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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.

  • Unable to do page navigation of RSS feeds

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    julianJ

    There is /recent.rss which should work for you.

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    C

    @julian Thank you, no problem now

  • Can not login

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    X

    @phenomlab Thank you very much! I can log in now👍 😊

  • 3.4.0 Upgrade Support

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    phenomlabP

    @faizanzahid have a look at the Storj plugin

  • Cloudflare Error

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    B

    Try restart your forum and check your server.

  • Can not install

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    phenomlabP

    @xianqu check to ensure that the mongodb service is running. It isn't by default after installation.

  • How can I login my forum through the nodebb.org/dashboard

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    C

    @baris another issue. after some rebuild & restart . the saas plugin disappeard..

    update: never mind, seems my plugin break the saas load. not issues now

  • Clarification for `isCluster`

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    barisB

    Basically the isCluster setting controls how multiple nodebbs will communicate with each other.

    If it is not set explicitly it is determined automatically from number of ports used. https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/loader.js#L108

    So if you are only running a single nodebb process on each server but using multiple servers you need to manually set it to true so that the nodebbs use redis pubsub to communicate.

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    If all the nodebb processes are one the same physical server they can just communicate through IPC, if cluster is set to true they will use redis

  • How add username to panel header?

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    barisB

    On latest version of NodeBB you no longer need the js code, since the logged in user is provided in the loggedInUser object. So you can use the below html widget.

    <div class="mypanel123">Welcome to forum, <a href="/me">{loggedInUser.username}</a></div>
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    @baris @saikarthikp9 , It worked. thank you!

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  • Multiple domain (pwa, sitemap, plugins)

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    PitaJP

    NodeBB doesn't really support multiple domains, and we recommend you redirect one to the other instead.

  • Get list of topics from API

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    barisB

    You can control the maximum pagination on /recent with the acp setting below.

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  • Missing Submit bar/button in New Topic on Mobile

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    barisB

    This is fixed now, will be available in 3.5.2. Thanks for reporting.

  • how to change the width of the group name?

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    RodionR

    Thank you very much! Very helpful)
    I didn't think it was that simple)

  • Exclude Specific Category in RSS Feed

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    @baris okay thanks for the info!

  • Client side script seems to not work on page change

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    barisB

    @frostzn yeah that explains it, when you click to go to another page an ajaxify starts and when you try to call ajaxify.go('login') it is getting caught by that code because the previous one hasn't finished yet.

    We will release 3.5.1 this week 👍

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    omegaO

    @phenomlab Bingo... Worx! Thanks 🎉

  • Incorrect text after registration

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    barisB

    @Kevin1312 the translations for german can be found in the folder, /nodebb/public/language/de/register.json. If you want to fix it for everyone you can do so at https://explore.transifex.com/nodebb/nodebb/

  • Showing Top Poster in v1.18.5

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    crazycellsC

    @wndfh I think @baris is already helping you, but I also would like to bring this plugin to your attention...

    it is not what you asked for, but related, so you might be interested in using this as well:

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    This is an enhancement request similar to the most popular topics... Currently, when we click "popular" icon on the top, the popular page lists the topics wi...

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  • Is there a way to add the language selection to the sidebar?

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    barisB

    Yes, but you need some custom js. You would need to insert a dropdown for the languages and then make an api call to set the users language and refresh the page.