[nodebb-plugin-custom-pages] Custom Static pages for NodeBB

Guiri

cd ~/NodeBB/node_modules
npm remove nodebb-plugin-custom-pages && rm -rf nodebb-plugin-custom-pages
git clone https://github.com/rbeer/nodebb-plugin-custom-pages
git checkout tplCopyIssue

Henry Wright

@Guiri doesn't the clone URL need a .git on the end?

Henry Wright

@leksar I tested this (copying the template file to the location where it's missing) and it worked. Thanks for sharing

Henry Wright

@leksar Actually, I found a problem with that. After a forum restart, mypage.tpl is automatically deleted which results in the error appearing again.

Guiri

Yes, I forgot the .git extension. You might need to manually delete and re-create the template in the system with the new branch. I don't remember, unfortunately, but it's been stable for a week now without a hiccup.

Guiri

Anybody know if there's a clever way to override the global sidebar using bootstrap or CSS? Since there's no longer a homepage route, my sidebar is in the global tpl. But for the custom page, I'd really like to be able to replace those.

Arc

Is there any chance we can get this working on 0.9.x, or is this pretty well not working at the moment?

PitaJ

@Arc it should work just fine on v0.9.x - it does for me. You have to install it manually via npm install nodebb-plugin-custom-pages in your nodebb directory.

Arc

@PitaJ It doesnt seem to, sadly.

It installed fine, and looked all good:

But after 3 restarts, one hard ./nodebb stop and ./nodebb start, and a reload:

Simply no luck.

PitaJ

@Arc try removing the leading slash in the route

Arc

@PitaJ ... Of course it'd be something that simple.

Thanks!

PitaJ

@Arc no problem. I've found that slashes in routes can cause lots of problems in NodeBB core and plugins

Arc

@PitaJ One more question, that I'm sure is just me using bad syntax again- how do you change the pageTitle? Name of page isnt working.

PitaJ

@Arc are you referring to the title displayed in the tab? I think that that feature isn't implemented yet, but not exactly sure.

Arc

@PitaJ Yeah. I can mod it with JS, but that's a nightmare from a web crawler standpoint. I guess I'll mod it in from the .tpl file, thanks!

Arc

Update for future generations:

Modifying page title in JS like so:

<script> document.title = 'TITLE HERE'; </script>

Actually isnt as bad as everyone says it is. Google lists it fine.

HolyPhoenix

Any idea if this is working in version 1?

phit

@HolyPhoenix yeah works fine for me

jongarrison

Is anybody else seeing errors and route not found in version 1.0.3 of NodeBB and the latest version of the custom pages plugin (0.3.0)?

In the logs I'm seeing:

warn: [hotswap] Could not find router in stack with hotswapId `custom-pages`

Everything works fine if I revert to [email protected]

frissdiegurke

@jongarrison Since the plugin states "compatibility": "^1.0.4" from that version onwards, I guess there is a known incompatibility with NodeBB@<=1.0.3.