Pulsr is a DLE 21 template for a community site. Readers write posts themselves, upvote and downvote, argue in the comments and gather in interest communities, and the best stuff rises to the top without an editor. The site looks alive from day one: the feed updates as you watch, the “Site pulse” beats in the sidebar, and authors have profiles, stories and their own year in review.
What readers get
- A voted feed. Hot, Best, Fresh and Following, a ↑ ↓ score on every post, the Best comment right under the card. New posts arrive as a “↑ 5 new posts” bar without reloading, and downvoted posts hide themselves.
- Communities. A catalogue with sections and search, one-click joining, request-only communities, their own rules and moderators. A new community is created on the site in two steps, and friends join by an invite link.
- Stories and notifications. 24-hour stories with replies by private message, follows for people, communities and tags, @mentions and a bell with replies, votes and new followers.
- A profile worth decorating. Several photos and rotating covers, a GIF or short video as the avatar, an author card on hover, a Verified tick, drafts and My posts.
- Year in review. An author’s year as story screens: best post, favourite communities, longest day streak and a picture worth sharing.
- A live sidebar. “Site pulse” with a heartbeat line, trends of the day, “Being discussed”, the poll and video of the day.
- Video and search. A Video page with every clip on the site, and search that finds posts, people, communities and tags in one query.
- For a calmer feed: blurred 18+ posts with age confirmation, a no-politics switch, hidden tags and people.
What the site owner gets
- Moderation. Reports with your own reasons, a moderator queue, Delete, Ban for 7 days or Dismiss in one click, a log and ban appeals.
- Labelled ads. A card in the feed every N posts and a sidebar block marked “Ad · erid”, run dates, views and clicks.
- Statistics. Authors see views, reach and where readers of their post came from, and everyone has My statistics.
- Setup without code. The Pulsr admin has 15 tabs: colours, logo, fonts, menus, sidebar blocks, the look of every category, texts, footer, counters, reactions, About and Help pages. Changes show in a preview before you save.
Light and dark theme, phones
The site is light, the dark theme is one button in the header away, and every reader picks their own. In the admin you can make dark the default or follow the device setting. Desktop gets three columns, phones get a bottom bar with a Write button, and stories and the feed are made for swiping.
Even more with DLEMod modules
The template runs fully on standard DLE features, and Pulsr picks up our modules by itself: DLE Reputation PRO adds karma, ranks and achievements, DLE Message PRO a messenger, DLE Communities PRO communities with bans and on-site management, DLE Quiz PRO quizzes right in the feed, DLE Listen PRO a Listen button on posts.
Every page is styled
Feed, communities, post with a threaded discussion, profile and its settings, private messages, search, tags, Saved, pop-up login and registration, post editor, feedback, static pages, polls, print version, site offline, “you are banned”, 404. Plus its own pages: Top authors, Video, Year in review, My statistics, moderation queue. Fonts and icons are bundled, no external requests, open source.