Best Forum Software – NodeBB

Already in 2015. Maybe again in 2017?

How can I vote for NodeBB on the CMS Critic site? Please, explain like I'm five.

@MJ CSS? Nah. Just execute some JS
For example:

$(window).on('action:widgets.loaded', function () {
	$('li[component="categories/category"]')
	.add('li[component="category/topic"]')
	.find('.stats > small')
	.each(function (i, el) {
		var
			$small = $(el),
			text = $small.text(),
			$icon,
			iconClass

		if (text === 'Topics')
			iconClass = 'fa-group'
		else if (text === 'Posts')
			iconClass = 'fa-group'
		else if (text === 'Views')
			iconClass = 'fa-group'
		else
			return

		$icon = $('<i class="fa fa-fw ' + iconClass + '"></i>')
		$small.replaceWith($icon)
	})
});

P.S. Actually, the best way to change something in a theme - is to fork the theme and make whatever changes you want in your own repository. But you'll have to keep track of any new changes from the original theme repository, resolve merge conflicts, etc. This way is a hard way. The example I've provided above is the easy one.

@Popatop15 I'm sorry, but it's near to impossible. Take a good look at those examples https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/tree/master/src/database

The differences between MySQL and any noSQL databases are huge.

NodeBB architecture was designed with Redis in mind. Redis it's not even a database at all, it's an advanced key-value store (completely noSQL). So, it's relatively easy to make a driver for a noSQL database, like MongoDB. But it would be way too hard to implement that kind of a driver for a relational database, like MySQL.

Just to be clear - even though, strictly speaking, it is possible to make the driver, NodeBB won't be working good with it anyway.

Personally I'd suggest you to spend some time to learn how to work with MongoDB, if you still unfamiliar with it. MongoDB is very popular nowadays and working with it is much easier than with anySQL database. If you're an expirienced dev, you can become a ninja in just one week.
Then, you'll be able to make an effective bridge between Mongo and MySQL parts of your applications.

p.s. Just in case, I want to mention that everything is possible.

npm i redis --save

@frissdiegurke open the console in browser and type config['theme:id']

I'd like to participate

I just wonder, whether someone is interested in a guide of automatic incremental backing up NodeBB using rsnapshot on Linux-based servers? I mean not a tool, but a guide only. Because I have no intention yet to make neither the tool nor to contribute to the nodebb-backup tool.

And if I'll make the guide someday, it probably will be not for complete newbies, but for those who's able to (at least):

1. use terminal
2. completely understand what chown and chmod commands are for, and what * * * * * in cronejobs mean

p.s. When you're using rsnapshot, there is almost no difference which database you're using, Redis or MongoDB.