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Subcategories could be great · Issue #1299 · NodeBB/NodeBB

Hi, As some categories need to be organized, it could be great if you add subcategories in NodeBB. MORE : Subcategories in subcategories too.

GitHub (github.com)

If people have any pointers on where to begin, I'm happy to start implementing.

Hi,

I'm looking to be able to put categories into groups, for easier display on the home page (I plan on having a lot of categories)

I'm happy to extend NodeBB itself to achieve this, or go through a plugin system if possible.

Anyone have any clues on where to start? I'm assuming I'll need to look at categoriesController.get and change the return to either just include a group parameter that I can shuffle on the front end, or better yet, get it to return categories in groups.

Cheers,

Miles

@grumpi I realise I'm quite late to this particular party.But I have started work on a solution:

GitHub - mileswilson/nodebb-plugin-private-forum

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GitHub (github.com)

It basically works - you need to grant the user access to the permission to create their own forums, currently done by making a request to

/api/promote_to_gold?user_id=<required_user_id>

request has to come from an admin user. You'll then get a new button on the main navigation, which allows you to set up a new sub-forum, and designate who has access.

Obviously very much a WIP - but getting there.

@baris Fantastic. Thanks!

Hi,

I'm trying to add an item to the navigation system if the user has a value set against their profile, but I'm not sure how to access the current users ID within the addNavigation hook

plugin.addNavigation = function(header, callback) {
    User = module.parent.require('./user');
    User.getUserField(<<CURRENT USER ID SHOULD GO HERE>>, 'gold_member', function(value) {
        if(value){
            header.navigation.push({
                class: "",
                iconClass: 'fa fa-fw ' + 'fa-plus',
                "name": "hello",
                "text": "Add Forum",
                "title": "hello world",
                route: "/new_category"
            });
        }
        callback(null, header);
    });
} ```

any ideas?

Cheers,

M