Hello all,
I am running my board through docker and I have been fighting with Docker a bit trying to get things to work.

Firstly, I added a line to the Dockerfile of:

npm i grunt grunt-contrib-watch grunt-cli

Then I also have this persistence setup within compose.

volumes:
            - nodebb_dev_plugins:/usr/src/

nodebb_dev_plugins:
   driver: local
   driver_opts:
     o: bind
     device: /home/myuser/devtools/nodebb/nodebb-dev/plugins/src

This then puts my plugin just outside of the /usr/src/app folder, so then I can docker exec -it into the container and npm link my plugin into the /usr/src/app folder (which I think is the way I am supposed to do this?)

I am wondering if anyone happens to know though, how I can execute grunt watch while also having the verbosity of ./nodebb dev as I am quite new to node and working with this board, so the more output I can get as to what I mess up the better, lol.

As of now, all I was doing was starting up the container like this:

nodebb-dev:
        build: nodebb-dev/NodeBB
        container_name: nodebb_dev
        command: bash -c "grunt" 

I also don't seem to see my plugin in the forum's available plugins after I linked it. I went into my plugin folder, did 'sudo npm link', then I went into /usr/src/app and did 'sudo npm link nodebb-plugin-my-plugin', which did give me some output that didn't look erroneous, so I figured it must have been correct, but it still didn't show up, I tried to run a rebuild just to make sure to no avail. Looking back now, I do see the actual plugin within /usr/src/app/node_modules after linking.

If anyone has any suggestions, or spots anything I might have done incorrectly, I would definitely appreciate the input.
Thanks,
-MH

Hey there all,
I am just getting my feet wet with this amazing platform but had a quick question. Does anyone know how difficult it would be to add some slight animations upon loading / changing views, or if there are any themes out that already include this? An example of what I am looking for would be best seen here: https://demo.themehouse.com/xf2/themes/ As you click around you will notice some really nice smooth slide in type animations that cascade up/down or in from a side, etc. If anyone could point me in the right direction as to how this might be achieved in NodeBB, I would be most appreciative.

Thank you in advance for your time!
-MH

Hey there,
I created this plugin because I have several domains added to my GSuite account and with the current gmail provider you could only send email out through the address in which your login was, not from other domains you might have as aliases which you send and receive from in your inbox. This plugin allowed me to send out emails from other domains!

It is my first go at making a plugin, but I have been using it for 2 weeks or so without any issues. I wanted to make sure things were good first before I posted anything about it. If anyone finds anything wrong with it, definitely do let me know. I am not new to programming exactly, but I had not used NodeJS before so I had to learn it as I went along, so if anyone requests any major changes or anything, it might take me a few minutes to figure out how to do it, lol.

Thanks,
-MH

https://github.com/instance-id/nodebb-plugin-emailer-gmail-oauth2

Hey all,
I had never used Mongoose before but I know it is used for schema and validation. I was wondering though if anyone knew off chance if it could be added to NodeBB's database without it interfering with how it currently operates? I came across this backend administrative application called ForstAdmin and I was thinking about trying to see if I could add it into my current install. The application itself is made to integrate into an application you already have up and running, but that is under the assumption you are already have Mongoose and are using Express. I might spin up another board just to give it a go and see what happens, lol.

Thanks all,
-MH

Oh? Is this not what you see when you click the link? I know it allows you to switch themes on the fly, but the one I was referring to was the one that came up in this link when I first went there. (looks like you have to click it, I don't think it will play the .gifv here on the board it doesn't look like)

https://i.imgur.com/pD3irV8.gifv