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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. [image: youtubelogo.png] Setting up SendGrid mailer for NodeBB
  • NodeBB guides, how-to's and general tips and tricks

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    not sure the plugin worked for firefox. saw a-z in the sort icon. when i used it, i expected the topics in the category would be sorted a-z. they werent
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    eeeeeE
    I think you answered my point, by agreeing there are issues. I didn't even attempt to deploy nodebb, I had problems with much smaller projects! Nextjs routing was going through a change of design at the time, so perhaps that is less confusing now, but there were multiple other headaches. I would get build errors and issues with package management.
  • Changing fonts across my website (starting with categories)

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    @JDouglas You should target the below CSS class for this li[component="categories/category"] .title You could just use .title although this is a shared class, and without explicit definition as above, it will have undesirable effects.
  • Addressing Hyperlink Formatting Issue with Double Comma (e.g., M.Kn) in NodeBB v1.18.5

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    PitaJP
    @wnfdh2 yoyo need to move your plugin so it has a greater priority than the markdown plugin. Right now, the markdown is being parsed first so you already have the link when it comes to you.
  • [nodebb-plugin-session-sharing] How to lookup user only by username?

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    Julien HengJ
    @Teresa-Hale-DHQ where did you supply the email? in the plugin setting in Admin Panel?
  • URL for email confirmations has bad subdomain

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    julianJ
    Hi @tpickles, what mailer plugin are you using, or service? url2462 sounds like something SendGrid might do... it looks like click tracking. Try disabling it?
  • Need Assistance Configuring SMTP for Email Notifications in NodeBB

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    julianJ
    @PitaJ nice catch!
  • Facing Issue in Adding Custom Fields to User Profiles in NodeBB for RPG Forum

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    julianJ
    @Alexis-Sanchez There's a guide I've written for working with custom user fields in the user hash, but front-end wise you're looking to have a custom theme add the fields to the profile pages. Do you already have a custom theme?
  • Sendmail issues on a VPS with 2 instances of nodebb

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    Mikha'il HatheyM
    Thanks for the feedback will definitely try the SES method instead. My mailbox definitely has no sent mails from NodeBB. So I may have set it up incorrectly or SendMail really is problematic.
  • Amazon SES Using the Default Emailer Plugin

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    Mikha'il HatheyM
    Thanks a lot I will try this and see how it goes.
  • Blog comments on external blog website

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    crazycellsC
    @julian said in Blog comments on external blog website: @crazycells ah sorry, I didn't respond because I wasn't sure... But I think it should be fine. Technically according to browser security policy, nodebb.org and community.nodebb.org are essentially different sites. So if you used a different domain the same restrictions apply, but the plugin should still work. Thank you very much, we will try it and report the outcome then...
  • Why does /recent only display one topic for all users

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    julianJ
    @phenomlab that doesn't sound like out of the box behaviour... can you reset all plugins and see if it reproduces?
  • nodebb-plugin-session-sharing with React Native WebView: Error -1007 Too many redirects

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    Hey, I use nodebb-plugin-session-sharing to automatically login users from my WebApp. This works great on desktop! But when I add the cookie to WebView of my React Native app i get: Encountered an error loading page code: -1007 description: "too many HTTP redirects" didFailProvisionalNavigation: true domain: "NSURLErrorDomain" I inject the cookie by calling <WebView source={{ uri: domain, headers: { Cookie: `${tokenName}=${token};Domain=${tokenDomain};HttpOnly;`}, } } /> When I remove the cookie from the header and reload the app on Simulator, I'm logged in, so the cookie and the plugin mechanism is basically working. React Native WebView reference nodebb-plugin-session-sharing on Github Anyone an idea about this? Kind regards Niklas
  • Mongodb or PostgreSQL? Ah, that is the question...

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    @루루 I use this one mongodb70-7.0.4 , no issue all perfect
  • Email Template callback URL is IP instead of Domain name

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    huigeH
    Change the address in your config.json file to your URL link
  • Changing number of forum hits

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    dave1904D
    @PitaJ thanks for the great explanation
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    루루
    It appears that Svelte was used when developing the acp admin dashboard part - https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-emoji/blob/master/acp/src/EmojiList.svelte https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-emoji/blob/master/acp/rollup.config.mjs ⇒ When developing acp admin dashboard, can I use [svelte, react]? What if I set the ts compile option to amd commonjs? ⇒ When developing a theme, can I use [svelte, react]? What if I set the ts compile option to amd commonjs?
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    루루
    Are nodebb + nextjs compatible? When developing nodebb custom plugin or custom theme, is there a way to make nextjs compatible? reactjs is client side rendering, and nextjs is SSR, so when considering seo, it must be developed with SSR. These days, many of the web developers being hired use nextjs as a basis for development, so we are also developing web using nextjs. Of course, I know how to use bootstrap + jquery tpl express. But these days, people who are beginners in web development are more familiar with nextjs.
  • Plugin for 'file attachments'

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    Hi, Are there any plugins that would allow users to attach files to posts, and allow me to store them locally on the server for other users to access? I run a developer oriented site, so the files would usually be zips, gzs etc. I assume one of the various 'upload' plugins would take care of half the problem, but they all seem to be for 'S3' or 'CF' which I assume are commercial cloud outfits that would charge for storage, while I'm trying to do all this on the ultra cheap, ie: free! Bye, Mark
  • What is Best Option for Running Nodebb forever?

