Threaded post support for NodeBB

[DownPW]

do you think it can be adapted for the stock default display of topics?

[phenomlab]

@DownPW yes, but it’ll need a rewrite to be compatible with the stock NodeBB harmony theme. Sudonix makes a lot changes to the default layout so without those additional modifications, it’ll look odd.

[DownPW]

ooh ok. I would have liked to apply it on my site too bad for me then

[phenomlab]

@DownPW not necessarily. I can still develop something for you to use as a base.

[DownPW]

Oh really ?
That would be super cool

Have 2 versions maybe. One adapted to your personalized code and one adapted to Harmony (without customizing the appearance of topics (stock))

I’m probably asking too much

[phenomlab]

@DownPW said in Threading support for NodeBB:

I’m probably asking too much

Nope. Not at all. I’m fact, developing one from stock Harmony is probably a better idea as it’ll work out of the box.

Leave it with me.

[phenomlab]

I’ve set my DEV environment to vanilla and will develop a working solution for that.

[phenomlab]

Hi All,

Some very early (subject to the odd bug) code released in DEV. You will need an account there - let me know if you need a password reset

https://sudonix.dev/topic/331/how-to-install-a-self-hosted-instance-of-iframely-for-use-with-nodebb

This code is quite complex, and leverages some interesting CSS classes. The most important change is that it removes the stock timeline bar, and will replace it with it’s own. This is for a variety of reasons - mostly around cumulative layout shift and pseudo elements being used in the stock CSS.

[DownPW]

I have tested but I don’t see switch on dev

[phenomlab]

@DownPW It only triggers at 1200px and above - do you have your browser size set smaller?

[phenomlab]

Just added some transition effects. Note that depending on how many elements there are on the screen, this might cause layout shift.

[DownPW]

oh yes I’m on 1920 x 1080 screen

oups

[phenomlab]

@DownPW Does it work now? By 1200px I meant wide

[DownPW]

hmmmm nope

[phenomlab]

Odd. Seems to work for me.

[DownPW]

nope it’s normal, i’m on 1080px height

[phenomlab]

@DownPW I’m going to reset your DEV password and login as you to check

[phenomlab]

I see why. Let me fix that

[phenomlab]

@DownPW can you log back into DEV and try again? Should be working now.

[phenomlab]

Here’s a video of the threading code working on stock Harmony on NodeBB.

However, it’s important to note that the timeline bar is removed and recreated. There is a good reason for this, as without taking this route, it would mean that the timeline bar will look out of place. It’s certainly possible to use the existing bar and use a variety of CSS to move it around, although this is VERY inconsistent in my testing, and lands up being far too complex when it comes to having multiple CSS classes that do not include a specific scenario etc.

In this case, it’s so much quicker to hide and replace the existing one - we do this in the default view also with the threaded view disabled, and I’m sure you won’t notice the difference For obvious reasons, this code is configured to only fire on displays of 1200px or more - obviously, firing on a mobile device wouldn’t look very good at all.

Here’s the video

If you like what you see, here’s the code.

https://github.com/phenomlab/nodebb-harmony-threading

Final note - The code you see in the video is designed to work with stock Harmony. The code running on Sudonix is VERY different and uses a variety of CSS to render the view you see here. It’s “possible” to emulate this look, although it does mean that you will have to replace your custom CSS with that of Sudonix.