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  • wrote on last edited by

    Hello @phenomlab

    It’s possible to add video background (mp4 for example)on nodebb for one theme and not for the other?

  • Hello @phenomlab

    It’s possible to add video background (mp4 for example)on nodebb for one theme and not for the other?

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW yes, but you have to be careful with performance. This can impact the loading of the site depending on the size of the MP4 file and where it is being accessed from.

  • @DownPW yes, but you have to be careful with performance. This can impact the loading of the site depending on the size of the MP4 file and where it is being accessed from.

    wrote on last edited by

    @phenomlab said in [NODEBB] Help for my custom CSS:

    @DownPW yes, but you have to be careful with performance. This can impact the loading of the site depending on the size of the MP4 file and where it is being accessed from.

    File accessible on the server and 22.6 mo

    How can I 'm doing this for testing?

  • @phenomlab said in [NODEBB] Help for my custom CSS:

    @DownPW yes, but you have to be careful with performance. This can impact the loading of the site depending on the size of the MP4 file and where it is being accessed from.

    File accessible on the server and 22.6 mo

    How can I 'm doing this for testing?

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW Something like this would work

    <video autoplay muted loop id="bg-video">
      <source src="file.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
    </video>
    

    Then some CSS which you’ll need to play with (this is an example)

    #bg-video{
      position: fixed;
      right: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      min-width: 100%; 
      min-height: 100%;
    }
    
  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    hello @phenomlab

    I have a very odd bug that I didn’t have before

    I have images and background color defined for each category

    when I open a new topic, the fa icon on the bottom left taskbar does not appear like when I reply to a topic

    Here a gif too see the problem :

    new topic.gif

    And here is the result I want:

    4557001f-9b28-4a10-84e4-46d0dcffe20d-image.png

    I have tried to play with the color or z-index variable in css but nothing works

    I tried disabling the custom CSS on ACP but it’s the same. clear the cache = same

    Have you an idea ?

    You can test on production forum

  • hello @phenomlab

    I have a very odd bug that I didn’t have before

    I have images and background color defined for each category

    when I open a new topic, the fa icon on the bottom left taskbar does not appear like when I reply to a topic

    Here a gif too see the problem :

    new topic.gif

    And here is the result I want:

    4557001f-9b28-4a10-84e4-46d0dcffe20d-image.png

    I have tried to play with the color or z-index variable in css but nothing works

    I tried disabling the custom CSS on ACP but it’s the same. clear the cache = same

    Have you an idea ?

    You can test on production forum

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW I can’t see the images or videos, but I’ll have a look on your production site.

  • hello @phenomlab

    I have a very odd bug that I didn’t have before

    I have images and background color defined for each category

    when I open a new topic, the fa icon on the bottom left taskbar does not appear like when I reply to a topic

    Here a gif too see the problem :

    new topic.gif

    And here is the result I want:

    4557001f-9b28-4a10-84e4-46d0dcffe20d-image.png

    I have tried to play with the color or z-index variable in css but nothing works

    I tried disabling the custom CSS on ACP but it’s the same. clear the cache = same

    Have you an idea ?

    You can test on production forum

    wrote on last edited by phenomlab

    @DownPW Seems to come from this code

    66521fca-2e73-4d69-820e-2915f1ecd948-image.png

    It should look like this

    bf8b00ba-a92e-4475-afc1-a6f7e7184373-image.png

    Do you have any custom JS that is altering this, or perhaps a plugin ?

  • wrote on last edited by

    I will test without css, js, header and it’s the same 😞

  • I will test without css, js, header and it’s the same 😞

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW What plugins do you have installed ?

  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    Active plugins:

        * @nodebb/nodebb-plugin-reactions@1.0.2 (installed, enabled)
        * @nodebb/nodebb-plugin-user-level@1.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-beep@0.4.7 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-browsing-users@2.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-cards@0.3.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-composer-default@9.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-dbsearch@5.1.5 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-emoji@4.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-emoji-apple@3.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-extended-markdown@1.6.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-global-chat@2.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-iframely@0.7.16 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-imgur@2.0.5 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-markdown@10.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-mentions@3.0.11 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-ns-embed@6.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-poll@2.0.6 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer@0.12.25 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-recent-cards@2.0.22 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone@1.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-tenor-gif@2.2.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-twitter@0.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-ws-dice@2.4.2 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-rewards-essentials@0.2.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-theme-persona@12.1.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-widget-essentials@6.0.0 (installed, enabled)
    
