[nodebb-plugin-color] Colors in posts

[toolito]

Hi,
this is my first plugin

This plugin allow users to use colors in their posts.

Installation

npm install nodebb-plugin-color

Usage

%(color)[Text]

color represents the css color applied to the text.
You can use Hex values, rgb, or name of color.

gitbub repo

Hope it's useful

[finid]

@toolito

Very, very nice. Some people have been requesting this in the composer, so you've made their day. Thank you.

[psychobunny]

Nice! I already have a feature request if you start typing %( it pops open a color picker (maybe use the same code for the popup as the @mentions dropdown)

anyways thanks for this

[julian]

Haha wow, nice work @toolito ! Hope you found the plugin writing process easy to grasp

[finid]

@toolito

I've using this on forum.linuxbsdos.com, but it does work when there are more than one usage on the same line.

[julian]

@toolito @planner Just noticed this running on the NFC Ring forum, and yeah, can't put more than one on one line, even with spaces in between

[Tanner]

@toolito Thanks for this plugin! It's great!

[Tanner]

@toolito Any way you could integrate this into the composer?

[A Former User]

@Tanner I saw psychobunny give instructions on how to add a composer button. I may give it a go tomorrow.
For my own reference (on mobile)

https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-spoilers/blob/master/static/spoilers.js

I'll also peek around and see if it's possible to have multiple colors on one line. Be advised though, I am extremely new to Node, so no promises.

[A Former User]

I've hashed out some code snippets I want to test working off of some of the author's code, and some of psychobunny's. If anyone would be willing to team up for some testing on GitHub, it would be awesome. Trying to add in a composer button seems to have broken my test plugin.

[esiao]

@toolito Hello, I've updated this plugin to include the missing feature :

• A button in composer

• the colorpicker to choose a color

• and the code is parsed

• Updated regexp for perf and because I didn't update here you can also use multiple colored words in your texts now.

https://github.com/Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors/pull/2

[esiao]

@toolito Plugin updated for NodeBB 0.6.0 compatibilty
Now the plugin don't parse what's between code blocks.

Updated for NodeBB 0.6.x compatibilty & removed parsing between code tags by esiao · Pull Request #5 · Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors

I have updated the plugin for NodeBB 0.6.x. Also managed to finally avoid parsing inside code blocks. Could you give me the ownership on npm as I update the plugin regularly and it would avoid to wait for your review when it's just updates to the plugin. I will always create the PRs here but that's more for NodeBB plugin users that can't use it by themselves if it's not updated. https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/owner I'll let you test and accept the PR. Going to notify NodeBB community of the plugin update.

GitHub (github.com)

[Shaun]

Seems like there's been no update from this author for almost a year and the plugin doesn't work with 0.6.0. Can we get responsibility for this transferred to @esiao or something?

[PitaJ]

@Shaun yeah, @esiao can fork this on GitHub and maybe request that he/she be added to the package naintainers on npm

[psychobunny]

Seems like @toolito is indeed active though, that issue above was merged by him a few days ago

EDIT: Maybe he just forgot to publish to npm? Might be best to just bug him on his issue tracker

[esiao]

Yes @toolito is active on Github. But update to this one
https://github.com/Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors/pull/6

I've asked for npm ownership but I don't know if he did it or want to do it. And there's no way on npmjs to see if I'm owner.

[JonDoe12]

Is this code still compatible with v6.0.1? Because I've been trying to get the plugin to work, to no avail.

[Silvina]

Not working for me too.

[Mega]

The plugin in npm is outdated.
So, if you install it via
$ npm install nodebb-plugin-color
you get version at 27 July 2014 that doesn't work.

If you clone the repo

$ cd /path/to/NodeBB/node_modules
$ git clone https://github.com/Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors

the plugin won't work until you rename folder
from
nodebb-plugin-colors
to
nodebb-plugin-color

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But there is a way!

$ cd /path/to/NodeBB/node_modules
$ npm i git+https://github.com/Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors  

After that the plugin finally works. (p.s. I didn't tested all claimed functionality, I just became convinced that %(red)[Meow] works)

ping @toolito

[JonDoe12]

Hello @Mega . Just curious, why does :

$ cd /path/to/NodeBB/node_modules
$ npm i git+https://github.com/Toolito/nodebb-plugin-colors

Work when nodebb-plugin-colors < with an "s" is at the end? I thought it supposedly worked without the "s"? Not doubting, just curious as to why it works that way for future reference.

Thank you for your help so far. I'm booting up Nodebb to test it out.