@pitaj Global widget is not what I want, as when user click some link inside the forum, the widget loads once again, that is not what I want. I need something like navigation bar.

As NodeBB is partially updated, I wonder if there is a container for a widget or <div> to run across the site. Navigation bar is an example, but there is no user-defined container available till present.

I met the problem, It is maybe not updating fileMap.json. I don't know how to fix it.

When I enable this plugin, I have the following problem:

jQuery.Deferred exception: $(...).unslider is not a function TypeError: $(...).unslider is not a function
    at http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:445193
    at dispatch (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:46934)
    at g.handle (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:44855)
    at Object.trigger (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:76254)
    at http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:76887
    at Function.each (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:5723)
    at x.fn.init.each (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:4313)
    at x.fn.init.trigger (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:76863)
    at Object.e.widgets.render (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:326728)
    at Object.ajaxify.end (http://localhost:1111/assets/nodebb.min.js?v=1lv3pl83i9m:1:319517) undefined
x.Deferred.exceptionHook @ jquery.js:3818
jquery.js:3827 Uncaught TypeError: $(...).unslider is not a function
    at client.js:2
    at dispatch (jquery.js:5183)
    at g.handle (jquery.js:4991)
    at Object.trigger (jquery.js:8249)
    at jquery.js:8327
    at Function.each (jquery.js:354)
    at x.fn.init.each (jquery.js:189)
    at x.fn.init.trigger (jquery.js:8326)
    at Object.e.widgets.render (widgets.js:61)
    at Object.ajaxify.end (ajaxify.js:213)

Then it points to the following code:

Who do better? I am confused.

Hello, long time no visit this site. Recently I updated my forum to 1.7.3, but gets error on ./nodebb upgrade. Here is the output:

/node_modules/semver/semver.js:293
    throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
    ^

TypeError: Invalid Version: upgrades

more sensitive data omitted

It seems the new version of code has problem.

Is there any hook to perform custom steps, I need to change some text in .tpl file. I am using sed command to perform replacement, this step need to be placed before "nodebb build", and another replacement using sed need to be placed after "nodebb build". So I need the hooks, or is there any way to modify source code to get the same results? Thanks in advance.

I am totally get confused by the output message:

winston.warn('[widgets.render] passing a string is deprecated!, filter:widget.render:' + widget.widget + '. Please set hookData.html in your plugin.');

There isn't any full example showing the correct way to code.
So I turn the forum for help, is there any people who could give me an example showing how to let the warning not showing?

Hope the guys be more professional.

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