[nodebb-plugin-shoutbox] Shoutbox plugin

[trevor]

@Schamper Looks amazing! Nice work. Is this possible to be on a standalone page or modal?
This reminds me of like some sort of group chat.

[Schamper]

@trevor It's already on a standalone page! There's a setting in the admincp that will add a menu link for it, and clicking the title of the shoutbox panel will bring you to /shoutbox.
It's also defined as a widget, so you can place it in any widget area you have in your theme

[psychobunny]

Awesome, love the skype-like editing feature. Wonder if that could work on the chat system as well

Also, if you haven't noticed yet: I now go by a different username

haha yeah, need the backstory there (ex. nobody wanted to hire a "MrWaffle" - well imagine my username then!)

[Schamper]

@psychobunny said:

Awesome, love the skype-like editing feature. Wonder if that could work on the chat system as well

Also, if you haven't noticed yet: I now go by a different username

haha yeah, need the backstory there (ex. nobody wanted to hire a "MrWaffle" - well imagine my username then!)

Nothing interesting, Schamper has always been my more personal username. Was recently told that Github is fairly important in job interviews so I went ahead and changed it to a more professional username While I was at it I changed it over at this forum and BitBangers.

[julian]

Was recently told that Github is fairly important in job interviews

Yes... I firmly believe this is why nobody will ever poach @psychobunny from NodeBB. dat username.

[Scuzz]

You'll always be my Mr_Waffle

[psychobunny]

@julian said:

Yes... I firmly believe this is why nobody will ever poach @psychobunny from NodeBB. dat username.

yeah. my last job interview:

"So, do you have a GitHub account?"

"err... nope."

[manuel]

any chances to be updated for nodebb 0.4.0?

[Schamper]

@manuel said:

any chances to be updated for nodebb 0.4.0?

Current master branch on Github is 0.4.0 compatible, I'll try to push an update to npm this weekend.

[trevor]

Here's a suggestion @schamper ; On the shout box the area should be greyed out if you're not logged in. Or should give off a friendly message indicating that you must be logged in to use the shout box.

[Schamper]

@trevor this was the previous method, but instead of graying it out, the input area would be hidden. However I've chosen to completely hide the shoutbox when you're not logged in.

[trevor]

@trevor this was the previous method, but instead of graying it out, the input area would be hidden. However I've chosen to completely hide the shoutbox when you're not logged in.

@Schamper That works too, lol.

[Schamper]

0.1.0 published! Requires NodeBB 0.4.0.

Main new features:

• Complete redesign.
• User status is reflected by the green border around their avatar. This is stylable by theme creators.
• Inline editing! Instead of the annoying edit popup, editing is now done in the input box.
• Skype like editing of your last shout! Just press the up arrow to start editing your last shout!
• User settings -- you can change your Shoutbox settings in your user settings now!
• Admins can turn off features in the admincp (like archive and the gist button).
• Also the admincp, complete redesign! Screenshot can be found a few posts up.
• (Almost) completely refactored client code! It's a lot more maintainable now!
• A load of bugfixes and tweaks that enhance your experience!
• Compatible with the very latest NodeBB!

Todo:

• It's possible that settings and stuff don't work correctly with redis yet. I'll be fixing this soon.
• Adding the timestamp back.

[julian]

@Schamper Take a look at how I save settings here

No need to use Settings.prepare anymore.

[Schamper]

@julian Cheers, will take a look at that!

[markkus]

Great plugin! Anyway, I know that this plugin isn't confirmed to be compatible with 0.4.1, but I've found a bug.
When a non logged-in user browses the forum and then returns to the page where the shoutbox is located, it will display an empty page to the user.

[Scuzz]

Can confirm, happens at bitbangers too.

[Schamper]

Schamper/nodebb-plugin-shoutbox#41

Schamper created this issue in Schamper/nodebb-plugin-shoutbox

closed Empty page on navigation #41

[ffmad]

@Schamper Hi ! Is it possible to restrain the access to the chatbox to a group of user ?

[Schamper]

@ffmad Interesting request. I'd have to read up on how the new permissions system works (I'm totally not up to date). If one of the core devs reads this before I get around to doing that: is it actually possible?