CDE CAD Community Showcase: Your Server's Public Hub

What is the Community Showcase?

The Community Showcase is a public-facing page built directly into CDE CAD that serves as the front door to your FiveM community. Think of it as your server's homepage - a place where potential members can learn about your community, see what departments you run, check how active your server is, and decide whether they want to join. Unlike a Discord server description or a forum post that gets buried, the Community Showcase is a permanent, always-up-to-date hub that automatically reflects your community's current state. When someone registers a new civilian, your member count goes up. When a department processes a 911 call, your statistics update. When a business opens, it appears in your listings. The showcase is a living page that shows your community as it actually is - not as it was when you last remembered to update a recruitment post.

At the top of every Community Showcase page, visitors see your community logo and banner, giving them an immediate visual impression of your brand. Below that, your community name and jurisdiction type - city, county, or state - tell visitors exactly what kind of roleplay environment you are running. A description section lets you explain your community's mission, standards, and what makes you different from every other FiveM server. And prominently displayed alongside all of this is your Discord invite link, making it effortless for interested players to join your community right from the showcase.

Community Statistics Dashboard

Numbers tell a story. When a potential member visits your Community Showcase, the statistics dashboard gives them an instant understanding of how active and established your community is. A server with thousands of registered civilians, hundreds of processed 911 calls, and dozens of filed reports is clearly an active, thriving community - and that is exactly the kind of server players want to join. The statistics bar sits prominently on your showcase page, displaying six key metrics that update automatically as your community grows.

These statistics are not manually entered - they are pulled directly from your CDE CAD database in real time. Every time a civilian is created, a vehicle is registered, a 911 call is placed, a report is filed, a business is opened, or a department is added, the numbers on your showcase page reflect that activity automatically. This means your showcase is always accurate and always current, without any extra work from your admin team. The statistics bar is one of the most powerful recruitment tools on your showcase page because it answers the question every potential member asks: "Is this server actually active?"

Department Listings

Your departments are the backbone of your FiveM community, and the Community Showcase puts them front and center. Each department you have configured in CDE CAD appears as a professional card on your showcase page, complete with the department logo or icon, full name, type classification, shortcode, and description. The cards are color-coded by department type, making it easy for visitors to quickly scan and find the type of department they are interested in joining.

Each department card on the showcase links to an individual department showcase page where visitors can dive deeper into that specific department. The department showcase pages display additional details like rank structures, available positions, and department-specific statistics. This layered approach lets curious visitors explore as much or as little as they want - a quick glance at the department cards gives them an overview, while clicking through provides the full picture. For server owners, this means every department you create in CDE CAD automatically gets its own professional public page without any extra setup.

Featured Businesses & Announcements

Featured Business Grid

The featured business section displays a grid of highlighted businesses from your community. Each business card shows the business logo, name, category, and tagline. Server admins can choose which businesses to feature, allowing you to spotlight active businesses, new openings, or community favorites. This gives business owners visibility and shows potential members that your server has a functioning economy where civilian roleplay is valued and supported. Whether it is a car dealership, a restaurant, a mechanic shop, or a law firm, featured businesses add depth and credibility to your community showcase.

Announcements with Priority Badges

Keep your community informed with announcements displayed directly on your showcase page. Each announcement can be assigned a priority level that determines its visual treatment and ordering:

Upcoming Events

Alongside announcements, the showcase page can display upcoming community events with dates and descriptions. Whether you are hosting a community meeting, a department training night, a car show, or a special roleplay event, listing it on your showcase page lets visitors and existing members know that your community is active and has things to look forward to. Events with dates create a sense of momentum and give potential members a reason to join sooner rather than later - nobody wants to miss the next big event.

FiveM Server Status & Platform Features

Live Server Status

The server status indicator shows whether your FiveM server is currently online or offline, using clear green and red status lights that visitors can understand at a glance. When the server is online, a player count with a capacity bar shows exactly how many players are currently in the server and how many slots are available. For example, a display showing "42/64 players" with a visual progress bar tells visitors both that the server is active (42 players is a healthy count) and that there is room for them to join (22 open slots). This real-time data is pulled directly from your FiveM server connection and updates automatically.

Platform Features Grid

The platform features section displays a grid of all the CDE CAD features your community has enabled. This gives visitors a comprehensive view of the tools and systems your server uses, demonstrating the sophistication and professionalism of your roleplay environment. Each enabled feature is displayed with an icon, name, and brief description:

Setting Up Your Community Showcase

Getting your Community Showcase up and running is straightforward. Follow these steps to create a professional public page that represents your FiveM community and starts attracting new members:

Once your showcase is configured, it is live and accessible to anyone with the link. Share it in your Discord, post it on FiveM forums, include it in your recruitment advertisements, and link it anywhere you want to drive potential members. The page updates itself automatically as your community grows, so you set it up once and it works for you forever. No more outdated recruitment posts or stale server descriptions - your Community Showcase is always a current, accurate reflection of your community.

Create Your Community Showcase with CDE CAD

Give your FiveM community the professional public presence it deserves. CDE CAD's Community Showcase lets you display departments, statistics, businesses, announcements, and live server status on a single beautiful page. Set it up in minutes and start recruiting new members with a page that showcases everything your community has to offer.