Helper function not working at initial page load

[genesisx]

Hi community, I am working on customizing the persona theme, and I need to override the generateChildrenCategories helper that comes with NodeBB. I successfully overrode the function and it's rendering my customized subcategories.

BUT it only works if I click on any of the links that take me to /category . If I refresh the page, the helper function does not work (not called or not yet initialized I guess), it renders no subcategory icon at all. Same happens when first landing at the forum as well.

Here is my code
library.js

library.init = function(params, callback) {
	...
	templates.registerHelper('myGenerateChildrenCategories', function (category) {
		...
                return html;
	};

	callback();
};

persona.js

$(document).ready(function() {
        ...
        templates.registerHelper('myGenerateChildrenCategories', function (category) {
		...
                return html;
	};
        ...
}

item.tpl

<!-- IF !config.hideSubCategories -->
{function.myGenerateChildrenCategories}
<!-- ENDIF !config.hideSubCategories -->

[PitaJ]

@genesisx sounds like the server-side helper is not registered correctly. Maybe try adding a console.log near it to confirm the code is being executed?

[genesisx]

@PitaJ Thanks, I will try this tonight, is library.init the right place to register a helper function? I also tried to put it in appLoad hook , got same behavior.

[PitaJ]

@genesisx init isn't special, it's just the normal method name we use for the static:app.load hook

[genesisx]

@PitaJ Found a syntax error after looking carefully at the server side code, thanks for pointing out the problem is at server side...thought I copy pasted it! Thanks again!