Wow, sounds great. I am guessing currently getting https enabled takes a little bit of work to get going.

@xbenjii That tool sounds handy.

Just wondering if anyone else would find if useful to upload directly to a post with a capture tool. I find it better to just give an audience an immediate visual instead of (or as a supplement to) a link since it breaks the flow and many may not actually click the link. Sort of like being able to reply to a post via email direct.

@a_5mith Agreed, just an idea... it'd be a way to share any content a little more easily without leaving where you are at.

@a_5mith What if you're grabbing on another site? Then you have to go to another tab or open one to the forum and get to the topic.

Just an idea... if you are viewing something, have a browser extension to take a screenshot and then be able to post it to a topic without leaving the page. A simple drop-down menu to select what forum/topic or create a new one with a comment as an option.

@baris Got it, thanks.

Do category pages have the option of having a banner?

@a_5mith Nice landing page. I noticed when an image is uploaded for a category, it is not automatically re-sized to more appropriately fit the box.

I think it would take a while for me to get comfortable using this forum software as an admin. I like a lot of the features though.

@a_5mith OK, the fist command fixed the issue. Thanks.

Is 0.6.0 OK to install? I am guessing nodebb is not stable for production yet...

@a_5mith Not sure now since I cannot get it started again. I did see some plugins that gave me a warning that they were not compatible with the version I had installed. I followed the guide you gave me earlier. I guess it was not the latest version.

Edit: v0.5.x according to the koding install guide.

I was tinkering a little more... Basically updating some of the plugins, which said were out of date, so I could play with the widgets. It seems like there is an issue though, in the console the ./nodebb dev process is scrolling constantly and restarting, so it seems like it is stuck in a loop.

`` 2014-11-17T21:35:00.412Z - info: Enabling 'trust proxy'
[cluster] Child Process (3917) listening for connections.
2014-11-17T21:35:00.499Z - info: [themes] Using theme nodebb-theme-lavender
2014-11-17T21:35:00.542Z - info: [plugins] Initializing plugins system
2014-11-17T21:35:00.544Z - info: Middlewares loaded.

2014-11-17T21:35:00.550Z - warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] This plugin may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing.
2014-11-17T21:35:00.550Z - warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset plugin="nodebb-widget-essentials".

2014-11-17T21:35:00.551Z - info: [plugins] Found 1 CSS file(s) for plugin nodebb-widget-essentials
2014-11-17T21:35:00.553Z - info: [plugins] Found 3 js file(s) for plugin nodebb-theme-lavender
2014-11-17T21:35:00.555Z - info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-widget-essentials
2014-11-17T21:35:00.575Z - info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-import
2014-11-17T21:35:00.576Z - info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-theme-lavender
2014-11-17T21:35:00.580Z - error: TypeError: object is not a function
at Object.Widget.init (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-widget-essentials/library.js:44:3)
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:489:23
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:125:13
at Array.forEach (native)
at _each (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:46:24)
at Object.async.each (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:124:9)
at Object.Plugins.fireHook (/home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:487:12)
at Plugins.reloadRoutes (/home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:135:11)
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:656:23
at fn (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:641:34)
TypeError: object is not a function
at Object.Widget.init (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-widget-essentials/library.js:44:3)
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:489:23
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:125:13
at Array.forEach (native)
at _each (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:46:24)
at Object.async.each (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:124:9)
at Object.Plugins.fireHook (/home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:487:12)
at Plugins.reloadRoutes (/home/19eighties/nodebb/src/plugins.js:135:11)
at /home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:656:23
at fn (/home/19eighties/nodebb/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:641:34)
2014-11-17T21:35:00.584Z - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
2014-11-17T21:35:00.584Z - info: [app] Database connection closed.

net.js:1236
throw new Error('Not running');
^
Error: Not running
at Server.close (net.js:1236:11)
at shutdown (/home/19eighties/nodebb/app.js:344:36)
at process.<anonymous> (/home/19eighties/nodebb/app.js:181:7)
at process.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
at process._fatalException (node.js:272:26)
[cluster] Child Process (3917) has disconnected
[cluster] Child Process (3917) has exited (code: 7, signal: null)
[cluster] Spinning up another process... ``

Thanks!

I have a couple more questions:

• One thing I started looking into, was the importer plugin. I have it currently installed, when I run it, it looks like there is a pull-down for selecting which import to run, however, it does not populate with any options (FYI). Can I write the git address for the SMF plugin below?

• Also wondering, is there a shoutbox plugin available?

• How are layouts, CSS, elements customized?

@a_5mith Great, just what I needed. I have it working now.

@a_5mith Well, I got through the install, but I think I either messed-up the config setup or I need to allow access to port 4567 on my end? I can't tell what the problem is. Is there something that details what to put for each option line? All the guides say to press enter, but if you have to do it over, it might not be correct to press enter.

Site URL:
http://u1kkea75fe43.19eighties.koding.io/

Unfortunately, it seems to be stuck... Also testing copy/paste screenshot functionality here.

@a_5mith Will give it a try. Thank you!!

@a_5mith said:

Koding.com

OK, going there. How would I do an install?

Sounds good, thanks for the advice. I am looking into this stuff further since I am just used to the standard shared hosting setup PHP/MySQL. The VPS DigitalOcean stuff sounds interesting. I would ideally like to try things out on my own system first.

Is there an ISO image I could install on a machine, like a spare laptop, that could be handy for quick evaluations?

Anyone here migrate from SMF? I am currently running a small forum on SMF and have been thinking lately it needs to be more modern. I cannot find any responsive themes for example. I would like a solution that has the forum stripped down to the essentials while leveraging more recent innovations in web design. Basically give my users the best web experience to be able to better compete with major social networks.

Is it difficult to migrate? Any pitfalls? I don't have any experience with node.js so I am a total newbie, but this platform seems very promising.