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  • User documentation for NodeBB

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    Jay MoonahJ

    One of the first important things to do after setting up NodeBB is to set up an emailer plugin. While NodeBB does include a local emailer, if your forum is particularly active we recommend using an third-party emailer such as SendGrid which provides better deliverability for sites that send a high volume of email. Setting up SendGrid in NodeBB is very easy.

    Open the administrative dashboard using the 'gear' icon on your forum. Open the Extend > Plugins menu, and select the Find Plugins tab. Use the search on the right. Type 'SendGrid' and the plugin should appear -- select Install when you see it. From Installed tab on the Plugins menu, search again for 'SendGrid' and select Activate. Activating the plugin will require a restart of your forum. To restart, select the Dashboard menu and press the Restart button to the right. After NodeBB restarts, the SendGrid plugin will be active.

    After you restart, there should be a item called Emailer (SendGrid) under the Plugins menu -- if you don't see this right away, try refreshing your browser.

    Sign up to SendGrid

    Go to the SendGrid website, open the pricing page and scroll to the bottom. Click on the link and create your free account. Once you've confirmed your SendGrid account via email, you should be able to login to the SendGrid website. On the left side of your SendGrid dashboard, open Settings and click on API Keys. Click the button in the top right to create a new key. Make sure that the key has Full Access for Send Mail and Alerts.  When you are done, the new key to your clipboard.

    Now, return to the SendGrid menu on your NodeBB admin panel. Paste the API key into the field, and save your changes. Now go back to the Dashboard to restart your forum one more time.

    SendGrid should now be working for your forum.

    YouTube Setting up SendGrid mailer for NodeBB

  • NodeBB guides, how-to's and general tips and tricks

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    barisB

    Quick start plugin has an example on how to add a new api route https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-quickstart/blob/master/library.js#L40-L76.

    The hooks that are fired client side are for client side code in plugins. If you want to pass data from the client to the server you have two options.

    Create an api route like in quick start plugin Create a new socket event listener on the server side and use socket.emit() client side. Example here

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    phenomlabP

    @baris updated to 3.7.2 and now just waiting for the plugin to be updated.

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    warning in log x from '\' is deprecated

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    @PitaJ v1.4.4

    0_1490633559949_upload-031effbd-bc0a-4b32-8061-181db8d412f8

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    Forum Traffic chart broken?

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    @PitaJ
    No, there are no errors in chromes console.
    The problem only happens in the 24h View. The month view works correct.

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    Changing socket.io heartbeat interval and timeout

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    @PitaJ WOW thanks. Didn't think about that.I'm new with node.js.

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    How to achieve this layout?

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    PitaJP

    It's much more complicated than we can just explain here. We could do it for you. Contact us at [email protected], and we'll give you a quote.

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    Image Thumbnail Plugin on Homepage - Recent Discussion ?

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    Is there any way to show image thumbnail on homepage or recent discussion page or might be an plugin for this?

    Looking for suggestions guys...

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    Helper function not working at initial page load

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    @PitaJ Found a syntax error after looking carefully at the server side code, thanks for pointing out the problem is at server side...thought I copy pasted it! Thanks again! 😄

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    Time for update to 1.4.5!

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    JenklerJ

    @Jenkler said in Time for update to 1.4.5!:

    0.3.1

    All fixed to 1.4.5 😉

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    Change Forum.Domain to domain.com/forum

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    PitaJP

    You want to switch from a subdomain (abcd.example.com) to a subfolder (example.com/abcd).

    Basic steps:

    Change config.json to reflect the new url
    "url": "http://forum.example.com" -> "url": "http://example.com/forum" Use nginx to reverse proxy requests by adding a new location block for /forum
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    error after updating npm packages

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    I managed to fix it by deleting my packages.json file, replacing it with the version in github, then running npm install --production

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    [Solved] Error During Install of NodeBB to DigitalOcean: Cannot find module 'nconf'

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    I increased the size of my swap file. Solved.

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    How can I login via LDAP without input id/pwd?

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    How can I login via LDAP without input id/pwd?

    tried to use plugin of Office-LDAP, but it looks failed. so anyone knows any plugin can do so?

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    Structure and Functionality for Public and Private Forums

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    @rod Yeah, the request is appropriate. In fact, people will be invited to groups. There won't be a lot of requesting to join at first...

    I figure this is the functionality I want:

    When a user signs up on my site, create the forum (NodeBB) account. (Is that necessary?) This will give the user on-site messaging with other users. When the user creates a group on my site, create the associated group forum. Set user as owner/admin. Allow other users to join that group by invitation from the owner. When a user closes his account, close the forum group and archive all material. When a user leaves a group on my site, disconnect them from the associated forum as well.

    I'm wondering if Muut would be better for this kind of functionality...

    Any and all opinions requested and appreciated!

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    Use SQL database for NodeBB user accounts

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    @PitaJ said in Use SQL database for NodeBB user accounts:

    @Jarko we suggest using oauth or session sharing to accomplish this.

    https://github.com/julianlam/nodebb-plugin-sso-oauth https://github.com/julianlam/nodebb-plugin-session-sharing

    Session sharing looks promising, thank you for your input. I'll give it a try!

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    Migration from Cloud9 IDE

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    Re: Setting up NodeBB on cloud 9

    Hey,

    I've used c9 for a week or so now as a test environment, and it has all gone swimmingly! I've been adding my users to the test environment so they can see what's new, etc.!

    Now I've hit two 'bumps' in the road - I need to move off c9, but I'm not actually sure how. I've adapted the installation so much that I'm scared it won't be repeatable, and would love to move it straight over. I've looked through the c9 community, and there are options to move, but nothing too specific to NodeBB.

    Has anyone actually managed to do this? If so, could they share?

    Thanks!

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    Using puTTy to retrieve a plugin..

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    @JasperNL thanks for that, now I know where I went wrong 🙂

    Are you free to assist with where I find the Directory of the NodeBB install? Eg what folder I am looking for?

    Forgive me if that's a noob question, I've not messed with anything like this before 🙂

    Thanks @JasperNL

    EDIT: Found it! Great assistance 👍

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    What are the recommended Nginx settings

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    @julian said in What are the recommended Nginx settings:

    It is still possible, yes, but not really worth it. If they're on separate VMs, you'll need a local copy of NodeBB assets for nginx to serve (since nginx expects them to be on the same local machine).

    Just confirming, thanks.

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    Can't download files when clicking links (v1.4.4)

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    julianJ

    Glad to hear it @Mark-Coniglio ! Thank you for checking in 😄

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    Nodebb and WordPress in the same VPS

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    julianJ

    Yes, with a VPS you can install whatever you want on it, much like your own desktop computer. Install WordPress, or Drupal, or Ghost, or whatever you want. As long as the VPS resources are enough to handle all of them running at once 😄

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