I would like to play with the files in discourse - Im not a coder, but I have some tweeks I would like to see if Im able to add. The best way to learn is when you have something you will achieve :slight_smile: I have a little knowledge from php. There you can change a file and see the result of the…

Best place to start is here [afbeelding] Learn how to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself) Developers There are a few ‘how to start’ guides for working with Discourse already and a wealth of useful info on meta, but I thought it mi…

I will look at it, thanks :slight_smile:

But it is still not clear to me: Can I on a live setup/site - browse the .rp files via my SSH connection - edit them and see if my changes work? If I in shell do cd /var/discourse Then: ./launcher rebuild app Then ls -ls I get this - where do I find the files? [58]

You need to set up a development environment to edit files and see changes. In production, lots of stuff is cached, so changes don’t show up. If you want to see the files cd /var/discourse . /launcher enter app cd src ls

I was now able to follow this guide: [afbeelding] Install Discourse on macOS for development Developer Guides warning This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: Install Discourse in production wi…

[afbeelding] frold: GitHub - discourse/onebox: (DEPRECATED) A gem for turning URLs into website previews · GitHub To edit onebox files, you need to clone source code for onebox gem. https://github.com/discourse/onebox

Didnt I do so in this step in the tutorial? git clone GitHub - discourse/discourse: A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. · GitHub ~/discourse

That was for cloning discourse core repo. If you want to hack on onebox gem, you will need to clone the source code for that gem as well.

Okay, then I dont know anything… What is the difference of a dev box and a running site then? I thought setting up a dev box I would be able to edit files… Seems now I need to follow another tutorial…? This is only for very technical users, like in very - :blush: I give up

You have the core files and then you have various modules that discourse rely on - some developed by discourse and some not. Onebox is one of those modules.

ahh, now I understand. But what I need to edit is the file that renders the amazon data like this: [afbeelding] Robbins Basic Pathology (Robbins Pathology): 9780323353175: Medicine & Health... Robbins Basic Pathology (Robbins Pathology): 9780323353175: Medicine & Health Science Books @…

How to edit the discourse files? A development box?

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Best place to start is here

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