So we are running our forum using Cloudfare, and we see CF has an option for AMP support. if we turn that on in CF, would node bb all pages enable this AMP itself?

Or is there any plugin or core in node bb which supports AMP?

@exodo well then i must say node bb guys should add the ignore/mute/block feature in node bb core. @baris @julian @PitaJ

a block/mute/ignore feature is a must for any modern forum software.

This is something i want the node bb team to think about adding this in core, right now i can see the forum's creativity is limited by admin team thoughts and users dont have the freedom to create their own categories nor their own groups, each time they want to create a group they have to contact us.

I really think node bb should allow users to have freedom to create their own categories, groups and be their owners i.e adding or removing members from that group, but ofcourase Admin should have super user powers up on each group and category!

For sure ACP can have a toggle on or off if they don't want this ability on some forums.

Do you guys think this will be good idea to make it like reddit sub reddits? as i see, each sub reddit is created by users. Even with youtube, users can create their own channels and so on quora, users can create their own topic interests and then ask questions. and so on..

@julian @PitaJ hope others will agree with me on this?

Guys, the way of professionalism I see in your work which includes :

The professional way you guys handle issues on github!
Your support is mind blowing and super helpful
You take user's suggestions very seriously

We love node bb team and we will keep helping you guys to stay as the best next generation forum software!

I can see only few pages in ACP widgets, like topic.tpl, categories.tpl , etc.

How can i see all the other pages in my widgets in ACP such as /recent page, /profile page, /popular page, notifications page etc.

because when we see a page in widget we can easily add more content/html inside the header, sidebar and footer of those individual pages, this is a great thing but how can i see all my pages in ACP so i can have access to their sidebar and header footers etc ?

Hi,

Just as a feature request, we thought this will be a good idea to keep users entertained on the forum.

A small upload button next to Private chat that will allow users upload and send pics/vids each other? Right now we have to do it using the code language. a button will be great.

Great job guys! The issues solved looks cool! we will try and give our feedback!

Awesome !

Good to know so much active dev on node BB. We made a good decision choosing Node bb for our forum.

Is there anyway for mods or admin to read the user's private messages?

Great work on fixing the issues!

We use NodeBB 3+ years at https://chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com and some more sites and love NodeBB.

We use NodeBB also as a CMS containing English definitions on a dictionary. Our users are loving it. but we are struggling in increasing our Google rankings as all our competitors are using AMP pages to outrank us.

We would need an official Google AMP plugin that would enable any node bb topic page , like the 1 I'll post my topic on, to have an alternative Accelerated Mobile Page.

Since when each topic will have a corresponding AMP version then it will help us rank much more easily in Google SEO search results and increase our rankings.

With this plugin, our users can help us discover our sites and node bb itself site much more easily because Google ranks AMP pages better and higher over normal html pages.

Please see all top news sites and forum sites use AMP https://www-searchenginejournal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.searchenginejournal.com/google-amp-ranking-factor/157785/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15897444560799&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %1%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchenginejournal.com%2Fgoogle-amp-ranking-factor%2F157785%2F

This will help users coming from mobile to load much more faster giving a better and faster UX.

Any node bb devs or any one else willing to take this, please reply or pm me. @Global-Moderators @Staff

Thanks

@fais3000

This topic gave me idea to post this.
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/14052/thoughts-on-content-ownership-and-long-meaningful-discussions/6

I believe node bb is a powerful forum software and I only feel what is missing are those features which can be found in top forum sites like Stackoverflow, Quora, and reddit. All these sites have below features which node bb is missing and it would be great to see these in node bb too.

Unable to make numeric list while answering a topic. I had to manually write 1. to start my points. This can be added to node bb composer by default. Users love creating content while giving points.

SEO is crucial to success of the top 3 sites, node bb is lacking in following:

a. No support for Google AMP for topic pages, this is very simple to implement but once dont, you guys will see 90 times SEO traffic improvement from Google. We have tried and tested this ourselves and it works. Implementation guide https://developers.google.com/amp/
any ideas when r u guys releasing this?

b. missing schema.org Google Structure data , this is behind the Google search snippet that we usually see from wikipedia and top sites like dictionaries etc. More info here https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/structured-data/#0

c. Ability for users to create their own blogs or spaces (like in quora) , or subreddits in (reddit). Currently users have no way of creating their own discussion categories.

d. In Ability to follow tags , like if we follow a topic on quora, we see all posts tagged with that topic in our news feed. Would love to have this.

e. missing the personalized newsfeed, fb, quora and reddit front page, all have personalized newsfeeds.

f. User profile pages seems empty, ability for users to create their blogs, diaries , photo gallery, show their most viewed topics, most voted topics, topics with most posts, etc etc, have a look at quora profile pages https://www.quora.com/profile/Jimmy-Wales

g. Ability to create monetizable ad widgets by default to monetize with ads that look like content , look at quora in article ads , they are so clean they dont even look like ads.

h. ability to have fixed side bar widgets, so that they stay on top even if page posts r being scrolled. so that some content remains above the fold, like quora does it.

