Support Forum Plugin

In a nutshell, this plugin allows a forum admin to configure one category as a "Support Forum". The category will then differ in one significant way: Topics created by regular users can only be seen and accessed by replied to by the topic creator

As normal, administrators have access to all topics created in the chosen forum. This allows a forum to become a private "support forum", where private information can be shared freely.

Installation

Install via NodeBB Admin Panel, or npm install nodebb-plugin-support-forum

Testing

Tests follow the official NodeBB plugin pattern — they run under NodeBB's mocha harness against a real (test) database.

1. Add to NodeBB's config.json:

   "test_database": {
       "host": "127.0.0.1",
       "port": "6379",
       "password": "",
       "database": "1"
   },
   "test_plugins": [
       "nodebb-plugin-support-forum"
   ]

   Adjust test_database for your database of choice; it must differ from the production DB.

2. Link the plugin into your NodeBB install:

   cd /path/to/nodebb-plugin-support-forum && npm link
   cd /path/to/NodeBB && npm link nodebb-plugin-support-forum

3. Run the tests from the NodeBB root:

   npx mocha test/plugins-installed.js

   (NodeBB's test/plugins-installed.js auto-discovers and runs the test/ folder of every plugin listed in test_plugins. Running npm test from the NodeBB root works too but executes the full core suite.)