Forums

The Forums app provides community forum management. Business users can create forum boards, each with a unique slug, and manage them from a single dashboard. Forums support topics and are accessible publicly via their slug.

Key Features

Create forums via an inline dialog with title, slug, and description fields
Topic counts displayed per forum via an aggregated query
Public forum access at /forums/[slug]
Delete forums with inline form actions
Zod validation on both client and server for forum creation

Page Structure

Route	Purpose
`/business/apps/forums`	Forum list with create dialog and delete actions

Data Model Overview

Forum (via Supabase `forums` table)

Unlike most apps that use a separate extension schema, forums query the forums table directly via the Supabase client. Fields include owner_id, title, slug, description, and timestamps.

Forum Topics

Topic counts are fetched via a Supabase aggregate: forum_topics(count) joined to each forum record.

Key Components

Forum list — card rows showing a message-circle icon, forum title, topic count, and creation date. Each row links to the public forum page and includes an inline delete button.
Create forum dialog — a Dialog.Root modal with three fields:
- Title (required, max 200 chars)
- Slug (required, max 200 chars, used for the public URL)
- Description (optional, max 1000 chars)
Delete action — inline <form> with a hidden forum_id input, using SvelteKit form actions with enhance

Notable Integrations

Direct Supabase queries — unlike other apps that use service modules, Forums queries locals.supabase directly in the server load and actions
Form handling: sveltekit-superforms with zod4 adapter for the create form; native enhance for the delete form
Validation: Zod schema defined in both the server file and the client component (duplicated createForumSchema)
Toast notifications: svelte-sonner for success feedback on create and delete operations
Public routes: Forums are viewed at /forums/[slug] (outside the business app)