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CSS code customization for the link preview plugin

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  • crazycellsundefined

    Hi @phenomlab ,

    I am working on CSS codes to customize the link-preview plugin for some time, but I was unsuccessful 😄 so, I wanted to consult you in case I am missing an important line…

    Unfortunately, normal previews of this plugin are too big for our taste, just like how iframely used to be…

    https://sudonix.org/post/4083

    I ended up something like this:

    .post-container .content .card {
    display: contents !important;  
}

.link-preview {
    
    .card-img-top {
        height:120px !important;
        width: auto !important;
        overflow: hidden !important;        
        float: left !important;
        padding: 0 5px 0 0 !important;      
    }
    
    .card-body {
        padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px !important;
    }
    
    .card-footer {
        position: relative !important;    
    }
}

    But this is nowhere near close to what I was aiming…

    This is how it used to be with iframely and what we are aiming:
    Screenshot 2024-04-02 at 22.04.41.png

    This is how ugly it looks right now 😄

    Screenshot 2024-04-02 at 22.02.51.png

    I hope you can help with this transformation 😄
    Thanks,

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  • phenomlabundefined

    @crazycells technically possible, yes - I can get somewhere near the desired layout as below

    7b646096-5c21-44a1-b283-54d6f94e579b-image.png

    However, this isn’t great from the CSS perspective as it’s something of a hack, and will not look good on mobile devices. Here’s the CSS for that if you want to use it.

    .post-container .content .card {
    display: contents !important;  
}
.link-preview .card-title {
    margin-left: -238px;
    float: left;
}
.link-preview .card-img-top {
    height: 120px !important;
    width: auto !important;
    overflow: hidden !important;
    float: left !important;
    padding: 0 5px 0 0 !important;
    margin-top: 35px;
}
.link-preview .card-text {
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding-left: 15px;
}
.link-preview .card-footer {
    position: relative !important;
    margin-top: 70px;
}
.link-preview .card-body {
    padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px !important;
}
.link-preview .card-text {
    margin-top: 35px;
    padding-left: 15px;
}

    The real issue with nodebb-plugin-link-preview is that it has no flexibility in terms of HTML layout meaning you have to get clever with CSS (and even then, it’s not clever at all).

    Using my OGProxy function, it would look like this by default

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/17109/manual-build-a-night-mode-for-harmony

    However, because you have control over the HTML, you can simply rearrange it to suit your own needs.

    Author of OGProxy, Swatch, Threaded, Card, and most of Sudonix's bugs…

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  • crazycellsundefined

    @phenomlab does OGProxy show the pdf previews as well?

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  • phenomlabundefined

    @crazycells said in CSS code customization for the link preview plugin:

    does OGProxy show the pdf previews as well?

    Not yet, but it could with a bit of additional code.

    Author of OGProxy, Swatch, Threaded, Card, and most of Sudonix's bugs…

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  • Norradundefined

    What plugins are being used here on Sudonix?

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    phenomlabundefined

    @Norrad Are you looking for anything in particular? I only ask because Sudonix uses a number of custom functions which I wrote, but all are available on GitHub and fully supported here.

  • crazycellsundefined

    Bug Report

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    phenomlabundefined

    @crazycells yep. I get it! Good point.

  • Pandaundefined

    Interesting Widget code, but can't fetch API

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    phenomlabundefined

    @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can’t fetch API:

    How did you drop that widget into the post there?
    I hadnt seen this BSgenerator anywhere on sudonix site, do you use it somewhere already?

    Yes, here

    https://sudonix.org/topic/414/corporate-bullshit-generator?_=1687774393044

    It’s not a “post” or “topic” in the common sense. It is actually a page in it’s own right and leverages nodebb-plugin-custom-pages. This in turn creates a new “route” which behaves like a page, meaning it is then exposed for widgets.

    @Panda said in Interesting Widget code, but can’t fetch API:

    Also can you explain more what you mean by calling the code externally. In my API call example, how would I go about doing that?

    By this, I mean create all the required code in an external JS file that is reachable by the NodeBB instance - so, in “public” for example - or in my case /public/js. The widget then “calls” that file and because it runs outside of the scope of NodeBB, you just need to return the values to the widget.

    Hope this makes sense?

  • cagatayundefined

    Link Not Working

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    phenomlabundefined

    @cagatay Good question, but one that’s likely best answered by the devs themselves. Could easily be done with a simple jQuery regex but that would really just be painting over rotten wood.

  • DownPWundefined

    hover link effect

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    phenomlabundefined

    @DownPW Looking at the underlying code, class start is being added on hover by jQuery in this function

    document.querySelectorAll(".button-gradient, .button-transparent").forEach((button) => { const style = getComputedStyle(button); const lines = document.createElement("div"); lines.classList.add("lines"); const groupTop = document.createElement("div"); const groupBottom = document.createElement("div"); const svg = createSVG( button.offsetWidth, button.offsetHeight, parseInt(style.borderRadius, 10) ); groupTop.appendChild(svg); groupTop.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupTop.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupTop.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupBottom.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupBottom.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupBottom.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); groupBottom.appendChild(svg.cloneNode(true)); lines.appendChild(groupTop); lines.appendChild(groupBottom); button.appendChild(lines); button.addEventListener("pointerenter", () => { button.classList.add("start"); }); svg.addEventListener("animationend", () => { button.classList.remove("start"); }); }); })

    The CSS for start is below

    .button-gradient.start .lines svg, .button-transparent.start .lines svg { animation: stroke 0.3s linear; }

    And this is the corresponding keyframe

    @keyframes stroke { 30%, 55% { opacity: 1; } 100% { stroke-dashoffset: 5; opacity: 0; } }

    It’s using both CSS and SVG, so might not be a simple affair to replicate without the SVG files.

  • Teemberlandundefined

    NodeBB Theme/Skin Switcher

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    phenomlabundefined

    @Teemberland great spot ! You should create a PR for that so they can include it in the official repository.

    Just be aware that any subsequent releases will overwrite your fix without the PR.

  • DownPWundefined

    Multiple link on one ico non Navbar

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    DownPWundefined

    yeah you’re right @phenomlab.
    Problem of NodeBB Version

  • crazycellsundefined

    [NodeBB] First post customization

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    crazycellsundefined

    @phenomlab thanks 🙏