A sub categories set up would be very good especially for what I am planning, been trying to think the best look to it that would not destroy the simple layout, but would be obvious to a user.
How about when the cursor floats over a category it flips around with a sub cat list on the reverse??

Big thank you to all the guys at DesignCreatePlay for setting me up
Have to say it runs a lot smoother on your hosting than my test site on another host, I will post a link to the site once we are ready to roll.

Just to clarify, and I don't mean to be redundant, but...

Spam protection during registration, yes.
Private messages would be nice.
I believe they are working on permissions, and groups are already implemented. Just needs some fine tuning.

Uh, likes = favorites. If you want "Likes" (like Facebook), then the only thing I can think of for now is to change name variables from Favorites to Likes.

(I speak American English, so eventually I will change some verbiage around when I get to it, no offense Canada...)

As for the like/favorite I use this on my xenforo site

What about a thread prefix plugin? It was mentioned on the admin extra forum as a alternative to sub categories which could work well I think.

@trevor that looks fantastic mate I hop you are going to release that as a plugin

I forgot about Google Analytic's pretty much a must have I think.

Only when my wife is near
no on nodebb 2.1

Who are nodebb's target users??
What I mean is is it amid at webmasters or the average forum owner who has very little/no coding knowledge?

Because I think you have a real potential winner here because it's simple un -bloated, fast, clean and fun to use just needs a few more forum essentials to complete a great piece of software.
But it is not easy to install and get working and I appreciate that for people who understand nodes, ubuntu etc it will be a piece of cake but for a lot of forum owners it could be a struggle to set up. I have done it and think it's running good now but I have had to be patient and persevere and a few times nearly gave up, I have all so tried to install Discourse but that was a even bigger struggle and I have given up.
(might be a idea to have the option of resizing the editing window for long winded posts like this).
Are you going to be able to code nodebb so that it can be a one click install or will it always have to be installed with multiple command line instructions? 1 click install will mean a lot more forum owners giving it a try and that must mean more income for you guys some where down the line (I hope anyway)
Have you considered making it a paid for software not at the rates the big boys charge but maybe a small $30-$50 which could include install on owners server? 20 days support then your on you own sort of package?
I know you are setting up a premium hosting service for the big forums but what about the small forums?
Just some thoughts

Are you planning on implementing some sort of book mark system because after a certain amount of posts in a topic it's going to get pretty tedious to keep scrolling down say 250 posts just to get to the latest post. or would pagination at say 100 posts be a solution?

Congrats @outlawedoffroad just in case you missed it you need to install & run Forever Daemon to keep the forum running when you shut down your terminal.
https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/How-to-run-NodeBB

I think I might do a wiki for installing for new none tech guys, you have a great guide but it misses a few things that if you are new to nodebb & setting up servers using ubuntu it is easy to miss or just not realize you need to do.

This is better than a soap opera watching @outlawedoffroad break everything

Hy guys could you post on the forum when you are going to be doing maintenance & upgrades? maybe have a topic for it so we know if our site is down or if you guys are working on it

That's a very good write up Steve, you should be in marketing if your not already

That's a very good write up Steve, you should be in marketing if your not already

LOL I have been for 15+ years now. Mostly corporate/tech companies helping roll out products/services/promotions. Always liked getting involved with the design so I learned photoshop, illustrator, indesign, etc. along the way. Now i'm working out of my house freelancing.

oh cool haha. meanwhile all three of us are out-and-out programmers with no idea on how to market anything

Well you should maybe have a talk with @outlawedoffroad every business big or small needs a little help from the marketing man from time to time.

Just been to your site and it looks good on there

Hehe normally the court says no to me following people but if you insist

Decided I would teach myself html5 with a long term view of doing my own site themeing and who knows maybe some nodebb plugins one day
Psychobunny, julian, baris running to a dark corner to hide

Got to chapter 4 page 53 of HTML5 & CSS3 and my brain has not exploded yet

Let me just say, 40% is an estimate, but it's only been a week. As far as plugins, I really just hardcoded everything you see. I spent 2 days customizing BS3 with my own helpers that I can remember by heart for faster and easier copypasta stuff without guessing certain things.

Bugger!! may have to ask if you could customize mine for me at some stage if your willing & have the time and for a fee of coarse.