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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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    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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    ./nodebb commands not working for me out of the .8.x branch

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    H

    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.

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    Need HELP!!!

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

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    Invalid CSRF token & "Failed login attempt" errors

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    amarinelliA

    Thanks @psychobunny, posted new topic here.

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    Admin panel not compatible with Epiphany browser

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    P

    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.

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    BOOTBOX.CONFIRM ?

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    P

    You can cancel too! 😛

  • tfraleyT

    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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    GitHub (github.com)

    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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    Is it possible to filter the page title?

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    P

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

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

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    GitHub (github.com)

  • tfraleyT

    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?

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    Is There A Way To Remove The Site Logo From The ACP?

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    J

    Woah! All three founders in one thread!

    Yes, @psychobunny I just meant a simple way to indicate that no logo should be used in the normal site. Editing the templates would be an option, but it seems like it is a missing feature.

    Thanks for the responsiveness! You guys are awesome.

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    plugin.json doesn't want to load

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    barisB

    Post your plugin.json maybe it has a syntax error. Also did you put your theme in node_modules and activate it from the ACP?

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    Disabling Reply

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    julianJ

    Yes, a locked topic does not stop users from upvoting/favouriting the post.

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    How to customise the maintenance page?

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    H

    @psychobunny said:

    BTW, this has been available the whole time at https://community.nodebb.org/502.html

    😉

    I'd love to say that's where my screenshot came from but spending the day spamming F5 is closer to the mark 😩

    Thanks for the Gist. Those animations... 👏

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    Using custom templates

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    julianJ

    Yessir 😉

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    config.json's url ignored on Google Cloud Platform

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    T

    Aargh - i just forgot to mark " Allow HTTP traffic " at console. Works just fine 😆

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    Registration via Google: failed to fetch user profile

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    Charly86C

    @prog Hi there,
    Sorry I did not updated this post and crossed my fingers too quickly, it worked fine until expiration of my token (not sure ??)
    I opened a new topic https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6397/need-guru-s-help-unable-to-log-on-fresh-0-8-0-even-with-local-admin because I' could not log in anymore on my forum (even with local admin),
    Any ideas would save my live 😉

  • tfraleyT

    Clear cache after 0.8.0 upgrade & can NOT login

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    Charly86C

    Hi there,
    Sorry I did not updated this post, but it worked fine until expiration of my token (not sure ??)
    I openned a new topic https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6397/need-guru-s-help-unable-to-log-on-fresh-0-8-0-even-with-local-admin because I' could not log in anymore on my forum,
    Any ideas would save me 😉

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    barisB

    This is pushed to master and persona. Updated on this forum as well.

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    Navbar not working properly

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    H

    @psychobunny I tested this on both master and 0.8.x and can confirm it's working on master but not on 0.8.x.

  • drewD

    New baseTheme link and template inheritance

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    drewD

    I use a slightly modified version of lavender for my site, and up until now that's been quite a headache.

    I've had to maintain an entire theme which is just a fork of lavender and constantly merge in changes just so I can have one template file be slightly different.

    I was wondering if this is now something I can resolve with the baseTheme parameter?

    If MyTheme has a baseTheme of nodebb-theme-lavender, which in turn has a baseTheme of nodebb-theme-vanilla does that mean that I can change my repo to just be the one altered file?

    I remember in the past I tried inheritance and found it didn't work.

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