I recently upgraded FontAwesome on v1.15rc, so here's a little roundup of what I did in case anybody will encounter difficulties.
Download the latest version of FA from their website. You need this package.
Unpack and upload the files to your server at "(nodebb_dir)/public/vendor/fontawesome". You only need the contents of "/webfonts", "/less/_variables.less" and "/less/_icons.less". Don't upload anything else.
Make a copy of your old icons.less and variables.less, then replace them with your new files (remove the underscore).
Run the script provided by NodeMoster. I modified it a little and removed grep:
#!/bin/bash ######################################################################################################### ## copy latest font awesome's /webfonts/* to public/vendor/fontawesome/fonts ## ## copy latest font awesome's /less/_variables.less to public/vendor/fontawesome/less/variables.less ## ## copy latest font awesome's /less/_icons.less to public/vendor/fontawesome/less/icons.less ## ######################################################################################################### latestfa=`curl -s https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/releases | grep "tree" | head -1 | grep -o -P '(?<=title=).*(?=>)'` if ! grep $latestfa public/vendor/fontawesome/less/variables.less; then echo "Latest Font Awesome not copied yet!" exit 0; fi #Use back nodebb preferred font sizes sed -i 's#../webfonts#./vendor/fontawesome/fonts#; s/16px/14px/; s#2em#(30em / 14)#' public/vendor/fontawesome/less/variables.less #css for latest FA fonts cat <<EOF > public/vendor/fontawesome/less/path.less @font-face { font-family: 'FontAwesome'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.eot"); src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.eot?#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.woff2") format("woff2"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.woff") format("woff"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.ttf") format("truetype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-brands-400.svg#fontawesome") format("svg"); } @font-face { font-family: 'FontAwesome'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.eot"); src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.eot?#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.woff2") format("woff2"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.woff") format("woff"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.ttf") format("truetype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-regular-400.svg#fontawesome") format("svg"); } @font-face { font-family: 'FontAwesome'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 900; src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.eot"); src: url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.eot?#iefix") format("embedded-opentype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.woff2") format("woff2"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.woff") format("woff"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.ttf") format("truetype"), url("@{fa-font-path}/fa-solid-900.svg#fontawesome") format("svg"); } EOF #Delete the old font links sed -i '/fa fa-/d; ' src/views/partials/fontawesome.tpl #Get new icons into variable newfontawesome=`grep -o -P '(?