Templates System

jonathanmh

First time I looked at the repo the .tpl files struck me.

Did you write your own parser? Aren't there any good node-template parsers with localization?

Maybe this would be a possibility to also make it more intuitive for existing developers that want to contribute themes.

julian

@jonathanmh Yes, @psychobunny wrote his own parser just for NodeBB, for several reasons, which he can explain

GitHub - benchpressjs/benchpressjs: ultralight javascript templating framework

ultralight javascript templating framework. Contribute to benchpressjs/benchpressjs development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub (github.com)

Tanner

@psychobunny both of those links in the OP are blank, maybe update them or unpin this post?

fiag

@Tanner maybe the wiki pages had been merged into docs.
Creating a new NodeBB Theme
Writing Widgets for NodeBB

Tanner

Thanks man! Now we just have to wait for PB to update his OP

a_5mith

Feature request, PRs for OP.

psychobunny

Haha updated, make sure you check out https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/themes/templates.html as well.

The PRs for OP is actually a really cool idea...

a_5mith

@psychobunny said:

The PRs for OP is actually a really cool idea...

I'm full of good ideas.

Oleksandr Pidlisnyi

Hey,
Is it possible to customise widget templates by theme?

Thank you

psychobunny

Hmm. I don't believe so (unless you're just doing CSS changes, then yeah)

If you want to modify the template I guess you can fork/modify the widget-essentials repo. Or build your own widget, it depends on what you want to achieve... I should make a guide on how to make your own widget plugins

BTW, if it's just front-end JS and HTML, you could even just copy and paste it directly into an HTML widget and you'd be good to go.

Oleksandr Pidlisnyi

@psychobunny said:

BTW, if it's just front-end JS and HTML, you could even just copy and paste it directly into an HTML widget and you'd be good to go.

so I have to change it every time plugin updates
maybe it is better to implement overriding like for usual templates

is it possible to change fa-bell-o notification icon without editing nodebb sources to prevent problems while upgrading?

psychobunny

so I have to change it every time plugin updates

Actually no, I was talking about an HTML widget, so something like this:

Oleksandr Pidlisnyi

what about "Recent Replies" widget?

psychobunny

I think you can actually just paste the entire contents of this into an HTML widget and it should work

aditya-appyhigh

Whats the syntax for commenting code in .tpl files ?
Is multi-line comment supported ?

PitaJ

You can use normal HTML comments like . If you really don't want the comment to be output in the html you can do something like

{{{ if @false }}}
Comment goes here
{{{ end }}}

aditya-appyhigh

@PitaJ said in Templates System:

You can use normal HTML comments like . If you really don't want the comment to be output in the html you can do something like
{{{ if @false }}}
Comment goes here
{{{ end }}}

Thnx , works great