[nodebb-plugin-shoutbox] Shoutbox plugin

Schamper

@dylenbrivera It's a shoutbox, what's more to say?

I'm working on this again, fixed some bugs, added some new features. Expect a new and better version sometime soon (I've only just started refactoring the client side, so not THAT soon ;))

Scriptdude

I can't figure out why the soutbox works on the homepage:

http://eredivisie.club/

But somehow it doesn't on a category page:

http://eredivisie.club/category/14/feyenoord

Schamper

@Scriptdude this was fixed very recently:
https://github.com/Schamper/nodebb-plugin-shoutbox/commit/9bfb4d986d22c744c8f338cd28e463ee83005e06

However, since I'm still working on refactoring everything, I haven't published a new version yet. If you're a daredevil you can clone the repo into the modules folder yourself

Eerste Nederlander die ik overigens tegenkom op NodeBB

Scriptdude

Hey

I tried cloning the repo, but that breaks it entirely. Must be some conflict with another plugin. I noticed that shoutbox conflicts with emoji on my installation (NodeBB 0.4.3)

I'll disable it for now and will wait for your next release Keep up the good work!

Mazzel!

Schamper

@Scriptdude Conflicts how exactly? We have the emoji plugin installed and it's working fine for us.

Ted

Hey @Schamper , could you publish on npm if that's ok for you?

I'd like to put it in my global sidebar.

And to add a little idea, the emoji are parsed but the dropdown doesn't appear when typing. I don't know if something can be done about that.

Thanks.

Schamper

@tedr56 That's because the emoji plugin doesn't currently allow me to add it's dropdown to any input

@frissdiegurke you could do something similar to what I did here for the mentions plugin to allow other plugins to add the dropdown to their inputs.

Continuing, I'll put some more work into this tonight, but I want to refactor some more before I publish to npm. For now you can clone the git repo.

frissdiegurke

@Schamper Great idea... implemented... see API.
addCompletion is the requested function.

Schamper

@frissdiegurke Awesome! This commit should be enough to support it, when will you release on npm?

frissdiegurke

@Schamper I publish with each commit, so everything on GH is also within NPM
To your code:
&& typeof emojiExtended.addCompletion !== 'undefined' is needless since it gets initialized with the function

Since I don't know in which order the scripts get called you may follow my suggestion to also listen on emoji-extended:initialized (window-object) therefore it's ensured that it works under all circumstances.

I've just created a PR for you: https://github.com/Schamper/nodebb-plugin-shoutbox/pull/48
But please test before publishing since I didn't

julian

Hey @Schamper, a little birdie told me that @BreakMetaNow has a community that's really dying to have multiple shoutboxes on NodeBB

Schamper

@julian a little Github issue already informed me The problem is that as of now, this would require a lot more work than what is actually worth it. I'm not saying I will never support this, but at least not anytime soon...

I might have an idea on how to approach this already, but no promises For example I want to support banning and muting users before I even consider this.

pwFoo

Tested the shoutbox plugin. Works fine, have some ideas to improve the plugin

User mention autocomplete and notification if user was mentioned in shoutbox?
Show a hint at shoutbox link if a new shout was made? Like at unread link / icon after new posts there.

Schamper

@pwFoo Auto complete has already been implemented in the latest version, it just hasn't been fully tested/prepared for 0.5.0 yet I thought about notifications for a bit but it would be too annoying, since mentions in a shoutbox would happen way more frequently than in a post.

About your second thing, do you mean in the tab/title bar? It should already do that (something like username has shouted), but I also noticed it's a bit of a hit and miss, though I can't really do anything about that, since I'm using a built in NodeBB function to do that. (I love you core devs ;))

pwFoo

Hi @Schamper
With my NodeBB test forum (0.5) there is no visual notification about mentioned in the shoutbox or a new shout... Tested with Chrome and Firefox. Also mention autocomplete seems not work.

Maybe you're right... notification about mentioned in shoutbox could be annoying.
But would be a great option to get a notification about it, because it's not a global shout. User was mentioned and maybe missing it.

If you don't want a notification (maybe also pushed by Pushbullet...) a counter about new shouts and/ or counter how often mentioned at shoutbox. Without attracting attention new shouts/ mentions could be missed.

a_5mith

Also noticed that embedding images doesn't set them to 100% width. Had to add max-width to the shout box. Could be worth setting in the plug in css

Tanner

So as I understand it, you can't have this function on anything but one page?

Scuzz

@Tanner At the moment this is a widget, so you can put it anywhere you can put a widget. It also has its own /shoutbox page that just a shoutbox.

I'm not sure what your question meant but i hope this helped

Tanner

I mean if I place it as a widget, say on the global footer, it'll only work on the homepage and not any other page, yes?

Scuzz

@Tanner Global footer is global so it will be on every page.
If you want it on the homepage footer only, you will need to place it in the homepage footer widget area.