<=fa-var-).*(?=:)' public/vendor/fontawesome/less/variables.less` #Make icon Links for i in $newfontawesome; do echo "Insert $i Into Template" echo "<i class=\"fa fa-$i\"></i>" >>/tmp/newfontawesome.txt done #Insert icons into template sed -i '/fa-icons/r /tmp/newfontawesome.txt' src/views/partials/fontawesome.tpl #insert the new font links echo "Done!" #Some icons like fa-clock-o in /recent and fa-group in /group have been renamed and are not compatible with the latest FA5. In order to change them, inspect the element in your browser, under iconPicker class abd change fa-clock-o or fa-group to fa-500px or something else that you can click on and change it. Run this modified Python script by abkcode which replaces all instances of old class names with the new ones. You may need to tweak it. #!/usr/bin/env python import os from collections import OrderedDict findreplace = [ ('fa-500px', 'fa-500px'), ('fa-address-book-o', 'fa-address-book'), ('fa-address-card-o', 'fa-address-card'), ('fa-adn', 'fa-adn'), ('fa-amazon', 'fa-amazon'), ('fa-android', 'fa-android'), ('fa-angellist', 'fa-angellist'), ('fa-apple', 'fa-apple'), ('fa-area-chart', 'fa-chart-area'), ('fa-arrow-circle-o-down', 'fa-arrow-alt-circle-down'), ('fa-arrow-circle-o-left', 'fa-arrow-alt-circle-left'), ('fa-arrow-circle-o-right', 'fa-arrow-alt-circle-right'), ('fa-arrow-circle-o-up', 'fa-arrow-alt-circle-up'), ('fa-arrows-alt', 'fa-expand-arrows-alt'), ('fa-arrows-h', 'fa-arrows-alt-h'), ('fa-arrows-v', 'fa-arrows-alt-v'), ('fa-arrows', 'fa-arrows-alt'), ('fa-asl-interpreting', 'fa-american-sign-language-interpreting'), ('fa-automobile', 'fa-car'), ('fa-bandcamp', 'fa-bandcamp'), ('fa-bank', 'fa-university'), ('fa-bar-chart-o', 'fa-chart-bar'), ('fa-bar-chart', 'fa-chart-bar'), ('fa-bathtub', 'fa-bath'), ('fa-battery-0', 'fa-battery-empty'), ('fa-battery-1', 'fa-battery-quarter'), ('fa-battery-2', 'fa-battery-half'), ('fa-battery-3', 'fa-battery-three-quarters'), ('fa-battery-4', 'fa-battery-full'), ('fa-battery', 'fa-battery-full'), ('fa-behance', 'fa-behance'), ('fa-behance-square', 'fa-behance-square'), ('fa-bell-o', 'fa-bell'), ('fa-bell-slash-o', 'fa-bell-slash'), ('fa-bitbucket-square', 'fa-bitbucket'), ('fa-bitbucket', 'fa-bitbucket'), ('fa-bitcoin', 'fa-btc'), ('fa-black-tie', 'fa-black-tie'), ('fa-bluetooth-b', 'fa-bluetooth-b'), ('fa-bluetooth', 'fa-bluetooth'), ('fa-bookmark-o', 'fa-bookmark'), ('fa-btc', 'fa-btc'), ('fa-building-o', 'fa-building'), ('fa-buysellads', 'fa-buysellads'), ('fa-cab', 'fa-taxi'), ('fa-calendar-check-o', 'fa-calendar-check'), ('fa-calendar-minus-o', 'fa-calendar-minus'), ('fa-calendar-o', 'fa-calendar'), ('fa-calendar-plus-o', 'fa-calendar-plus'), ('fa-calendar-times-o', 'fa-calendar-times'), ('fa-calendar', 'fa-calendar-alt'), ('fa-caret-square-o-down', 'fa-caret-square-down'), ('fa-caret-square-o-left', 'fa-caret-square-left'), ('fa-caret-square-o-right', 'fa-caret-square-right'), ('fa-caret-square-o-up', 