Alle bei Weingärtner IT gehosteten #nodebb Instanzen laufen ab jetzt auf v4.9.2

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All #nodebb instances hosted at Weingärtner IT now running on version v4.9.2

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ChangeLog:
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v4.9.2

Easily Deploy #NodeBB Community #Forum on #Ubuntu #VPS

This article provides a guide demonstrating how to easily deploy NodeBB community forum on Ubuntu VPS server.
What is NodeBB?

NodeBB is an open-source forum software platform built with Node.js. The forum offers modern, scalable, and responsive experiences. Here are some key features and ...
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ActivityPub user and category outboxes coming soon

Up until today, when you queried a NodeBB user or category's outbox, you would receive an empty OrderedCollection. This was done because the property's inclusion in the actor object was required, but it was not immediately apparent in 2024 how many people utilised this property. Thus it was easier to just send the empty outbox and pursue more urgent functionality.

While sending that empty outbox has not broken any implementations, but it has come to my attention that a few (read: more than 1) other implementors already do, or plans to, read from an actor outbox for backfill purposes.

The upcoming NodeBB v4.10.0 will contain an outbox populated by the contributions by that user or category.

Here's how that works...[...]

https://community.nodebb.org/post/106837

Notice: Breaking change in v4.5.0 (requests to internal IP addresses disallowed)

We are publishing a notice today to bring to attention an unintentional breaking change that could affect some users of NodeBB.

v4.5.0 contained an update to src/request.js that calls a DNS resolver to ensure that the destination address is not a reserved IP address (e.g. 192.168..., 127.0..)

This change was introduced in order to close off any potential for Server-Side Request Forgery for any calls made within the NodeBB codebase. [...]

https://community.nodebb.org/post/106777

The next version of NodeBB (v4.10.0) will ship with the ability to set alt-text with images 

While this was already natively supported in-site, the alt text wasn't federated out until now.

Thanks to @kirk@social.coop who filed the original bug report (a long time ago actually )

Federation: Community Kickstart Guide

The hardest part of building a community is getting your users. If you don't have users, you don't have content, and if you don't have content, users won't join your forum. This chicken-and-egg game leads to many communities closing down due to lack of usage. Federation allows you to bypass this step by allowing you to "adopt" the fediverse as a source of content, so you don't have to worry about retaining users, but just creating content.

NodeBB ships with a couple of powerful features that allow you to jump-start any new forum with live conversation and discussion with only a few clicks. This guide introduces you to these tools and teaches you how to use them.

This article is part of the NodeBB Answers category, where you can learn more about setting up, maintaining, and using your NodeBB forum. [...]

https://community.nodebb.org/post/106709