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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.

  • Kolt LK

    Transfer host to new server

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    catC

    @julian Yeah I was wondering why my default avatars, default headers, etc were broken. Other than that, zipping the nodebb folder on old server, then deploying on Heroku git should just work ☺

  • catC

    Modifying manifest.webmanifest

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    barisB

    Oh if you don't have access then build a plugin that serves the file. You can use any url you want that way.

    app.get('/some/custom/url', function (req, res) { res.sendFile('path/to/hello.txt'); });
  • yasasY

    CSRF Error - NodeBB 3.x

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    yasasY

    @DownPW Haha jinxx

  • fishcoderF

    Import plugin issues

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    PitaJP

    Was this not clear?

    Link Preview Image Plugin Nodebb Plugin-Import: error Loading

    I recommend you read the instructions: https://github.com/akhoury/nodebb-plugin-import THIS PLUGIN ONLY SUPPORTS: NodeBB v1.12.1 but you can upgrade after t...

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    The import plugin does not support latest NodeBB

  • fishcoderF

    Plugin Nodebb Plugin-Import: error Loading

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    barisB

    Once you import on nodebb 1.12.1, you can then upgrade all the way to 3.x with ./nodebb upgrade

  • fishcoderF

    Guest priviledges for Posts

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    julianJ

    Can you show us what you mean? The guests row should not be greyed out

  • Antonio Peña BatistaA

    CORS problems using NodeBB API

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    Antonio Peña BatistaA

    @PitaJ said in CORS problems using NodeBB API:

    Certain browsers treat localhost differently with CORS stuff. I recommend you try using 127.0.0.1 or some other IP address instead.

    but for my app or for the forum?

  • FutureF

    Performing bulk actions on "flags" causes nginx 503 error

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    julianJ

    This likely cropped up because flag actions now use the v3 API instead of socket.io, so it could be it overloaded the backend, which started sending 503s.

  • fishcoderF

    No Admin account after first setup

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    fishcoderF

    yeah, thank you. I've solved it with deleting the database. In the logs I found the error of skipping the creation of the admin user, because it already exists.

  • M

    Can I add nodebb to express based website?

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    J

    @marksibly I would recommend doing it through the reverse proxy (nginx caddy or whatever you use), and not to mediate through the node.js
    Caddyfile example (https://caddyserver.com) :

    mywebsite.com { reverse_proxy /forum/* localhost:4567 # nodebb default port reverse_proxy localgost:3000 # your node.js app port }

    Then set the address in the config.json file of the nodebb:

    { "url": "https://mywebsite.com/forum/", ... }

    and then run

    ./nodebb build ./nodebb restart

    And the forum will be available at https://mywebsite.com/forum/ (be sure to keep the / at the end)

  • S

    After upgrading from v3.6.3 to v3.6.4 i don't see line breaks when writing posts

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    S

    @baris Thanks a lot for replying, and I apologize for wasting your time 😞
    I somehow got the markdown plugin disabled while upgrading, hence the issue.
    Enabling it back up solved it.

  • ThmheT

    Running the forum after restarting the computer

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    J

    @Thmhe said in Running the forum after restarting the computer:

    @josef said in Running the forum after restarting the computer:

    nodebb.bat

    ?What I need to write in the program is

    nodebb.bat

    How should I proceed from here?
    b22a02f7-4f82-4f3a-8616-4e66ece020a5-image.png

    @josef said in Running the forum after restarting the computer:

    and add a "start" argument

  • phenomlabP

    Build and restart errors

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    phenomlabP

    @baris Thanks - that's a good point actually. I might have some custom CSS or something in the headers that points to that. I'll check.

    EDIT: That was it. Removed that folder and subfolders, and we're good 🙂

  • C

    503 Errror on Production, OAuth2 callback not working

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    @julian said in 503 Errror on Production, OAuth2 callback not working:

    which in Docker might be exposed somewhere...

    docker logs

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  • David SargradD

    Does NodeBB provide support for a user database other than the one it builds in mongo? How would I integrate NodeBB with Keycloak?

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    julianJ

    Yes thank you

  • Ben StokesB

    Unable to Configure SMTP Settings for Email Notifications in NodeBB

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    PitaJP

    What version of NodeBB?

    You should see the relevant error in the output log. You should be able to capture the message by running ./nodebb log and then trying the test email.

    Have you tried the same SMTP settings in a separate email client?

  • barisB

    3.6.0 Upgrade Support

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    yasasY

    @baris Perfect. Thanks very much for clarifying!

  • Jon PincusJ

    Is it possible to customize the privacy consent form?

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    Jon PincusJ

    @julian Thanks much, I'll give that a try!

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    Slug translation ?

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    jsmithJ

    can we do slug translation now? (since it has been many updates)

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    error "permission for /opt/config nodebb" in installing with Docker compose

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    nhl.plN

    You can experiment with some other guides and projects.

    As you probably seen before:

    Docker

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    (hub.docker.com)

    One more option is to make your own modified Dockerfile. For example Nobbic works on Alpine Linux based Docker images and most of the NodeBB guides are Ubuntu/Debian based. So first thing is to check the host machine/hosting provider and what is going on when you execute Dockerfile. Including Docker version which was mentioned many times on this forum.

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