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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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    Error on plugin update while executing nodebb with non root user

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    restarted a few times again nodebb working now thanks 😄

  • TaLocheT

    Issue with Admin Panel since upgrade to 1.4.2

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    @PitaJ said in Issue with Admin Panel since upgrade to 1.4.2:

    @Michael-Pfaff well you need to reload nginx

    That worked! Sorry I'm such a noob, @PitaJ. Very much appreciate your assistance.

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    Cannot post or reply to posts in Nodebb mobile version.

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    @julian I've disabled plugins and now it's working ok. Thanks for your help!

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    Weird Stuff in Admin Panel After Upgrading

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    Awesome! Thank you @PitaJ!

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    Rotating Banner Ad? Can I create one?

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    PitaJP

    adblock probably

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    Can't post, javascript not loading

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    @julian I found this after re-reading the NodeBB NGINX configuration docs

    nginx must be on version 1.4.x to properly support websockets. Debian/Ubuntu uses 1.2, although it will work there will be a reduction in functionality.

    Previously, in the same doc:

    NGINX version v1.3.13 or greater

    I'm not sure if that is just a sign of an outdated doc, or if there is actually some type of incompatibility (which apparently doesn't surface everywhere). All I know is that by reverting to 1.4.x, all functionality was restored.

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    [SOLVED] nodebb upgrade script freezing

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    During the upgrade the following url is fetched: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700

    I was getting a 501 http error..
    It was caused by the proxy, and solved by bypassing it.

    The upgrade completed successfully.

  • AokiA

    Questions

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    @Aoki are you still having issues with installing it?

  • educatorE

    PDF attachments and Photo adding?

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    educatorE

    @jarey The amount of good replies I get in this nodebb is great. Thank you.

    So, I am going with nodebb. Having a positive energy that people will help us in the long run

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    Show post edit timestamp

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    @pichalite said in Show post edit timestamp:

    @JaredBusch you can create a plugin to listen to the filter for getting category posts and modify the data as required.

    I have no desire (well not much of one) to become a dev for something like this.

    I taught myself how to write VB in 1995 and VB .Net back in the early 2000's and have a number of applications to my credit, but it is not my desired path.

    But, if there is nothing out there for this already, I guess it is something I can look into.

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    Loading nodebb in my site through iframe

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    @Jonathan-O'Donnell232 why don't you modify the theme to add the branding to the header?

  • Jenni D'SilvaJ

    Meta tags do not get new value on navigation across topics

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    PitaJP

    @Jenni-D'Silva if you share the topic it's a permalink. The meta tags should be correct in the share.

    Meta tags only matter for SEO and that sort of thing, which use raw loads anyways, so I don't see the issue.

  • Pramvir RatheeP

    How to delete extra data created by Import Plugin - very very slow import

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    Pramvir RatheeP

    Found the solution, importing too much topics in a single category hangs the nodebb, import some data than move it to some temporary category. Thasn import remaining data, meanwhile delete mongodb import Garbaze in using these mongo commands

    db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_tid:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_uid:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_cid:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_slug:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_locked:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_path:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_title:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_content:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_guest:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_ip:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_user_slug:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_user_path:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_category_path:1}},{multi: true}); db.objects.update({},{$unset: {_imported_category_slug:1}},{multi: true});

    But keep in mind this will also delete the history of import will result in duplicate categories get imported or the posts, to prevent this keep writing post ids and category ids which you imported and delete them from the old database.

  • Kosta TkoK

    NodeBB VPS setting requirements

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    PitaJP

    @Kosta-Tko conflicts are very unlikely.

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    NodeBB Start Up Help

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    사다리하하사

    @PitaJ thanks~~ a lot -0-

  • Pramvir RatheeP

    Visiting administrator users pages crashes the Nodebb - 503

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    Pramvir RatheeP

    @julian
    it persists even after disabling it
    Yes the problem was with plugin, but my data did not got imported completly, after 57k topics now its impoting only 1 topic in 1 minute. What should i do now ?

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    NodeBB Install on DigitalOcean Not Working

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    @Arindam-sarkar remember: you need open firewall config for default nodebb port

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    (nodebb.readthedocs.io)

    Assuming you kept the default port setting, you need to allow it through the firewall.
    firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=4567/tcp --permanent
    firewall-cmd --reload

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    Live editing - themes and templates?

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    TaLocheT

    @julian thanks that's good to know.
    I'll do as @pichalite recommended and fork the theme then.
    Thanks!

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    Domain issues?

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    @Velocification said in Domain issues?:

    I am using A records but now i get this: http://i.imgur.com/4NAZDE7.png Am i doing it right?

    A 503 indicates that you are reaching the webpage properly, and the server is reporting an error. Try restarting the server/services to see if that helps.

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