'fa-caret-square-up'), ('fa-cc-amex', 'fa-cc-amex'), ('fa-cc-diners-club', 'fa-cc-diners-club'), ('fa-cc-discover', 'fa-cc-discover'), ('fa-cc-jcb', 'fa-cc-jcb'), ('fa-cc-mastercard', 'fa-cc-mastercard'), ('fa-cc-paypal', 'fa-cc-paypal'), ('fa-cc-stripe', 'fa-cc-stripe'), ('fa-cc-visa', 'fa-cc-visa'), ('fa-cc', 'fa-closed-captioning'), ('fa-chain-broken', 'fa-unlink'), ('fa-chain', 'fa-link'), ('fa-check-circle-o', 'fa-check-circle'), ('fa-check-square-o', 'fa-check-square'), ('fa-chrome', 'fa-chrome'), ('fa-circle-o-notch', 'fa-circle-notch'), ('fa-circle-o', 'fa-circle'), ('fa-circle-thin', 'fa-circle'), ('fa-clipboard', 'fa-clipboard'), ('fa-clock-o', 'fa-clock'), ('fa-clone', 'fa-clone'), ('fa-close', 'fa-times'), ('fa-cloud-download', 'fa-cloud-download-alt'), ('fa-cloud-upload', 'fa-cloud-upload-alt'), ('fa-cny', 'fa-yen-sign'), ('fa-code-fork', 'fa-code-branch'), ('fa-codepen', 'fa-codepen'), ('fa-codiepie', 'fa-codiepie'), ('fa-comment-o', 'fa-comment'), ('fa-commenting-o', 'fa-comment-dots'), ('fa-commenting', 'fa-comment-dots'), ('fa-comments-o', 'fa-comments'), ('fa-compass', 'fa-compass'), ('fa-connectdevelop', 'fa-connectdevelop'), ('fa-contao', 'fa-contao'), ('fa-copyright', 'fa-copyright'), ('fa-creative-commons', 'fa-creative-commons'), ('fa-credit-card-alt', 'fa-credit-card'), ('fa-credit-card', 'fa-credit-card'), ('fa-css3', 'fa-css3'), ('fa-cutlery', 'fa-utensils'), ('fa-dashboard', 'fa-tachometer-alt'), ('fa-dashcube', 'fa-dashcube'), ('fa-deafness', 'fa-deaf'), ('fa-dedent', 'fa-outdent'), ('fa-delicious', 'fa-delicious'), ('fa-deviantart', 'fa-deviantart'), ('fa-diamond', 'fa-gem'), ('fa-digg', 'fa-digg'), ('fa-dollar', 'fa-dollar-sign'), ('fa-dot-circle-o', 'fa-dot-circle'), ('fa-dribbble', 'fa-dribbble'), ('fa-drivers-license-o', 'fa-id-card'), ('fa-drivers-license', 'fa-id-card'), ('fa-dropbox', 'fa-dropbox'), ('fa-drupal', 'fa-drupal'), ('fa-edge', 'fa-edge'), ('fa-eercast', 'fa-sellcast'), ('fa-empire', 'fa-empire'), ('fa-envelope-open-o', 'fa-envelope-open'), ('fa-envelope-o', 'fa-envelope'), ('fa-envira', 'fa-envira'), ('fa-etsy', 'fa-etsy'), ('fa-euro', 'fa-euro-sign'), ('fa-eur', 'fa-euro-sign'), ('fa-exchange', 'fa-exchange-alt'), ('fa-expeditedssl', 'fa-expeditedssl'), ('fa-external-link-square', 'fa-external-link-square-alt'), ('fa-external-link', 'fa-external-link-alt'), ('fa-eye-slash', 'fa-eye-slash'), ('fa-eyedropper', 'fa-eye-dropper'), ('fa-eye', 'fa-eye'), ('fa-facebook-f', 'fa-facebook-f'), ('fa-facebook-official', 'fa-facebook'), ('fa-facebook-square', 'fa-facebook-square'), ('fa-facebook', 'fa-facebook-f'), ('fa-feed', 'fa-rss'), ('fa-file-archive-o', 'fa-file-archive'), ('fa-file-audio-o', 'fa-file-audio'), ('fa-file-code-o', 'fa-file-code'), ('fa-file-excel-o', 'fa-file-excel'), ('fa-file-image-o', 'fa-file-image'), ('fa-file-movie-o', 'fa-file-video'), ('fa-file-o', 'fa-file'), ('fa-file-pdf-o', 'fa-file-pdf'), ('fa-file-photo-o', 'fa-file-image'), ('fa-file-picture-o', 'fa-file-image'), ('fa-file-powerpoint-o', 'fa-file-powerpoint'), ('fa-file-sound-o', 'fa-file-audio'), ('fa-file-text-o', 'fa-file-alt'), ('fa-file-text', 