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Looking to create a community for your Outseta userbase? Well, in 2025 it is now possible to do so with Webflow, instead of: 1) directing users outside of your website to a community platform with cookie cutter design; or 2) spending hours creating a half-baked solution while piecing together Webflow and Outseta with other nocode tools using Make or Zapier. With solutions like Supersparks and their forum template, you can transform your existing Outseta membership site into a thriving community hub in minutes, not weeks, without writing a single line of code.
Why Outseta Sites Are Building Communities In Webflow In 2025
In an age dominated by AI-generated content and social media algorithms, adding a forum to your Outseta site offers unique advantages:
- SEO Benefits: User-generated content from your members is powerful for organic growth and favored by Google's recent updates that prioritize real user experiences
- Business Growth: Leverage Outseta's all-in-one CRM, payment, and authentication tools alongside community features to create a cohesive customer experience
- Member Retention: Your subscribers develop stronger bonds with your brand and each other than on scattered social platforms, reducing churn and increasing lifetime value
- Searchable Knowledge: Member discussions create valuable, indexable knowledge bases that enhance your site's value proposition
- Focused Engagement: Connect directly with your most dedicated customers where they're already managing their accounts
Introducing the Supersparks Forum Solution for Outseta
Supersparks offers an out-of-the-box forum solution that integrates seamlessly with your existing Outseta and Webflow setup, giving you complete design control while handling all technical complexities. Since your members already have accounts through Outseta, they can start participating immediately without creating new profiles or learning another platform. This allows you to keep your entire member experience under one roof, instead of directing users to another 3rd party platform that doesn't match your Webflow site's design.
Please note, the types of communities you can build is not just limited to forums. For example, you can build a job board, or social reviews site (like a Goodreads or Letterboxd) using our reviews feature, and much more.
Supersparks Key Features
- Modern Design: Long gone are the days of generic bulletin boards - this solution allows you to start from a template with modern design with a more social feel.
- Webflow Designer Integration: Customize every visual element through Webflow's drag and drop editor.
- CMS & SEO: Leverage Webflow's best-in-class technical SEO to increase the likelihood of your user generated content ranking higher
- Topic Management: Allow users to post into different groups/topics via Webflow reference fields
- Rich Text Editor: Support for formatting, links, and inline images
- Comments: Enable threaded conversations for better discussion flow
- Member Profiles: Public user pages showcasing activity and contributions
- Reputation Systems: Upvoting to identify valuable content
- Notification System: Alert users to responses and mentions
Tools Required
This solution works through the following setup:
- Webflow as the website builder & CMS
- Outseta for memberships & authentication
- Supersparks for enabling user generated content and the aforementioned community features
This stack will cost just under $100 a month, but what you get is a fully customizable forum website in a matter of minutes. Plus, this stack will allow you to monetize, grow, and customize your community to your users' unique needs, making it a small price to start a community business.
Getting Started: A Step-by-Step Guide
1. Clone a Template
To get started, we recommend cloning our main forum template from our library to speed up the development and design process. If you don't have a Webflow account, you will need to sign up in order to clone.
2. Sign Up for Supersparks & Choose a Membership Tool
Visit Supersparks' web app and create your account. If you haven't installed Outseta, we recommend doing so before proceeding with the installation process.
3. Authorization
After registration, you'll be redirected to Webflow's app authorization screen. Here you can select the website you just created from the template to connect with Supersparks.
4. Select Your Installation Method
Option A: Create A New Site From Template (Recommended)
- From your Supersparks dashboard, click 'Add Sparks' on your project
- Select 'Start from template' in the top navigation
- Browse available forum templates and select the one that best matches your needs
- Choose the template variation that aligns with your preferred membership tool
Option B: Add to Existing Site
If you would like to implement the forum template to an existing Webflow site, the process varies quite a bit. You will be required to copy and paste over all of the code snippets and components from the template over to your existing Webflow project. We recommend watching this tutorial for a step-by-step guide.
5. Configuration Process
You'll go through these simple steps:
1) Install Type: Choose between new site or existing site integration
2) Membership Tool: Connect with Outseta and configure profile options
3) Feature Confirmation: Review which Supersparks features will be enabled
4) Code Implementation: Copy the code snippet, paste it into your Webflow site header, and publish
6. Configuring Memberships Tool
If you haven't done so already, be sure to install Outseta. Once installed, you can set up additional custom features in the Supersparks editor, such as displaying custom fields with members' content and enabling email notifications for replies. You can also add a wide range of custom membership features to your community, such as content gating and paid subscriptions using Outseta.
7. Testing Your Forum Website
After completing the installation and publishing, you can get started testing out features like content creation and user registration / login through Outseta.
Customizing Your Forum Website
Design Flexibility
Now that your forum website is working, you can get started adapting its design in the Webflow Designer, including:
- Colors, typography, spacing, and borders
- Component layouts and structural elements
- Responsive behavior for all devices
Important: When customizing, avoid removing or renaming classes that begin with 'supersparks-' as these are essential for functionality.
Updating Reference Topics
The forum comes pre-installed with generic reference field topics, which you can adapt. See here to learn more about how to add or adapt topic references.
Go live 🚀
Now that you have customized your community, tested it, and added any additional feature, you can launch your forum. But the journey doesn't end here. Once your community is live, you will need to put in the effort to onboard your audience to your forum website and get users to engage.
Once users start posting, you can moderate all content from the Supersparks dashboard in case users post any inappropriate content to your forum website.
Concierge Service
Don't have time to set up your forum website or learn new nocode tools like Supersparks or Outseta? Supersparks offers a white-glove concierge service that includes:
- Complete installation and custom design
- Outseta integration and category setup
- Training on platform management
- Launch strategy guidance
Contact us to learn more about this hassle-free setup option. Shoot us an email at hello@supersparks.io in case you are interested.
Start Building Your Community Today
Ready to create a forum without the technical headaches? With Supersparks, Outseta, and Webflow, you can launch a beautiful, a fully-featured community platform in record time.
Our tool is free on staging domains in Webflow, so you can take as long as you need to install our tool before publishing to a custom domain. Plus, our 7-day free trial gives you complete access to all features on a custom domain.
