking for your input:
- What features do you love?
- What could be better?
- Did you find any bugs?
- What features are you missing?
Your feedback will help us make CjForum v6 even better before the official release.
Get CjForum v6 Beta
Ready to upgrade your community forum? The beta is available for everyone to test before the official release. Get it below.