'fa-file-alt'), ('fa-file-video-o', 'fa-file-video'), ('fa-file-word-o', 'fa-file-word'), ('fa-file-zip-o', 'fa-file-archive'), ('fa-files-o', 'fa-copy'), ('fa-firefox', 'fa-firefox'), ('fa-first-order', 'fa-first-order'), ('fa-flag-o', 'fa-flag'), ('fa-flash', 'fa-bolt'), ('fa-flickr', 'fa-flickr'), ('fa-floppy-o', 'fa-save'), ('fa-folder-o', 'fa-folder'), ('fa-folder-open-o', 'fa-folder-open'), ('fa-font-awesome', 'fa-font-awesome'), ('fa-fonticons', 'fa-fonticons'), ('fa-fort-awesome', 'fa-fort-awesome'), ('fa-forumbee', 'fa-forumbee'), ('fa-foursquare', 'fa-foursquare'), ('fa-free-code-camp', 'fa-free-code-camp'), ('fa-frown-o', 'fa-frown'), ('fa-futbol-o', 'fa-futbol'), ('fa-gbp', 'fa-pound-sign'), ('fa-gears', 'fa-cogs'), ('fa-gear', 'fa-cog'), ('fa-get-pocket', 'fa-get-pocket'), ('fa-ge', 'fa-empire'), ('fa-gg-circle', 'fa-gg-circle'), ('fa-gg', 'fa-gg'), ('fa-git-square', 'fa-git-square'), ('fa-github-alt', 'fa-github-alt'), ('fa-github-square', 'fa-github-square'), ('fa-github', 'fa-github'), ('fa-gitlab', 'fa-gitlab'), ('fa-gittip', 'fa-gratipay'), ('fa-git', 'fa-git'), ('fa-glass', 'fa-glass-martini'), ('fa-glide-g', 'fa-glide-g'), ('fa-glide', 'fa-glide'), ('fa-google-plus-circle', 'fa-google-plus'), ('fa-google-plus-official', 'fa-google-plus'), ('fa-google-plus-square', 'fa-google-plus-square'), ('fa-google-plus', 'fa-google-plus-g'), ('fa-google-wallet', 'fa-google-wallet'), ('fa-google', 'fa-google'), ('fa-gratipay', 'fa-gratipay'), ('fa-grav', 'fa-grav'), ('fa-group', 'fa-users'), ('fa-hacker-news', 'fa-hacker-news'), ('fa-hand-grab-o', 'fa-hand-rock'), ('fa-hand-lizard-o', 'fa-hand-lizard'), ('fa-hand-o-down', 'fa-hand-point-down'), ('fa-hand-o-left', 'fa-hand-point-left'), ('fa-hand-o-right', 'fa-hand-point-right'), ('fa-hand-o-up', 'fa-hand-point-up'), ('fa-hand-paper-o', 'fa-hand-paper'), ('fa-hand-peace-o', 'fa-hand-peace'), ('fa-hand-pointer-o', 'fa-hand-pointer'), ('fa-hand-rock-o', 'fa-hand-rock'), ('fa-hand-scissors-o', 'fa-hand-scissors'), ('fa-hand-spock-o', 'fa-hand-spock'), ('fa-hand-stop-o', 'fa-hand-paper'), ('fa-handshake-o', 'fa-handshake'), ('fa-hard-of-hearing', 'fa-deaf'), ('fa-hdd-o', 'fa-hdd'), ('fa-header', 'fa-heading'), ('fa-heart-o', 'fa-heart'), ('fa-hospital-o', 'fa-hospital'), ('fa-hotel', 'fa-bed'), ('fa-hourglass-1', 'fa-hourglass-start'), ('fa-hourglass-2', 'fa-hourglass-half'), ('fa-hourglass-3', 'fa-hourglass-end'), ('fa-hourglass-o', 'fa-hourglass'), ('fa-houzz', 'fa-houzz'), ('fa-html5', 'fa-html5'), ('fa-id-badge', 'fa-id-badge'), ('fa-id-card-o', 'fa-id-card'), ('fa-ils', 'fa-shekel-sign'), ('fa-image', 'fa-image'), ('fa-imdb', 'fa-imdb'), ('fa-inr', 'fa-rupee-sign'), ('fa-instagram', 'fa-instagram'), ('fa-institution', 'fa-university'), ('fa-internet-explorer', 'fa-internet-explorer'), ('fa-intersex', 'fa-transgender'), ('fa-ioxhost', 'fa-ioxhost'), ('fa-joomla', 'fa-joomla'), ('fa-jpy', 'fa-yen-sign'), ('fa-jsfiddle', 'fa-jsfiddle'), ('fa-keyboard-o', 'fa-keyboard'), ('fa-krw', 'fa-won-sign'), ('fa-lastfm-square', 'fa-lastfm-square'), ('fa-lastfm', 'fa-lastfm'), ('fa-leanpub', 'fa-leanpub'), ('fa-legal', 'fa-gavel'), ('fa-lemon-o', 