@faizanzahid said in NodeBB v1.6.1 Release:

Are we going to have a Node bb mobile app ever?

Is there a reason to have a NodeBB mobile app? NodeBB is developed as a public forum/community portal (and web-app), there is no argument in favor of creating separate mobile apps. Excluding a few hardcore members, would anyone install that app?

Mobile apps would give you:

• native User Interface, pointless: possible via web
• hardware Accessibility (camera, microphone, accelerometer, etc.), pointless: why?
• notifications are possible with a simple app that loads NodeBB into built-in browser and loads certain important event notifications via API, pointless: too specific, not enough arguments
• efficiency: a community that really needs it, should build and maintain the apps (maybe open-source it) and use NodeBB API

A mobile app would be justified if:

• very complex calculations would be performed
• native functionality or processing would be required
• no internet-connection functionality required

In case someone would want to have a mobile app for a specific purpose, where some of the above-mentioned features are handy, the community owner has to create the task-specific app, using NodeBB API if that's the case.

For administration? Alerts? Admin app can be easily created even using a cross platform mobile development suites (we may post one for iOS if there is a need, we're still debating).

Also, NodeBB is created using JS+HTML. Mobile OS systems are going this direction as well, until the NodeBB mobile app would be ready, maybe there in no reason left at all

Let me know if I am wrong but I don't see a solid argument for a mobile app. Creating and maintaining for iOS/Android would probably be a very bad idea; it takes pointless amount of time for no apparent reason but again, please prove me wrong if I missed something.

@julian the solution was enabling Embedded Browser OAuth Login in Facebook Login Settings

Prioritizing SSO seems to make a lot of sense. Simplifies and speeds up authentication and encourages user registration by replacing typing in email/password with simple click/tap and accept.

It would be nice to have a switch to reverse Email/SSO priority and a link to reveal (unhide) email registration. There is a solution pointed out by @PitaJ but using CSS will not allow auto-translation and may be uncomfortable for some.

@baris H7

Re: Facebook Social Authentication: Can't Load URL the solution was enabling Embedded Browser OAuth Login in Facebook Login Settings:

Open your app settings at Facebook Developers portal and make sure your app is Live (App Review > Make {app_name} public?) and Facebook Login is Enabled (enabled by default when creating your app - Products > Facebook Login > Client OAuth Login and Web OAuth Login, both should be set to Yes).

IMPORTANT: make sure Pages APIs is also Enabled, turn on Embedded Browser OAuth Login:

• Embedded Browser OAuth Login enabled (Products > Facebook Login > Embedded Browser OAuth Login Yes)

@pitaj included a quick screenshot: Login with: SSO (or Alternatively login with Username/Email), I mean yes, the plugins display on the login page

Hi, please take a look at this username; wondering, how was the 16 limit circumvented (now changed to 12): https://community.h7.org/user/humpfree-zombie-killer-and-violet-thrall

(user is legit, not spam)

Admin > (SETTINGS) User > Default User Settings

Admin > (SETTINGS) User > Default User Settings

Long usernames are generated when using SSO at registration (all good).

Hi, I went trough all admin menus (nodebb 1.7.4) before asking this question but it doesn’t seem like there is a setting to enable email notifications (globally for new users) on signup, replies on posts, etc. I read several topics and saw screenshots of such settings but can’t find them. Test emails work and users can enable email notifications for themselves and that works too however, we would like to have it enabled by default. Please guide me to the Admin area where I can turn this on. Thanks!

Prioritizing SSO seems to make a lot of sense. Simplifies and speeds up authentication and encourages user registration by replacing typing in email/password with simple click/tap and accept.

It would be nice to have a switch to reverse Email/SSO priority and a link to reveal (unhide) email registration. There is a solution pointed out by @PitaJ but using CSS will not allow auto-translation and may be uncomfortable for some.

Hi, please take a look at this username; wondering, how was the 16 limit circumvented (now changed to 12): https://community.h7.org/user/humpfree-zombie-killer-and-violet-thrall

(user is legit, not spam)

@pitaj short and clean solution, thank you! How about rewriting the title? Here is the custom CSS but I guess this will not get translated to Chinese for e.g.:

@media(max-width: 992px) {
  .page-login #content .row {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column-reverse;
  }
  .alt-login-block h4 {
      visibility: hidden;
  }
  .alt-login-block h4:after {
        position: absolute;
        padding: 0px;
        top: 0px;
        display: block;
        visibility: visible;
        content:'Social Login';
  }
}

@julian the solution was enabling Embedded Browser OAuth Login in Facebook Login Settings

Re: Facebook Social Authentication: Can't Load URL the solution was enabling Embedded Browser OAuth Login in Facebook Login Settings:

Open your app settings at Facebook Developers portal and make sure your app is Live (App Review > Make {app_name} public?) and Facebook Login is Enabled (enabled by default when creating your app - Products > Facebook Login > Client OAuth Login and Web OAuth Login, both should be set to Yes).

IMPORTANT: make sure Pages APIs is also Enabled, turn on Embedded Browser OAuth Login:

• Embedded Browser OAuth Login enabled (Products > Facebook Login > Embedded Browser OAuth Login Yes)

@julian yes, all seems good. I had the same issue before with a Flash (AIR), an Android app and a React-based web-app, always the same problem and yet I forgot. I’ll figure it out and post the solution here (hopefully). Thanks anyway!

@pitaj included a quick screenshot: Login with: SSO (or Alternatively login with Username/Email), I mean yes, the plugins display on the login page