Can nodebb be embedded into an existing website?

[Jim Bridger]

I have a website (custom built on node+express+mongo) and want to embed the forum on the same site, which already has it's own login system. I want the forum to be on the same domain and have the same headers / footers as the rest of the site. Is there a way I can do this?

[PitaJ]

You can do this with a combination of nodebb-plugin-session-sharing and a custom theme incorporating your own header and footer.

[Jim Bridger]

@pitaj That sounds doable, though would the custom theme be fetched live or does it have to be hard coded? I would like to still show my logged in user icon at the top.

[PitaJ]

@jim-bridger well you can do pretty much whatever you want as far as the theme is concerned. Generate html with one app and substitute it into the theme.

Note that NodeBB's navigation bar shows the current user icon so you'll probably want to choose one or the other, not both.