Try CTRL + X.

I love it, seriously. It makes the forum looks different, but inviting.

Short answer: I would use reverse-proxy as the solution.

The thing is, something.com is actually pointing to something.com:80, so if you want it to work without resorting to reverse-proxy solution, try to tinker a bit with the configuration file of the NodeBB so that your NodeBB uses port 80 instead of 4567. Else, install Nginx (or Apache2), and use it as reverse-proxy.

Hope this article can help you.

Edit: Here's the official documentation telling you how to do it, that reverse-proxy thingy.

The installation is no different than regular installation of NodeBB on any kind of Linux, IMHO. Maybe the first speedbump would be installing the NodeJS itself.

On Arch repository, the current version of NodeJS is v0.10.30, which is the latest version on the NodeJS website. So getting NodeJS on Arch would be as easy as pacman -S nodejs.

Next step would be getting a copy of NodeBB from the git, so you can start here

https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/os/ubuntu.html

... and then just simply follow the rest of the guide.

That is my server block to serve NodeBB. During setup, I set the NodeBB's URL to 127.0.0.1 at port 4567.

server {
        listen   80;
        server_name forum.abc.me;

    location / {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567;
         proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
         proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
  }
}

This server block is saved as nodebb.conf in /etc/sites-available, then symlinked to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled by running the command sudo ln -s /etc/sites-available/nodebb.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/. Of course, run the sudo service nginx reload after that.

I can give you some tips.

1. I prefer to set up Nginx as the reverse-proxy so all the HTTPS/SSL stuffs I just throw them to the Nginx. Easier that way. Perhaps this docs can give you a kickstart on reverse-proxy thingy.

2. Self-signing your certificate is okay, but when other people browsing your forum they would be spooked by "certificate not trusted" warning. Here's how to get a free CA-signed certificate.

I guess that's all for now.

Hi fellow members of NodeBB. I am trying to do something new but common here, which is every 2 weeks I will write a short article on my blog about cool stuffs I found on the internet. The new thing here is that I am not going to write a laundry list of apps / softwares / tools / useful websites, but I am going to try my best to reflect my knowledge about that apps / softwares / tools / useful websites, and if it is possible I will also include the similar solutions to that apps / softwares / tools that I may have encountered before.

So here is my first attempt, Roundup Episode 1 on my blog. I am hoping you guys can participate at least here, by commenting tools of the similar kind that you may be using now or you guys had used in the past.

Sharing is definitely a sexy thing in this decade!

Awwhh the lord haz come to invite me. I don't know, because I don't really use NodeBB quite intensively as for now. Let's see how it goes. By the way, this is for you.

I just updated the roundup, and the episode 2 is available here on Faith.na. Couple things worth mentioning:

• Previously I posted the episode 1 on Defiance.NightlyArt.com, but then I moved that article to Faith.NightlyArt.com because Faith is my techblog for all long-form articles.
• There are 66 links of pure awesomeness, so do check it out!
• I hope this helps.

Have a great weekend!

@boorish yeah same concern here. The requirement to run Discourse is monstrous (1GB RAM minimum, while my Jekyll-based blog costs virtually nothing, just need a bit resource for the nginx). Right now I am running NodeBB on a 256 MB OVZ instance, so far it hasn't hit anywhere near 220 MB.

Hi guys,

I am aware that NodeBB currently supports WordPress and Ghost for it to function as a commenting platform. Has anyone attempted to use the NodeBB's comment system on static content generators like Jekyll, Nanoc, and Octopress? I have few blogs running on Jekyll, and I am kinda interested to use it as the commenting system instead of relying on Disqus.

Thanks guys.

p.s: Found someone using the Discourse as the commenting system for his Jekyll blog