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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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    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.

  • image not getting uploaded

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    PitaJP

    You've been helped with sharp already. I've asked you to stop making new topics with your issues and to stop tagging us but you continue to do so and expect help.

    You don't seem to be putting in any effort to fix these issues yourself, plus you're making it harder on yourself by using an OS and reverse proxy that we don't use and expecting it to just work. We aren't going to hold your hand here. Helping you is purely something we do out of kindness and acting entitled is not going to help your case.

    Also, you keep making new user accounts for some reason. Cut that out.

  • Nodejs version

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    Do nodebb support latest version of nodejs version v12.14.0 ?

  • NodeBB Topics timeout on opening

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    greenlighttecG

    I've had nodebb setup for a bit now and through some bumps and scrapes have always kept it running. After upgrading to V1.13.0 NodeBB would fail to load with a "Internal Server Error". After updating to 1.13.1 the website once again loads, however when trying to view any topics in the forums it times out loading. I've reviewed every possible plugin that could potentially be in the way and disabled several without success. I'm not seeing anything in the logs so may be looking in the wrong place. Everything is fully functional to posting new topics, viewing recent ones, discarding, deleting, purging, and the admin console. The only issue comes when its time to actually open a topic fully. The RSS Feeds properly display all the recent topics and content as well.

    My server is running MongoDB and proxied via nginx behind LetsEncrypt SSL Certificate, and can be seen at www.zultyscp.com however does require a login, there is a single public post informing Guests that a login is required where you can see the issue.

    Any help on where to look for this and assistance in resolving would be appreciated.

  • Reply trigger Modal

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    barisB

    That modal shows up if you try to reply to a topic that is too old, this is a setting in the ACP. Look for "Days until topic is considered stale"

  • nodebb not getting started

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    @abhinov-singh

    @PitaJ
    have done same things as @abhinov-singh but my forum is working on when writing :4567?
    how to point it to main domain?

  • Admin Panel > Plugin > Advanced not linked

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    0xA4B160

    @baris said in Admin Panel > Plugin > Advanced not linked:

    /admin/advanced/database

    Direct links work, also for error logs. Just the Link Plugins > Advanced is not working ..

  • Nodebb How do I setup from scratch?

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    PitaJP

    https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ for installation instructions.

  • Logo disappeared on mobile edition

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    0xA4B160

    Hello,

    the logo above the forum categories shows on Chrome Desktop, but does not show anymore on Chrome for Android (Samsung S8) nor iPhone S5 with Safari. On the mobile phones, the logo is in fact shown, but the blue top bar with the three dashes and the chat icon are on top of it.

    Before the logo was shown nicely below the blue top bar, and it seems there is a bug .. On the iPhone you can "pull down" the webpage a bit, then the logo can be seen (but it slides up again). On Android we do not have this pull down feature, so it looks like the logo is not loaded, but it is, just hidden.

    Forum

  • Error after upgrading to v1.13.1

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    FrankMF

    I am on Debian Buster 10

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    @PitaJ said in No Upload Picture Option On Android Chrome browser:

    o scroll the tool icons to the left, revealing more? I attached the following screenshot from my Android phone.

    haha! you are right!... Thank you! I do not use Android myself... and the person that used did not see that... and I had a quick look and couldn't find it either... good stuff! thanks again!

    Andre

  • mongod problem

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    Try removing the /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid file and then stopping it. If it doesn't work, just kill the process.

  • Time to Rethink Nginx?

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    gotwfG

    @julian Yeah, I was thinking more of the Nginx Plux vs. Nginx Open Source duality. Too often such results in major split personality disorders wh/end up essentially forcing extortion to even get access to any reasonable docs or support.

    Nginx woes are still unclear. My concern is that if the bad actors succeed in their claims, then the license itself may be declared null and void. I can imagine this then leading to a scenario where "might makes right" and any forks then become their next targets. Crazy stuff happens in the US Federal Courts these days, particularly a certain district court in Texas, which has a well earned reputation for being very pro corporation in its rulings. Some towns thrive on industry, others eco tourism, etc. That TX town's niche is rich corporate lawyers dumping buckets of cash into the local economy.

    Anyways, I am still curious as to community reports regarding Apache deployments, as I have not used it in many years now.

    NodeBB rocks and is one of the best pieces of FOSS this ol' dinosaur had the pleasure of using. Keep up the great work.

  • ./nodebb status

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    @oplik0
    IMG_20191216_154249.jpg

    When I run circled command , above error occurred

    Now this error is coming
    configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
    If you meant to cross compile,
    use --host.

    See config.log for more details

  • No Edit Option after updating to 1.13.0

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    PitaJP

    Try setting "number of seconds a post remains editable" to 0.

    this issue only appeared after upgrading, so I don't know how to explain that

    It's likely a new feature was added or logic was changed on the back end, resulting in this.

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  • Socket.io connection error, ipv6 address

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    SOLVED

    Added

    socket.io {"address": */*};

    Default "address:" **; that's is problem.

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  • Nodebb build stuck

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    @PitaJ said in Nodebb build stuck:

    Try adding "series": true in your config.json

    thanks! I was struggling what to do, I have only 1GB ram machine, now I can finally make builds there.
    But I had to add also swap file..
    https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-18-04/#before-you-begin

  • Calendar is Blank after updating to 1.13.0

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    julianJ

    @intnbb you have to add the actual link to the calendar from the Navigation page in the ACP. I don't believe Calendar adds itself.

  • Daily Stats show 0

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    0xA4B160

    Hmm, I also noticed that a new user account registration was pending approval, but a click on the little red indicator icon lead to no redirection. Only something like "show all notifications" finally showed me the approval queue, where than a click on the green icon also lead to no further actions. Seems the Admin panel is a bit shaky now. NodeBB runs inside VMware, no crash or so happened with weekly backups of the VM.

    The core forum functions are working, so no big deal. If it falls apart I report back 😁