Greetings,

I deployed NodeBB a few years back, took a break from non-social media, and have now come back, on the cusp of my deleting Facebook. Note that I am a senior web dev (php / MySQL) of 20+ years, so I am not a beginner web user. However, Node.js and Mongo are not my forte.

We've installed the latest version of NodeBB on forum.monsoon.city on an Ubuntu VPS. I no longer handle development - this was handled by a friend system admin, who doesn't support NodeBB.

For the most part, everything is working, but I've run into a few major issues that I can't seem to find. There is a problem with Categories and perhaps the db table.

1. I cannot create a new Category. It is staying maxxed at 4. See screenshot - I create the category, press Submit - but nothing ever happens. It doesn't create categories anywhere

2. I cannot create a post in an Category. When I submit the post, I receive the error: "Invalid Category ID" - see screenshot

thoughts / suggestions?

I'm trying to get this installed now on my Wordpress for https://digitalnomad.blog ... the JSON API recommended originally years ago, hasn't been updated in 3+ years. No comments in the support there, and says it may not be compatible with recent / coming Wordpress installations.

Will this nodebb plugin work with other WP JSON API plugins, such as JSON Content Importer - https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-content-importer/

OK... removing the port, :4567 - helped with the Google SSO to finally work.

just "https://digital.nomadic.cloud" - and it's working fine.

I know that during the set up process (tried 5 times previously), ensuring the port here made a difference with making something else work.

When I see that bug again, I will post that separately.

and.. thank you

Thanks for the reply!

Forum URL is: https://digital.nomadic.cloud/

config.json url setting is: "url": "https://digital.nomadic.cloud:4567",

and obviously the signup/login icon/link as per nodebb normal

Several attempts at installing Google SSO. Had domain validated, updated all the info, made slight modifications to the json config- eg using https://

In the browser, it fails before login. Even though I now get through to the list of Google accounts, after I select my main email address, the response is a failure, as attached.

This site can’t be reached
digital.nomadic.cloud unexpectedly closed the connection.
Try:

Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall

The domain is otherwise fully accessible.

All the settings look fine. I've added the domain with and without the port number on the Google end.

Any ideas?

Thank you...

Greetings,

Second attempt at installing NodeBB, and many more frustrations continue. Takes forever to activate plugins, and they frequently do not work properly.

I am a senior web dev of 18+ years (PHP/MySQL) so I am not a newbie, but this is absolutely maddening.

Latest one - Google Analytics. I have installed the plugin, activated, added our tracking code. Restarted and rebooted NodeBB several times. Yet, the tracking code never appears anywhere in our HTML for the forum.

What is missing or lacking, and what needs to be done? I've had to add the code manually for now to gain approval for the far more complicated Google SSO, but the point of a plugin is to insert this instantly, no?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Sea

Hi guys,

I had my first full day of playing with NodeBB settings, plugins and themes today. Was going smoothly until I activated a bunch of plugins - SSO, events, etc.

Now, on my two test accounts (mac osx Firefox & Chrome) as an admin and normal user, the forum pages don't fully load.

The progress bar at the top gets to around 80-90%, and then stops. Underneath, it is still clickable, though replies don't post.

What's up? I could not find this issue anywhere else.

The only errors in the log are:

404 Not Found
Route Count
/libs/js 2
/libs/js/iframe.js 1
/admin/libs/js

Is this is?

And if so, where did they magically disappear to?

Finally.... is it better practice to reboot NodeBB after each single plugin is installed / activated? Rather than installing 5-10 and rebooting all at once?

thanks for the help