In my particular case, this seems to have been caused by one or all of: Missing the following request header in Apache: <VirtualHost *:80> RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "http" … </VirtualHost> I added the above apache directive and restarted apache.. 2.Having the cookieDomain set in the admin panel If you cannot log into your forum, the only way to do remove this cookieDomain value is to manually run a DB query to remove it. In my case this was Mongo and I used a GUI client to remove the value. A raw query would look something like this: db.objects.update({_key: "config"}, {$set: {cookieDomain: ""}}); More info here - https://community.nodebb.org/topic/9196/invalid-session?_=1470286431609&page=1

I'm getting this error in the nodebb log when I try and create a new post/topic: warn: [socket.io] Empty method name I recently moved the forum between servers. When I hit submit on the new post/topic, the submit button dims to a lighter blue and becomes disabled but the post is not created. Does anyone have any ideas how I can troubleshoot this further? I am using the redactor composer v 1.3.6. NodeBB version is 0.9.0 (I plan to upgrade soon but would like to fix this first) composer default is disabled - I have a dim memory that this was required in order to use the redactor composer. Would be grateful for any ideas on what might be causing this as I am crying into my cornflakes

Throw it up on github and let's get started! I would happily contribue!

That is quite bizarre Unfortunately I do not have experience with Apache, so unless you want to try nginx (which I think is kind of overkill of a solution), you'll have to see if anyone else can help...

I'd like to be able to enable generation of css source maps so that I can identify which less file a rule is defined in. For example, the .btn class has padding defined as '10px 16px'. I'd like a workflow which allows me to quickly figure out which less file contains that rule, without having to manually search for it. I have show 'show original sources' enabled in the firefox dev tools but also need to tell nodeBB to generate the source maps or generate them myself. The button padding seems to come from the bootstrap mixin: .button-size(@padding-vertical; @padding-horizontal; @font-size; @line-height; @border-radius) { padding: @padding-vertical @padding-horizontal; font-size: @font-size; line-height: @line-height; border-radius: @border-radius; } During development, I'd also like nodeBB to re-generate css based on changes I make to less files. For now I am running nodebb dev, editing a less file and then manually reloading the forum in the admin panel. All advice appreciated - hopefully this will be useful to others. I searched for 'source maps' but didnt get any relevant hits.

Sorry. Yes, I meant the NodeBB version. Node version is 4.2.4 After I deleted node_modules I think what happened is that npm install didnt install mongo or mongo-connect. The error was a bit vague but reinstalling those two packages resolved the problem.

I've switched on the registration queue feature but the IP address shown is my server's IP address. In case it is relevant, the NodeBB instance is proxied via NGINX. How would I meaningfully distinguish between good / bad users using the default columns in this view?; name, IP, email etc. Also, what do the ticks and crosses mean next to the name and / or email? (not the action buttons for approve / deny on the right) (tried to upload a screenshot but got error - unexpected token) Is there a way to require that users answer a registration question using core functionality or is a plugin required for that? NodeBB version 0.9.3. I am also using the spam-be-gone plugin.

@Phate @codecowboy Yayyyyy no waiting hahahahahah Spoke too soon.... Now I'm on a 30 second restriction hahahahahahaahahahha

@codecowboy Same issue I had.... I don't think I did end up solving it as fixing this issue broke emoji..... I'm small enough to deal with password resets manually for now but can't live without emoji hahahahahaha

@pichalite in case its relevant, network console shows that http://bootswatch.aws.af.cm/3/?callback=bootswatchListener&_=1459933996289 is returning a 404.

@scuzz said in Moving a NodeBB mongo DB from one server to another.: Once the database has been restored correctly you can run the NodeBB installer. When it asks for the database you will just tell it the database name of the database you just restored. This should then install NodeBB with your old database. Yes, this has worked for me as well. Making a backup of the nodebb database on the old server, for example: mongodump -u nodebb -p [password] -d nodebb -o dump/nodebb-2018-03-30 Restoring the nodebb database from that backup, after copying it to the new server: mongorestore -u nodebb -p [password] -d nodebb dump/nodebb-2018-03-30/nodebb/ And then installing NodeBB on the new server.

thanks - this seems to be an error for a particular user. The only thing different about that user is that it was imported, and I changed the email directly in the DB (mongo) after import. I've tried running nodebb in debugging mode but nothing appears in the logs when I try to reset the password for that user.

I have a local dev environment running 0.9.2 and another install running 0.9.3. Is it possible to just overwrite the DB on the 0.9.3 install or were there schema changes between these versions?

@codecowboy https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/4396 On lavender and vanilla themes it used to be a checkbox.

@julian thanks. So this is the only way to do this? If so, I'll just do a jQuery append as you say.

I am importing from a PunBB install which contains numerous spam users and posts. Is there a way to cleanse the NodeBB database of spam when it already exists? I realise there is the spam-be-gone plugin but presumably that is only effective for new content. I guess I am looking for some kind of spam sweep or cleanup script?

There's some information on debugging in the docs.nodebb.org portal

That's one way of doing it. There's a similar plugin that auto posts from RSS feeds: https://github.com/barisusakli/nodebb-plugin-rss So perhaps you can change the code where it parses an RSS feed to reading the twitter feed instead. Or use an twitter to RSS service like https://twitrss.me/ If you wrote an IFTTT plugin though, that would be pretty cool

@codecowboy Redactor comes with it's own html sanitiser, so it is not as dangerous. If you find any holes, let @drew know!

@codecowboy those were typos caused by autocorrect on mobile which I didn't catch. Should be "it" and "whole" I think