NodeBB displaying blank screens when accessing subforums

[timoxazero]

Hi ya'll! Just recently installed a new copy of nodebb. I can navigate to my forum okay (http://forums.fullbroadside.net/), but when I click any of the subcategories, it loads a blank screen. (ex: https://forums.fullbroadside.net/category/5/applications), but if I edit the url to https://forums.fullbroadside.net/category/5/applications/0, it loads fine. If I try to click the title to go back to the root, it stays blank. Any ideas?

[baris]

See this post for the fix https://community.nodebb.org/post/77781

[timoxazero]

Hi @baris.

Thanks for the tip! I used npm i jquery@3.4.1 to downgrade my version of jQuery, then upgraded and restarted the nodeBB process and I'm still having the same issue. Any other ideas of what it may be?

[baris]

If you upgrade nodebb after intalling jquery@3.4.1, it probably upgraded jquery back to 3.5.0. Check what jquery is installed by npm ls jquery

[timoxazero]

@timoxazero Can't edit so replying to myself. Tried npm ls jquery. It was indeed 3.5.0 so I downgraded it back down and restarted the server, but the issue persists. It seems to be an issue with the navigation buttons themselves. When I access the category directly from the link I posted, I can see the subforum just fine. But if I navigate to the homepage and try to click "Applications", I encounter the issue.

Edit: Ah. I can edit. Neat. Yeah so when I access https://forums.fullbroadside.net/category/5/applications directly, I can see the subforum, but I cannot interact with the button to write a post. If I navigate to htttps://forums.fullbroadside.net/compose?cid=5. Then it opens a post writing window, but I can't submit it.

[baris]

After you downgrade jquery, run ./nodebb build so the client side payload is updated. But don't run ./nodebb upgrade. After that restart and it should work.

[timoxazero]

There we go. That worked. Thank you very much!

Edit: Just kidding. I still can't click compose.

[timoxazero]

Found an error in the log that may have something to do with my issue composing new topics.

(node:6721) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Failed to lookup view "compose" in views directory "/home/timoxa/nodebb/build/public/templates"
    at Function.render (/home/timoxa/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:580:17)
    at ServerResponse.render (/home/timoxa/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:1012:7)
    at /home/timoxa/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:63:83
    at internal/util.js:297:30
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at internal/util.js:296:12
    at ServerResponse.renderOverride [as render] (/home/timoxa/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:67:14)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

Edit: Checked /home/timoxa/nodebb/build/public/templates and there's no files for composing. Is there a way to pull them from remote and just add them in?

Edit 2: I found a compose.js in the github directory, and I added it to /home/timoxa/nodebb/build/public/templates as compose.js, and then i do ./nodebb build and it deletes the file every time. Any ideas? If I don't build it, but restart, it doesn't change anything.

[baris]

Running ./nodebb build will generate the template files in the build/public/templates folder. Make sure nodebb-plugin-composer-default is installed and activated.

[timoxazero]

That solved my problem. Thank you so much!!!!