[nodebb-plugin-custom-pages] Custom Static pages for NodeBB

leksar

AFAIK this problem appears because the plugin doesn't creates the .tpl file in your theme templates. So you can copy homepage.tpl from nodebb-plugin-custom-pages/templates to [yourtheme]/templates directory and name it like you named your page in ACP (mypage.tpl) as temporary solution.

Henry Wright

@psychobunny when I install the plugin, I get the same internal error as reported in issue #10. For example:

error

Henry Wright

@psychobunny which version are you referring to?

npm install nodebb-plugin-custom-pages still produces this error. Is there a more recent version of the plugin available?

Guiri

@henrywright Try this:

cd ~/NodeBB/node_modules
npm remove nodebb-plugin-custom-pages && rm -rf nodebb-plugin-custom-pages
git clone https://github.com/rbeer/nodebb-plugin-custom-pages
git checkout tplCopyIssue

Henry Wright

@Guiri doesn't the clone URL need a .git on the end?

Henry Wright

@leksar I tested this (copying the template file to the location where it's missing) and it worked. Thanks for sharing

Henry Wright

@leksar Actually, I found a problem with that. After a forum restart, mypage.tpl is automatically deleted which results in the error appearing again.

Guiri

Yes, I forgot the .git extension. You might need to manually delete and re-create the template in the system with the new branch. I don't remember, unfortunately, but it's been stable for a week now without a hiccup.

Guiri

Anybody know if there's a clever way to override the global sidebar using bootstrap or CSS? Since there's no longer a homepage route, my sidebar is in the global tpl. But for the custom page, I'd really like to be able to replace those.

Arc

Is there any chance we can get this working on 0.9.x, or is this pretty well not working at the moment?

PitaJ

@Arc it should work just fine on v0.9.x - it does for me. You have to install it manually via npm install nodebb-plugin-custom-pages in your nodebb directory.

Arc

@PitaJ It doesnt seem to, sadly.

It installed fine, and looked all good:

But after 3 restarts, one hard ./nodebb stop and ./nodebb start, and a reload:

Simply no luck.

PitaJ

@Arc try removing the leading slash in the route

Arc

@PitaJ ... Of course it'd be something that simple.

Thanks!

PitaJ

@Arc no problem. I've found that slashes in routes can cause lots of problems in NodeBB core and plugins

Arc

@PitaJ One more question, that I'm sure is just me using bad syntax again- how do you change the pageTitle? Name of page isnt working.

PitaJ

@Arc are you referring to the title displayed in the tab? I think that that feature isn't implemented yet, but not exactly sure.

Arc

@PitaJ Yeah. I can mod it with JS, but that's a nightmare from a web crawler standpoint. I guess I'll mod it in from the .tpl file, thanks!

Arc

Update for future generations:

Modifying page title in JS like so:

<script> document.title = 'TITLE HERE'; </script>

Actually isnt as bad as everyone says it is. Google lists it fine.

HolyPhoenix

Any idea if this is working in version 1?