NodeBB 3.6.0

<baris>

Hello everyone!

Today we are releasing NodeBB 3.6.0. Please read below for all changes in this release.

Note: This release requires NodeJS 18 and up.

Ability to watch categories and receive notifications

In 3.5.0 we added the ability to watch tags and receives notifications whenever a new topic is posted. This functionality was not available for categories however. So in this release we added a new setting to the category watch dropdown to allow the same for categories.

Reaction notifications

The reactions plugin has been updated to send notifications whenever someone reacts to one of your posts or chat messages.
Use [email protected] with NodeBB 3.6.0 to get this functionality.

Ability to exempt groups from new user restrictions

We added a new option in the acp to select groups that should be exempt from new user restrictions. This is useful if you place some users in a trusted group like staff members.

Ability to sort rewards in the ACP

If you have a lot of rewards you can now sort them in the ACP

New social share buttons

We've added more social network share buttons into the post tools dropdown menu. These can be enabled or disabled in the ACP.

Better rich search results

@oplik0 has contributed some improvements for structured data. https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/pull/12202. This should result in better results in search results.

Upgrade request to native fetch nodejs 18 ️

As part of our ongoing efforts to tackle technical debt we have replaced the now deprecated request library with the native fetch that comes with nodejs. This means our minimum version for nodejs is now 18.

Better docker support

Thanks to work by @oplik0 and @stevefan1999-personal a pull request has been merged that brings many improvements to docker support. https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/pull/12031

Bug fixes & Misc

As usual there are plenty of bug fixes in this release.

Full list of closed issues

Let us know if you run into any issues in our support thread

crazycells

@baris thanks for the update

If I am not mistaken, new "social media sharing options" are available with the 3.6 , right?

<baris>

@crazycells that's right looks like I forgot to add that to my notes

<baris>

@crazycells updated the main post with a screenshot.

cagatay

thank you @baris updated.

crazycells

I believe in the most updated NodeBB, when a post is deleted, it doesn't fade out but instead appears with a strikethrough. However, the fading out effect was a very useful visual cue for both the user and moderators, clearly indicating that the post has been deleted. Additionally, users can already apply strikethrough formatting themselves, making it more difficult to distinguish between deleted and strikethrough posts. Therefore, if this is the case, please return the fading out effect for the deleted posts...

crazycells

Is there any way to move/drag html widgets between different sections in ACP on mobile?
I could not do it, I wonder if it is a bug or by design?

<baris>

@crazycells drag and drop on mobile is