nodebb-plugin-category-sections - ACP still broken

pichalite

@Jason-Neal the plugin is not updated for NodeBB v1.0. There was a change in NodeBB v1.0 related to ACP scripts for plugins.

Sent a PR to make it compatible with NodeBB v1.x.x

In the mean time to make the ACP work, change this line

nodebb-plugin-category-sections/plugin.json at master · NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-category-sections

This plugin allows you to organize the categories on your homepage into individual sections. - nodebb-plugin-category-sections/plugin.json at master · NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-category-sections

GitHub (github.com)

replace "scripts" with "acpScripts" and then restart NodeBB.

? Offline

@pichalite, my test board seems to crash when this plugin is activated now.

Issues I noticed:

Making the change in your PR to the plugin.json allowed the use of the buttons in the ACP
Trying to add more than one category and hitting save resulted in content a message reading "ERR" being shown
After disabling the plugin and re-enabling it, the board crashes as soon as it is activated.

As soon as I try to open category sections from within the ACP

17/3 16:27 [14512] - verbose: [plugins] Loading templates (nodebb-plugin-category-sections)
17/3 16:27 [14512] - verbose: [meta/templates] Compiling templates
17/3 16:27 [14512] - verbose: [meta/templates] Successfully compiled templates.
17/3 16:27 [14512] - error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token o
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Command.callback (/root/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-category-sections/library.js:71:53)
    at RedisClient.return_reply (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:664:25)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.reply_parser.send_reply (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:332:14)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.run (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parsers/javascript.js:132:18)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.execute (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parsers/javascript.js:107:10)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:131:27)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:764:14)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:92:17)
SyntaxError: Unexpected token o
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Command.callback (/root/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-category-sections/library.js:71:53)
    at RedisClient.return_reply (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:664:25)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.reply_parser.send_reply (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:332:14)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.run (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parsers/javascript.js:132:18)
    at JavascriptReplyParser.execute (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parsers/javascript.js:107:10)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:131:27)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (_stream_readable.js:764:14)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:92:17)

pichalite

@ThingBreaker may be there is some error if using Redis as DB. I have no problems running it using Mongo.

Will try to spin a new instance using Redis and see if it works.

? Offline

@pichalite, I'd be curious to hear your results. I haven't worked with mongo previously though it seems to be the new standard for NodeBB installations.

pichalite

@ThingBreaker I am getting the same error if I use Redis. not sure what the fix is...

pichalite

@ThingBreaker I think I found a fix for this...

remove existing plugin settings from Redis (if any saved)

connect to redis using redis-cli and run DEL plugins:category-sections:sections to remove any saved settings

add the following code before this line https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-category-sections/blob/master/static/lib/admin/sections.js#L66

sections = JSON.stringify(sections);

restart NodeBB

Jason Neal

I have to say, I'm loving the active community here for NodeBB. Reminds me of when SMF was still pretty new.

Would it help if I forked the repository, made the fix and asked for a pull into the master?

Not sure about the order of operations expected here in the community.

pichalite

@Jason-Neal already sent the PR to the repository. no need to do it again.

pichalite

@Jason-Neal @ThingBreaker new version of plugin published with compatibility for NodeBB v1.x.x and fix for settings save when using redis.

Jason Neal

@pichalite You're awesome man.

Very excited about nodebb and what it can do.

I look forward to becoming an active part of the community here.

Kudos to @psychobunny for all of the AWESOME plugins he's developed here too!

Danny McWilliams

Don't think starting a new topic is necessary for my question - is this only compatible with Lavender and if not is there a way of doing this with Persona?

phit

@Danny-McWilliams said:

is this only compatible with Lavender and if not is there a way of doing this with Persona?

seems to be compatible with persona, but I haven't tried it
https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-category-sections/blob/master/library.js#L136

pichalite

@phit @Danny-McWilliams plugin used to support persona but recent changes to persona/templates.js made it incompatible.