I. encouragement for users to create quality content and do meaningful discussions, we can do this by introducing(nested) comments on each question and on each post like all 3 big sites above do it. This will hugely increase topics retention rate, look at YouTube comments section , it is itself a full social forum on videos. Ability to upvote comments would also be bonus.

j. Turning node bb into a question answer site like SO , quora or ask reddit, introducing things like best reply, best answer, etc etc

k. A way for users to create links to their posted content. Backlinks are hugely imp for long term organic growth for any SEO forum. How can we do this in node bb?

l. inability for users to mention or share another topic link directly from composer when replying or posting a topic . We should have a way to mention other topics while replying in other topics, this will create internal linking, again crucial for SEO success. Need this for both mobile and desktop.

m. Missing auto suggest while searching for topics from mobile, please enable this. it only works on desktop.

n. ability to copy a link to clipboard for each post on topic page, this is to share a specific reply for any. and paste it anywhere else. users should be able to share links to specific sections of a single topic directly, with no scrolling needed.

I have a strong belief that if you guys implement these features it will be a sky rocket node bb growth. Otherwise users will still choose other robust forums like discourse who might have these already. we can learn and clone their features too.

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very nice feature to have

totally agree with this

@julian Amazing idea indeed. I believe node bb is a powerful forum software and I only feel what is missing are those features which can be found in top forum sites like Stackoverflow, Quora, and reddit. All these sites have below features which node bb is missing and it would be great to see these in node bb too.

1. Unable to make numeric list while answering a topic. I had to manually write 1. to start my points. This can be added to node bb composer by default. Users love creating content while giving points.

2. SEO is crucial to success of the top 3 sites, node bb is lacking in following:

a. No support for Google AMP for topic pages, this is very simple to implement but once dont, you guys will see 90 times SEO traffic improvement from Google. We have tried and tested this ourselves and it works. Implementation guide https://developers.google.com/amp/
any ideas when r u guys releasing this?

b. missing schema.org Google Structure data , this is behind the Google search snippet that we usually see from wikipedia and top sites like dictionaries etc. More info here https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/structured-data/#0

c. Ability for users to create their own blogs or spaces (like in quora) , or subreddits in (reddit). Currently users have no way of creating their own discussion categories.

d. In Ability to follow tags , like if we follow a topic on quora, we see all posts tagged with that topic in our news feed. Would love to have this.

e. missing the personalized newsfeed, fb, quora and reddit front page, all have personalized newsfeeds.

f. User profile pages seems empty, ability for users to create their blogs, diaries , photo gallery, show their most viewed topics, most voted topics, topics with most posts, etc etc, have a look at quora profile pages https://www.quora.com/profile/Jimmy-Wales

g. Ability to create monetizable ad widgets by default to monetize with ads that look like content , look at quora in article ads , they are so clean they dont even look like ads.

h. ability to have fixed side bar widgets, so that they stay on top even if page posts r being scrolled. so that some content remains above the fold, like quora does it.

I. encouragement for users to create quality content and do meaningful discussions, we can do this by introducing(nested) comments on each question and on each post like all 3 big sites above do it. This will hugely increase topics retention rate, look at YouTube comments section , it is itself a full social forum on videos. Ability to upvote comments would also be bonus.

j. Turning node bb into a question answer site like SO , quora or ask reddit, introducing things like best reply, best answer, etc etc

k. A way for users to create links to their posted content. Backlinks are hugely imp for long term organic growth for any SEO forum. How can we do this in node bb?

l. inability for users to mention or share another topic link directly from composer when replying or posting a topic . We should have a way to mention other topics while replying in other topics, this will create internal linking, again crucial for SEO success. Need this for both mobile and desktop.

m. Missing auto suggest while searching for topics from mobile, please enable this. it only works on desktop.

n. ability to copy a link to clipboard for each post on topic page, this is to share a specific reply for any. and paste it anywhere else. users should be able to share links to specific sections of a single topic directly, with no scrolling needed.

I have a strong belief that if you guys implement these features it will be a sky rocket node bb growth. Otherwise users will still choose other robust forums like discourse who might have these already. we can learn and clone their features too.

Just like we have auto suggest working on mobile for tags, can we please enable auto suggest for following?

1. when searching for topics on mobile using global search.
2. when writing a topic title
3. when choosing a category for a topic

all these autosuggest work on desktop view but not in mobile view.

@PitaJ @baris

@Anukriti-Singh indeed

Homepage works but all other pages gives this error.

it works fine in incognito though, any ideaS?

@baris

@fais3000 any updates on this that u tried?