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    node app.js continues try to start app. look at this log: 2024-04-26T13:32:14.000Z [50341/8042] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins` 2024-04-26T13:32:14.019Z [50341/8042] - info: [router] Routes added 2024-04-26T13:32:14.025Z [50341/8042] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready 2024-04-26T13:32:14.027Z [50341/8042] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy' 2024-04-26T13:32:14.029Z [50341/8042] - error: NodeBB address in use, exiting... Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:14.032Z [50341/8042] - error: uncaughtException: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {"date":"Fri Apr 26 2024 13:32:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)","error":{"address":"0.0.0.0","code":"EADDRINUSE","errno":-98,"port":50341,"syscall":"listen"},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[2.13,1.47,0.75],"uptime":2577.37},"process":{"argv":["/usr/bin/node","/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html/app.js"],"cwd":"/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html","execPath":"/usr/bin/node","gid":1003,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":19144223,"external":21614654,"heapTotal":84533248,"heapUsed":70672856,"rss":160268288},"pid":8042,"uid":1001,"version":"v18.20.2"},"stack":"Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341\n at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)\n at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)\n at doListen (node:net:2014:7)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)","trace":[{"column":16,"file":"node:net","function":"Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","line":1817,"method":"setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","native":false},{"column":12,"file":"node:net","function":"listenInCluster","line":1865,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":7,"file":"node:net","function":"doListen","line":2014,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":21,"file":"node:internal/process/task_queues","function":"process.processTicksAndRejections","line":83,"method":"processTicksAndRejections","native":false}]} 2024-04-26T13:32:14.034Z [50341/8042] - error: Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:14.035Z [50341/8042] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGQUIT) Initialised. 2024-04-26T13:32:14.036Z [50341/8042] - error: Error [ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING]: Server is not running. at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5) at Server.close (node:net:2161:12) at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:631:28) at Server.emit (node:events:529:35) at emitCloseNT (node:net:2221:8) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:14.361Z [50341/8073] - info: Initializing NodeBB vN/A http://localhost:50341 2024-04-26T13:32:16.071Z [50341/8073] - info: [socket.io] Restricting access to origin: http://localhost:* 2024-04-26T13:32:16.240Z [50341/8073] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run `./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME` to disable it. * nodebb-plugin-composer-default * nodebb-theme-harmony * nodebb-plugin-markdown * nodebb-plugin-mentions * nodebb-widget-essentials * nodebb-rewards-essentials * nodebb-plugin-emoji * nodebb-plugin-emoji-android 2024-04-26T13:32:16.316Z [50341/8073] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins` 2024-04-26T13:32:16.350Z [50341/8073] - info: [router] Routes added 2024-04-26T13:32:16.366Z [50341/8073] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready 2024-04-26T13:32:16.368Z [50341/8073] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy' 2024-04-26T13:32:16.371Z [50341/8073] - error: NodeBB address in use, exiting... Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:16.378Z [50341/8073] - error: uncaughtException: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {"date":"Fri Apr 26 2024 13:32:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)","error":{"address":"0.0.0.0","code":"EADDRINUSE","errno":-98,"port":50341,"syscall":"listen"},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[2.13,1.47,0.75],"uptime":2579.71},"process":{"argv":["/usr/bin/node","/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html/app.js"],"cwd":"/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html","execPath":"/usr/bin/node","gid":1003,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":19144239,"external":21614670,"heapTotal":85057536,"heapUsed":70311760,"rss":161042432},"pid":8073,"uid":1001,"version":"v18.20.2"},"stack":"Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341\n at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)\n at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)\n at doListen (node:net:2014:7)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)","trace":[{"column":16,"file":"node:net","function":"Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","line":1817,"method":"setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","native":false},{"column":12,"file":"node:net","function":"listenInCluster","line":1865,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":7,"file":"node:net","function":"doListen","line":2014,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":21,"file":"node:internal/process/task_queues","function":"process.processTicksAndRejections","line":83,"method":"processTicksAndRejections","native":false}]} 2024-04-26T13:32:16.385Z [50341/8073] - error: Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341 at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16) at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12) at doListen (node:net:2014:7) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:16.386Z [50341/8073] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGQUIT) Initialised. 2024-04-26T13:32:16.391Z [50341/8073] - error: Error [ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING]: Server is not running. at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5) at Server.close (node:net:2161:12) at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:631:28) at Server.emit (node:events:529:35) at emitCloseNT (node:net:2221:8) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21) 2024-04-26T13:32:16.705Z [50341/8102] - info: Initializing NodeBB vN/A http://localhost:50341
  • All 3 cpu load process up to 100%,but only a few users is online

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    FreeBSD your solution!
  • Can't get group badges to work

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    With the current codebase, making a group hidden also removes it from the badge selection. Yes, it's working now, not sure why it wasn't earlier but thanks everyone!