  • Active plugins:

        * @nodebb/nodebb-plugin-reactions@1.0.2 (installed, enabled)
        * @nodebb/nodebb-plugin-user-level@1.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-beep@0.4.7 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-browsing-users@2.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-cards@0.3.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-composer-default@9.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-dbsearch@5.1.5 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-emoji@4.0.4 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-emoji-apple@3.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-extended-markdown@1.6.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-global-chat@2.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-iframely@0.7.16 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-imgur@2.0.5 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-markdown@10.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-mentions@3.0.11 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-ns-embed@6.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-poll@2.0.6 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer@0.12.25 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-recent-cards@2.0.22 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone@1.0.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-tenor-gif@2.2.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-twitter@0.1.0 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-plugin-ws-dice@2.4.2 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-rewards-essentials@0.2.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-theme-persona@12.1.1 (installed, enabled)
        * nodebb-widget-essentials@6.0.0 (installed, enabled)
    
    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW This is going to be painful, but it’s possible that one of these plugins is the cause. Have you tried disabling each one to see if the issue subsides ?

  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    The last plugins we installed is the dice plugin, Iframely, and twitter, to be tested…

    Because the others are quite well known and I never noticed this bug with them, but I could be wrong.

  • The last plugins we installed is the dice plugin, Iframely, and twitter, to be tested…

    Because the others are quite well known and I never noticed this bug with them, but I could be wrong.

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW Hmm. You could use a simple jQuery function to replace that icon with the right one. Just seems a bit “overkill” but might be necessary

  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    @phenomlab said in [NODEBB] Help for my custom CSS:

    Hmm. You could use a simple jQuery function to replace that icon with the right one. Just seems a bit “overkill” but might be necessary

    why not, if you can write this query I’m not saying no, just to test

  • @phenomlab said in [NODEBB] Help for my custom CSS:

    Hmm. You could use a simple jQuery function to replace that icon with the right one. Just seems a bit “overkill” but might be necessary

    why not, if you can write this query I’m not saying no, just to test

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW might be a bit greedy, but try this

    $(document).ready(function() {
        $(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) {
            $(this).find($(".fa")).removeClass('fa-nbb-none').addClass('fa-commenting-o');
        });
    });
    
  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    @phenomlab

    JS code seems not working but…

    I see on ACP, the image of category is uploaded to imgur :

    7ca2e670-4928-43d9-b1fd-530fae97c72a-image.png

    and I see this on dev console :

    b2321b44-7a73-4510-97b2-57fa73a096c9-image.png

    The url seems to not be encoded correctly, I don’t know why ???

    If I change manually the URL in the dev console, it’s OK:

    e7b51ef6-6b5f-48a7-9ed0-4d7e27d299fe-image.png

    d09b152a-a5fd-4243-b4d8-4d9287b07d47-image.png

  • @phenomlab

    JS code seems not working but…

    I see on ACP, the image of category is uploaded to imgur :

    7ca2e670-4928-43d9-b1fd-530fae97c72a-image.png

    and I see this on dev console :

    b2321b44-7a73-4510-97b2-57fa73a096c9-image.png

    The url seems to not be encoded correctly, I don’t know why ???

    If I change manually the URL in the dev console, it’s OK:

    e7b51ef6-6b5f-48a7-9ed0-4d7e27d299fe-image.png

    d09b152a-a5fd-4243-b4d8-4d9287b07d47-image.png

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW said in [NODEBB] Help for my custom CSS:

    The url seems to not be encoded correctly, I don’t know why ???

    Yes, that certainly seems the case. I think you need to take this issue up with the plugin developer.

  • wrote on last edited by DownPW

    @phenomlab

    the trick is to know which plugin is in question!!

  • @phenomlab

    the trick is to know which plugin is in question!!

    wrote on last edited by

    @DownPW sorry. I meant the imgur plugin author

  • @DownPW sorry. I meant the imgur plugin author

    wrote on last edited by DownPW

    @phenomlab

    hmmm I don’t thinks so because I have the same problem on NO PRODUCTION VM and I have this bug too without nodebb-imgur-plugin.

    I have test with a local url in public nodebb folder and it’s the same too

    I test to desactivate all plugin one by one for see at the moment


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