'fa-lemon'), ('fa-level-down', 'fa-level-down-alt'), ('fa-level-up', 'fa-level-up-alt'), ('fa-life-bouy', 'fa-life-ring'), ('fa-life-buoy', 'fa-life-ring'), ('fa-life-ring', 'fa-life-ring'), ('fa-life-saver', 'fa-life-ring'), ('fa-lightbulb-o', 'fa-lightbulb'), ('fa-line-chart', 'fa-chart-line'), ('fa-linkedin-square', 'fa-linkedin'), ('fa-linkedin', 'fa-linkedin-in'), ('fa-linode', 'fa-linode'), ('fa-linux', 'fa-linux'), ('fa-list-alt', 'fa-list-alt'), ('fa-long-arrow-down', 'fa-long-arrow-alt-down'), ('fa-long-arrow-left', 'fa-long-arrow-alt-left'), ('fa-long-arrow-right', 'fa-long-arrow-alt-right'), ('fa-long-arrow-up', 'fa-long-arrow-alt-up'), ('fa-mail-forward', 'fa-share'), ('fa-mail-reply-all', 'fa-reply-all'), ('fa-mail-reply', 'fa-reply'), ('fa-map-marker', 'fa-map-marker-alt'), ('fa-map-o', 'fa-map'), ('fa-maxcdn', 'fa-maxcdn'), ('fa-meanpath', 'fa-font-awesome'), ('fa-medium', 'fa-medium'), ('fa-meetup', 'fa-meetup'), ('fa-meh-o', 'fa-meh'), ('fa-minus-square-o', 'fa-minus-square'), ('fa-mixcloud', 'fa-mixcloud'), ('fa-mobile-phone', 'fa-mobile-alt'), ('fa-mobile', 'fa-mobile-alt'), ('fa-modx', 'fa-modx'), ('fa-moon-o', 'fa-moon'), ('fa-money', 'fa-money-bill-alt'), ('fa-mortar-board', 'fa-graduation-cap'), ('fa-navicon', 'fa-bars'), ('fa-newspaper-o', 'fa-newspaper'), ('fa-object-group', 'fa-object-group'), ('fa-object-ungroup', 'fa-object-ungroup'), ('fa-odnoklassniki-square', 'fa-odnoklassniki-square'), ('fa-odnoklassniki', 'fa-odnoklassniki'), ('fa-opencart', 'fa-opencart'), ('fa-openid', 'fa-openid'), ('fa-opera', 'fa-opera'), ('fa-optin-monster', 'fa-optin-monster'), ('fa-pagelines', 'fa-pagelines'), ('fa-paper-plane-o', 'fa-paper-plane'), ('fa-paste', 'fa-clipboard'), ('fa-pause-circle-o', 'fa-pause-circle'), ('fa-paypal', 'fa-paypal'), ('fa-pencil-square', 'fa-pen-square'), ('fa-pencil-square-o', 'fa-edit'), ('fa-pencil', 'fa-pencil-alt'), ('fa-photo', 'fa-image'), ('fa-picture-o', 'fa-image'), ('fa-pie-chart', 'fa-chart-pie'), ('fa-pied-piper-alt', 'fa-pied-piper-alt'), ('fa-pied-piper-pp', 'fa-pied-piper-pp'), ('fa-pied-piper', 'fa-pied-piper'), ('fa-pinterest-p', 'fa-pinterest-p'), ('fa-pinterest-square', 'fa-pinterest-square'), ('fa-pinterest', 'fa-pinterest'), ('fa-play-circle-o', 'fa-play-circle'), ('fa-plus-square-o', 'fa-plus-square'), ('fa-product-hunt', 'fa-product-hunt'), ('fa-qq', 'fa-qq'), ('fa-question-circle-o', 'fa-question-circle'), ('fa-quora', 'fa-quora'), ('fa-ravelry', 'fa-ravelry'), ('fa-ra', 'fa-rebel'), ('fa-rebel', 'fa-rebel'), ('fa-reddit-alien', 'fa-reddit-alien'), ('fa-reddit-square', 'fa-reddit-square'), ('fa-reddit', 'fa-reddit'), ('fa-refresh', 'fa-sync'), ('fa-registered', 'fa-registered'), ('fa-remove', 'fa-times'), ('fa-renren', 'fa-renren'), ('fa-reorder', 'fa-bars'), ('fa-repeat', 'fa-redo'), ('fa-resistance', 'fa-rebel'), ('fa-rmb', 'fa-yen-sign'), ('fa-rotate-left', 'fa-undo'), ('fa-rotate-right', 'fa-redo'), ('fa-rouble', 'fa-ruble-sign'), ('fa-ruble', 'fa-ruble-sign'), ('fa-rub', 'fa-ruble-sign'), ('fa-rupee', 'fa-rupee-sign'), ('fa-s15', 'fa-bath'), ('fa-safari', 'fa-safari'), ('fa-scissors', 'fa-cut'), ('fa-scribd', 'fa-scribd'), ('fa-sellsy', 