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Ready-made codes that add buttons, banners, effects and tools to your forum. Install any of them from your admin panel with one click (Admin > Style Manager > Code Library). Every code is checked by CreateAForum before it is listed.

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23 codes
Snowfall
Gentle snow drifts over the forum in the months you choose, with a button visitors can use to switch it off.
by CreateAForum 1 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Collapsible Categories
Visitors can fold away board index categories they don't use; each visitor's choice is remembered.
by CreateAForum 1 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Image Lightbox
Click a picture in a post to see it enlarged over the page. Close it with Esc, the x button or a click.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Copy Code Button
Adds a Copy button to every code block in posts, so members can copy code with one click.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Announcement Bar
Show a message across the top of every page. Visitors can close it, and it comes back when you change the text.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Back to Top Button
A round button appears in the corner after scrolling down; one click glides back to the top of the page.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Google Analytics 4
Adds the standard Google Analytics 4 tracking code to every page. Just paste in your G- Measurement ID.
by CreateAForum 2 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Responsive Video Embeds
Videos embedded in posts fill the post width, keep their shape and shrink to fit phone screens.
by CreateAForum 1 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Guest Welcome Banner
Invite visitors who aren't logged in to join, with a button to your registration page. Members never see it.
by CreateAForum 1 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Search Shortcut
Press the / key anywhere on the forum to jump straight into the search box.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Cookie Notice
A small, dismissible notice at the bottom of the screen telling visitors that the forum uses cookies.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Font Size Switcher
An A- / A / A+ control lets visitors make post text bigger or smaller; their choice is remembered.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Smooth Scroll
Links that jump within a page, like Go Up or a link to one post, glide there smoothly instead of jumping.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
News Ticker
Rotate a list of short messages at the top of every page, one at a time, with pause and next buttons.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Countdown Banner
Count down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to an event at the top of every page. It hides itself afterwards.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Reading Progress Bar
A thin bar along the top of topic pages fills up as visitors scroll, showing how much of the topic is left.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Google Font
Give your forum a fresh look with any font from Google Fonts, plus an optional second font for headings.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Unsaved Post Warning
Warns members before they leave a page with a post or message they have typed but not sent.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Custom Favicon
Use your own icon in browser tabs and on phone home screens. Paste your picture's web address to switch it on.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Custom Scrollbar
Give the forum's scroll bars your own colours, matching your theme in light and dark mode.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
Rounded Avatars
Show members' avatars as neat circles beside posts, in messages and on profiles (CAF 2.0 and Classic).
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 2.0 Classic
Hide Signatures Toggle
Folds signatures in topics and messages behind a small Show signature button, so posts are easier to read.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic
External Links in New Tab
Links in posts that lead to other websites open in a new tab, so visitors don't lose their place on your forum.
by CreateAForum 0 installs Official
CAF 3.0 CAF 2.0 Classic

Codes run on CreateAForum forums using the CAF 3.0, CAF 2.0 or Classic theme. Library guidelines