📢 Feedback Lost out on a good instruction manual

[Tracy]

I just spent the last almost 30 minutes creating an instruction guide on how to install NodeBB for users to find here.
Since there is no article system apparently in use it was made as a post.
And you will not find that post because:

Being a guide for installing NodeBB and nginx as a proxy, it was well beyond that.
So, off I go to find somewhere to post it other than the XFH site it was asked for on. 😱

I may see about busting it into two pieces, one for NodeBB and then the other for setting up nginx as the proxy.

 

[joelr]

I'm not aware of any character limit for the post, sorry for the loss of data. Any limits were carried over from the prior owner. I'll need to investigate.

 

[Tracy]

I'm not aware of any character limit for the post, sorry for the loss of data. Any limits were carried over from the prior owner. I'll need to investigate.

I split it into several posts.

So you are interested in using NodeBB?

This guide will go over the basics of installing NodeBB on an Ubuntu LTS based VPS/dedicated server. I strongly suggest using Ubuntu 24.04LTS as one install I attempted on 22.40LTS had some dependency issues. It will not cover actual Linux OS setup, as I assume if you have wanting to install...

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That amount is the default that comes with Xenforo.
It will cause issues if you run a site that might have people posting items like this.

 

[joelr]

Do you know if the Articles mode will have the same limit?

 

[Tracy]

Do you know if the Articles mode will have the same limit?

Not sure as I use the Table of Contents feature of it. It probably does, but that feature allows you to get around it usually.

https://astrowhat.com/articles/raspberry-pi4-with-ubuntu-kstars-indi-ekos.28/

It allows you to break it down into specific parts, which would have been ideal for that guide.

 

[Cedric]

I'm not aware of any character limit for the post, sorry for the loss of data. Any limits were carried over from the prior owner. I'll need to investigate.

Yes, you always like to shove things like this in my shoes.

My default character limit is much larger than the default one.

You know Joel, you could actually run all settings a quick view and refrain from saying "it's the prior owners fault". You've been merging so many communities in here, running into countless technical issues, technical issues I've often explained what you did wrong - trying to help you - perhaps you need to take the time to assess the software and its settings more carefully instead of blaming someone.

 

[joelr]

I certainly wasn't trying to blame someone, that's a big leap. It was just a default setting that was carried over, and I do appreciate anyones help to keep things running 👍. You did a great job with the prior community, so I'm thankful for that.