Disable AJAX

[finid]

Is it possible to disable the AJAX functionality on a NodeBB forum and still retain all its coolness? If yes, how?

[PitaJ]

@planner I doubt it. I mean, I'm sure it would function okay, but all of the pages would be almost completely static.

Why would you want to disable ajax?

[finid]

@pitaj

I don't actually mind the page being static.

Paging @psychobunny, @baris and @julian. Is this possible without breaking anything significant?

[julian]

There are two components:

• the ajaxifier, which handles page changes, and
• the websocket layer, which handles events.

I'm imagining you mean the former? Also, hello again!

[finid]

@julian

Yes, hello, yet again!

I'm sure you know why I'm looking to disable AJAX; I have to monetize my traffic. I have a post with more than 19k views yet I've not made a dime from it.

Whether its the ajaxifier or the websocket component, which one can be disabled that will not break the site?

[julian]

@planner in that case, you're probably looking to disable the ajaxifier.

Overriding ajaxify.go might be enough... I'll give its a try later.

[finid]

@julian

Cool! Looking forward to see how it can be done.

[julian]

Here you go: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/2670/nodebb-script-ajaxify-disable-disable-the-single-page-application-aspect-of-nodebb

[finid]

@julian said:

ajaxify.go

gracias, amigo! I'll take a stab at it. Update later.