'fa-sellsy'), ('fa-send-o', 'fa-paper-plane'), ('fa-send', 'fa-paper-plane'), ('fa-share-square-o', 'fa-share-square'), ('fa-shekel', 'fa-shekel-sign'), ('fa-sheqel', 'fa-shekel-sign'), ('fa-shield', 'fa-shield-alt'), ('fa-shirtsinbulk', 'fa-shirtsinbulk'), ('fa-sign-in', 'fa-sign-in-alt'), ('fa-sign-out', 'fa-sign-out-alt'), ('fa-signing', 'fa-sign-language'), ('fa-simplybuilt', 'fa-simplybuilt'), ('fa-skyatlas', 'fa-skyatlas'), ('fa-skype', 'fa-skype'), ('fa-slack', 'fa-slack'), ('fa-sliders', 'fa-sliders-h'), ('fa-slideshare', 'fa-slideshare'), ('fa-smile-o', 'fa-smile'), ('fa-snapchat-ghost', 'fa-snapchat-ghost'), ('fa-snapchat-square', 'fa-snapchat-square'), ('fa-snapchat', 'fa-snapchat'), ('fa-snowflake-o', 'fa-snowflake'), ('fa-soccer-ball-o', 'fa-futbol'), ('fa-sort-alpha-asc', 'fa-sort-alpha-down'), ('fa-sort-alpha-desc', 'fa-sort-alpha-up'), ('fa-sort-amount-asc', 'fa-sort-amount-down'), ('fa-sort-amount-desc', 'fa-sort-amount-up'), ('fa-sort-asc', 'fa-sort-up'), ('fa-sort-desc', 'fa-sort-down'), ('fa-sort-numeric-asc', 'fa-sort-numeric-down'), ('fa-sort-numeric-desc', 'fa-sort-numeric-up'), ('fa-soundcloud', 'fa-soundcloud'), ('fa-spoon', 'fa-utensil-spoon'), ('fa-spotify', 'fa-spotify'), ('fa-square-o', 'fa-square'), ('fa-stack-exchange', 'fa-stack-exchange'), ('fa-stack-overflow', 'fa-stack-overflow'), ('fa-star-half-empty', 'fa-star-half'), ('fa-star-half-full', 'fa-star-half'), ('fa-star-half-o', 'fa-star-half'), ('fa-star-o', 'fa-star'), ('fa-steam-square', 'fa-steam-square'), ('fa-steam', 'fa-steam'), ('fa-sticky-note-o', 'fa-sticky-note'), ('fa-stop-circle-o', 'fa-stop-circle'), ('fa-stumbleupon-circle', 'fa-stumbleupon-circle'), ('fa-stumbleupon', 'fa-stumbleupon'), ('fa-sun-o', 'fa-sun'), ('fa-superpowers', 'fa-superpowers'), ('fa-support', 'fa-life-ring'), ('fa-tablet', 'fa-tablet-alt'), ('fa-tachometer', 'fa-tachometer-alt'), ('fa-telegram', 'fa-telegram'), ('fa-television', 'fa-tv'), ('fa-tencent-weibo', 'fa-tencent-weibo'), ('fa-themeisle', 'fa-themeisle'), ('fa-thermometer-0', 'fa-thermometer-empty'), ('fa-thermometer-1', 'fa-thermometer-quarter'), ('fa-thermometer-2', 'fa-thermometer-half'), ('fa-thermometer-3', 'fa-thermometer-three-quarters'), ('fa-thermometer-4', 'fa-thermometer-full'), ('fa-thermometer', 'fa-thermometer-full'), ('fa-thumb-tack', 'fa-thumbtack'), ('fa-thumbs-o-down', 'fa-thumbs-down'), ('fa-thumbs-o-up', 'fa-thumbs-up'), ('fa-ticket', 'fa-ticket-alt'), ('fa-times-circle-o', 'fa-times-circle'), ('fa-times-rectangle-o', 'fa-window-close'), ('fa-times-rectangle', 'fa-window-close'), ('fa-toggle-down', 'fa-caret-square-down'), ('fa-toggle-left', 'fa-caret-square-left'), ('fa-toggle-right', 'fa-caret-square-right'), ('fa-toggle-up', 'fa-caret-square-up'), ('fa-trash-o', 'fa-trash-alt'), ('fa-trash', 'fa-trash-alt'), ('fa-trello', 'fa-trello'), ('fa-tripadvisor', 'fa-tripadvisor'), ('fa-try', 'fa-lira-sign'), ('fa-tumblr-square', 'fa-tumblr-square'), ('fa-tumblr', 'fa-tumblr'), ('fa-turkish-lira', 'fa-lira-sign'), ('fa-twitch', 'fa-twitch'), ('fa-twitter-square', 'fa-twitter-square'), ('fa-twitter', 'fa-twitter'), ('fa-unsorted', 