Juraj_Štefánik is trying to create a new page in Discourse using Rails CLI commands, but encounters a “page doesn’t exist or is private” message when accessing it via localhost:4200. merefield clarifies that Discourse is not a standard Rails app and is fronted by an Ember SPA, so Rails CLI won’t work — instead, a plugin must be developed. He suggests looking at existing plugins like discourse-word-cloud as prior art. Juraj then asks if modifying UI elements like the hamburger menu or search bar is possible via VS Code, noting he’s found .hbs files are involved. merefield directs him to a guide for beginners and questions his assumption that core code changes are necessary, referencing a previous response where he explained plugins can handle most customizations. The discussion highlights that Discourse development typically requires plugin-based approaches rather than direct core edits, even for UI changes.
If I create a page in my ID (vs code) using
rails generate controller Pages newsletter
and then I open it via http: // localhost: 4200 / pages / newsletter
so it doesn’t throw any error, but it tells me that “The page doesn’t exist or is private”
Can you give me some advice on how to set it up so that I can see the content I will do in my ID (vs code) in the newsletter.html.erb?
Or any other way to create a new page?
Discourse is not a simple rails application, I don’t believe the rails CLI will work for you.
Discourse is also fronted by an Ember SPA which is listening on port 4200.
You need to develop a plugin to achieve this.
Can I suggest you look at prior art in GitHub that does something similar, for example, I add a page here: GitHub - merefield/discourse-word-cloud: Generates a word cloud from the posts on your Discourse forum · GitHub
And if I want to change for example hamburger menu bar somehow or search bar or whatever, is it possible using VS code? I followed the procedure for mac os, local host goes to me, I found that in order to see the changes on the server I need to edit it in folders that have the extension .hbs
Is there any instructions for this or? a lot of things I need to do can’t go with plugins and I need to hit the code
why not?
you made this assumption before, I believe incorrectly, in a previous Topic, did you read my response fully?