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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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    phenomlabP

    @frontendjulien Always happy to help.

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    phenomlabP

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

  • How to remove all topics and posts from database?

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    @Fastidious hehe I did feel like I was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut at the time.

  • Google SSO error

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    drewD

    @Fastidious That's because Twitter SSO is the WOOOOORST. It gives no email address. So you can't link it to an existing user. #fail

  • Recently logged in IPs issue

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    drewD

    @Fastidious Thanks for sharing the fix.

  • Installing on FreeBSD, error

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    R

    Ok,. I have just thought every gcc48 version would crash for you. – So everything is OK 🙂

    Really love NodeBB & FreeBSD 🙂

  • Github issue importer

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    No, it's not publically available because it doesn't meet my quality requirements for publication. I can send it to you if you're interested.

  • Where does NodeBB compile templates?

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    Yeah its on my todo for tjs 1.0 🙂

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    Charly86C

    @julian,
    it 's the same thing

    Internal error. Oops! Looks like something went wrong! /auth/github/callback Cannot read property '0' of undefined

    is there a way to clear github related information from a user in the nodebb database ?

  • Help: First Theme (Bringing Back The Blocks)

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    tfraleyT

    Cool @drew look forward to it, let me know if I can be of any help.

  • Put on Google

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    yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

    It's active by default on NodeBB 🙂

  • Nodebb + Nginx: port 80 problem

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    Thanx! 🙂

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    Thanks for the update @amarinelli

  • Installation errors on Openshift for v0.8.x

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    ahwayakchihA

    Hi,

    @nhl-pl sent me link to this topic. I've just tested 0.8.x branch: installation and starting up both went smooth and i could login, visit administration panel, etc...

    I followed steps described here: https://github.com/ahwayakchih/openshift-nodebb, just changed 0.7.x to 0.8.x in commands.

    I tested only Redis installation, no plugins yet or anything more specific yet - just visited page, looked around and logged in.

    update: uploading images to topic and as category image works ok too.

    Hope it helps :).

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    Last update, this issue is closed.

    It seems that there is an issue when I was trying to use the terminal built into the ajenti panel. I was using ajenti to try and make my life easier when I am not at home, but that turned out to be a bad idea. Anyway, everything works just fine when I ssh into my server using bitvise.

  • Need HELP!!!

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    A

    You've not actually explained your issue. Please provide more detail.

  • Invalid CSRF token & "Failed login attempt" errors

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    amarinelliA

    Thanks @psychobunny, posted new topic here.

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    I think you're right when you say probably not many people use it. Best bet - submit an issue to them and ask why it doesn't work, if they can give us a clue as to what we should do I'll be more than happy to give it a shot.

    Just FYI, I don't do anything magically special on the new ACP. Went for a very clean and basic look so its unfortunate it doesn't work on this browser.

  • BOOTBOX.CONFIRM ?

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    You can cancel too! 😛

  • Updated to 0.8.1

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    tfraleyT

    @baris said:

    Link Preview Image fix #3515 · NodeBB/nodebb-theme-persona@1af39bb

    Persona - A modern and responsive NodeBB theme. Contribute to NodeBB/nodebb-theme-persona development by creating an account on GitHub.

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    Thank you I was able to fix the login / register side but not really sure about the menu, Will wait on an update for the theme

    Thanks

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    Link Preview Image Configure page title layout in ACP · Issue #3547 · NodeBB/NodeBB

    Would look something like this: {title} | {sitename}

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  • Avatars: Allow users to upload profile images

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    tfraleyT

    @baris thank you,

    But when I refresh the page it still shows it off. So it's safe to consider it to still be on?