Override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials

ethanwu

Hey Nodebb Team:

Is it possible to write a plugin to override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials instead of fork a new one?

Thanks,
Ethan

yariplus

Sure thing, any template you define with the same name and path will override a previously loaded one.

ethanwu

Thanks, but how could I control the order when the plugin is loaded?

@yariplus said in Override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials:

Sure thing, any template you define with the same name and path will override a previously loaded one.

yariplus

@ethanwu In the ACP plugins menu, there is a button on the right that says "Order Active Plugins". Make sure your plugin is below widget-essentials.

ethanwu

@yariplus said in Override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials:

@ethanwu In the ACP plugins menu, there is a button on the right that says "Order Active Plugins". Make sure your plugin is below widget-essentials.

Thanks, I did that. And the console also prints "/widgets/categories.tpl replaced by {my-plugin}".

However, after I restart the server, the templates still remaining unchanged. Is there anything wrong?

yariplus

Oh, sorry about that. Looks like widget-essentials still uses some old code that reads the raw template file without looking for replacements. I'll see if I can get this fixed for you.

ethanwu

@yariplus said in Override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials:

Oh, sorry about that. Looks like widget-essentials still uses some old code that reads the raw template file without looking for replacements. I'll see if I can get this fixed for you.

Thanks, can you let me know how. I would love to help on this.

I looked at the plugin, in the init method, it seem it directly load from the __dirname

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-widget-essentials/blob/master/library.js#L44

Do you know what should i change to enable it to read from the overridden one?

Thanks,
Ethan

yariplus

@ethanwu I just submitted the changes needed here.

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-widget-essentials/blob/79b92dd812298689d7d939a2b6e105e4095c2a20/library.js

If you want to use it right away, you can just replace the widget-essentials library.js file with mine until it is updated.

ethanwu

@yariplus said in Override templates in nodebb-widget-essentials:

@ethanwu I just submitted the changes needed here.

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-widget-essentials/blob/79b92dd812298689d7d939a2b6e105e4095c2a20/library.js

If you want to use it right away, you can just replace the widget-essentials library.js file with mine until it is updated.

Thanks, i will test it today.