'fa-sort'), ('fa-usb', 'fa-usb'), ('fa-usd', 'fa-dollar-sign'), ('fa-user-circle-o', 'fa-user-circle'), ('fa-user-o', 'fa-user'), ('fa-vcard-o', 'fa-address-card'), ('fa-vcard', 'fa-address-card'), ('fa-viacoin', 'fa-viacoin'), ('fa-viadeo-square', 'fa-viadeo-square'), ('fa-viadeo', 'fa-viadeo'), ('fa-video-camera', 'fa-video'), ('fa-vimeo-square', 'fa-vimeo-square'), ('fa-vimeo', 'fa-vimeo-v'), ('fa-vine', 'fa-vine'), ('fa-vk', 'fa-vk'), ('fa-volume-control-phone', 'fa-phone-volume'), ('fa-warning', 'fa-exclamation-triangle'), ('fa-wechat', 'fa-weixin'), ('fa-weibo', 'fa-weibo'), ('fa-weixin', 'fa-weixin'), ('fa-whatsapp', 'fa-whatsapp'), ('fa-wheelchair-alt', 'fa-accessible-icon'), ('fa-wikipedia-w', 'fa-wikipedia-w'), ('fa-window-close-o', 'fa-window-close'), ('fa-window-maximize', 'fa-window-maximize'), ('fa-window-restore', 'fa-window-restore'), ('fa-windows', 'fa-windows'), ('fa-won', 'fa-won-sign'), ('fa-wordpress', 'fa-wordpress'), ('fa-wpbeginner', 'fa-wpbeginner'), ('fa-wpexplorer', 'fa-wpexplorer'), ('fa-wpforms', 'fa-wpforms'), ('fa-xing-square', 'fa-xing-square'), ('fa-xing', 'fa-xing'), ('fa-y-combinator-square', 'fa-hacker-news'), ('fa-y-combinator', 'fa-y-combinator'), ('fa-yahoo', 'fa-yahoo'), ('fa-yc', 'fa-y-combinator'), ('fa-yc-square', 'fa-hacker-news'), ('fa-yelp', 'fa-yelp'), ('fa-yen', 'fa-yen-sign'), ('fa-yoast', 'fa-yoast'), ('fa-youtube-play', 'fa-youtube'), ('fa-youtube-square', 'fa-youtube-square'), ('fa-youtube', 'fa-youtube'), ('fa-var-arrows-v', 'fa-var-arrows-alt-v'), ('fa-fa', 'fa-font-awesome') ] def upgrade(project_path, extensions, exclude_directories): for dname, dirs, files in os.walk(project_path): dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in exclude_directories] for fname in files: if(fname.lower().endswith(extensions)): fpath = os.path.join(dname, fname) print (fpath) s = open(fpath).read() for icon in findreplace: s = s.replace(icon[0]+'"', icon[1]+'"') s = s.replace(icon[0]+"'", icon[1]+"'") s = s.replace(icon[0]+" ", icon[1]+" ") # s = s.replace(icon[0], icon[1]) f = open(fpath, "w") f.write(s) print ("\nAbove files have been modified") project_path = os.getcwd() extensions = ('.html', 'js', '.tpl', '.less') exclude_directories = set(['test', 'build', 'logs']) upgrade(project_path, extensions, exclude_directories) Now we can ./nodebb build and check for errors. You may need to manually replace the older names with the new ones that you can find in variables.lessHere's an example of an error: Error: NameError: variable @fa-var-arrows-v is undefined in /root/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-composer-default/static/less/composer.less
That is because in version 5 this icon is called fa-var-arrows-alt-v
After a successful build you can start your forum. If you installed a free version of FA you may want to change the font-weight for .fa, otherwise, a lot of icons will be missing. You also need to set vertical-align to some elements (like categories) as the new icons are aligned differently. .fa { font-weight: 900; //experiment with this, some icons look better with the alignment, some don't vertical-align: -0.125em; }
