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  • A abargel

    @girish Have you had a chance to check this on your end?

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    @abargel Oh, it started working now after removing the version field.

      "portal": {
        "url": "https://ghost.cloudron.site/portal.min.js"
      }
    

    I edited the email label and placeholder (I had to clear browser cache to get it to show the updated page):

    986767ac-25d5-452e-a275-f9d08efffe6e-image.png

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      @abargel Oh, it started working now after removing the version field.

        "portal": {
          "url": "https://ghost.cloudron.site/portal.min.js"
        }
      

      I edited the email label and placeholder (I had to clear browser cache to get it to show the updated page):

      986767ac-25d5-452e-a275-f9d08efffe6e-image.png

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      abargel
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      @girish said in Editing/translating Portal:

      Wow, that is a nice find! Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me... I still have an unresponsibe "subscribe" button after editing config.production.json

      I have some errors in the console, but not related that I can understand...

      [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIContentSniffer.getMIMETypeFromContent]"  nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame :: resource:///modules/FaviconLoader.jsm :: onStopRequest :: line 312"  data: no] FaviconLoader.jsm:312:24
      FrameData missing for ncpasswords@mdns.eu page moz-extension://36862037-bf3b-4925-9cb1-71c39839c295/html/popup.html ExtensionPageChild.jsm:457
          initExtensionContext resource://gre/modules/ExtensionPageChild.jsm:457
          initExtensionDocument resource://gre/modules/ExtensionProcessScript.jsm:342
      
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      • A abargel

        @girish said in Editing/translating Portal:

        Wow, that is a nice find! Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me... I still have an unresponsibe "subscribe" button after editing config.production.json

        I have some errors in the console, but not related that I can understand...

        [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIContentSniffer.getMIMETypeFromContent]"  nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame :: resource:///modules/FaviconLoader.jsm :: onStopRequest :: line 312"  data: no] FaviconLoader.jsm:312:24
        FrameData missing for ncpasswords@mdns.eu page moz-extension://36862037-bf3b-4925-9cb1-71c39839c295/html/popup.html ExtensionPageChild.jsm:457
            initExtensionContext resource://gre/modules/ExtensionPageChild.jsm:457
            initExtensionDocument resource://gre/modules/ExtensionProcessScript.jsm:342
        
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        @abargel you can read more here: https://forum.ghost.org/t/remove-publish-with-ghost-button-on-portal/20817/8

        i followed the steps , tweaked a bit, running ok on Cloudron

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        • V vjvanjungg

          @abargel you can read more here: https://forum.ghost.org/t/remove-publish-with-ghost-button-on-portal/20817/8

          i followed the steps , tweaked a bit, running ok on Cloudron

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          @vjvanjungg Oh, thank you!! I will try it also and report here.

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            @abargel you can read more here: https://forum.ghost.org/t/remove-publish-with-ghost-button-on-portal/20817/8

            i followed the steps , tweaked a bit, running ok on Cloudron

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            abargel
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            @vjvanjungg I tried following the steps too, but could not manage to have portal.js compiled into assets/built. I am using Casper, so modified the gulpfile as indicated in the post.

            Same as with the previous method, I get an unresponsive "Subscribe" button...

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            • A abargel

              @vjvanjungg I tried following the steps too, but could not manage to have portal.js compiled into assets/built. I am using Casper, so modified the gulpfile as indicated in the post.

              Same as with the previous method, I get an unresponsive "Subscribe" button...

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              Well, after a long night, my update on this is : found a theme with own membership flow (no 👿 Portal 👿 !), can easily localize those files, a lot more work than necessary overall, but moving on! 😉

              Quite disappointed with Ghost support too, who gave a completely irrelevant and unhelpful answer.

              Still have to find how to get confirmation emails and other bits and pieces localized. Shouldnt' this all be easier??

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              • A abargel

                Well, after a long night, my update on this is : found a theme with own membership flow (no 👿 Portal 👿 !), can easily localize those files, a lot more work than necessary overall, but moving on! 😉

                Quite disappointed with Ghost support too, who gave a completely irrelevant and unhelpful answer.

                Still have to find how to get confirmation emails and other bits and pieces localized. Shouldnt' this all be easier??

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                abargel
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                @girish In order to customize the email templates (after giving up on portal), one would have to access files in /var/www/ghost/versions/3.18.1/core/server/services/members/emails/*, according to this.

                Don't know if that's a stupid question, but is there a way to do that from config.production.json, or another file available from our Cloudron file manager?

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                • A abargel

                  Well, after a long night, my update on this is : found a theme with own membership flow (no 👿 Portal 👿 !), can easily localize those files, a lot more work than necessary overall, but moving on! 😉

                  Quite disappointed with Ghost support too, who gave a completely irrelevant and unhelpful answer.

                  Still have to find how to get confirmation emails and other bits and pieces localized. Shouldnt' this all be easier??

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                  @abargel said in Editing/translating Portal:

                  Shouldnt' this all be easier??

                  Yeah, I like the idea of Ghost but it's a pain how hard it is to customise if you're not a coder 😕

                  I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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                    @abargel said in Editing/translating Portal:

                    Shouldnt' this all be easier??

                    Yeah, I like the idea of Ghost but it's a pain how hard it is to customise if you're not a coder 😕

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                    @jdaviescoates From making a few websites this summer for my (one-person) business, both on Wordpress and on Ghost, I'm left with the impression that these "open source" publishing tools intentionally leave a lot of essential components to be managed by paying services. Like an implicit paywall, really. I'm using a lot of other self-hosted apps on Cloudron, for various types of use, and even the more complex don't have these restrictions: if you learn how it works, you can do things. With Wordpress and Ghost, I keep learning, and keep finding arbitrary limits to what I can do (except, of course, by buying more services). I would be tempted to dump them if I had the time to learn an entirely new system right now (and would need to be sure that I wouldn't run into the same problem down the line!)

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                    • A abargel

                      @jdaviescoates From making a few websites this summer for my (one-person) business, both on Wordpress and on Ghost, I'm left with the impression that these "open source" publishing tools intentionally leave a lot of essential components to be managed by paying services. Like an implicit paywall, really. I'm using a lot of other self-hosted apps on Cloudron, for various types of use, and even the more complex don't have these restrictions: if you learn how it works, you can do things. With Wordpress and Ghost, I keep learning, and keep finding arbitrary limits to what I can do (except, of course, by buying more services). I would be tempted to dump them if I had the time to learn an entirely new system right now (and would need to be sure that I wouldn't run into the same problem down the line!)

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                      @abargel Well, after doing my best with Ghost, I'm tempted to learn Grav. Seems like one can customize everything freely? Anything I should be weary of?

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                        @abargel Well, after doing my best with Ghost, I'm tempted to learn Grav. Seems like one can customize everything freely? Anything I should be weary of?

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                        frei
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                        @abargel

                        Ghost is far more stable than Grav. It's easier to modify the style using Ghost/Handlebars vs. Grav/PHP/Twig (which was a total mess).

                        Also, if you have any authors who are not you (not technically highly proficient), then they can easily crash your Grav instance --I have yet to crash Ghost. 🤠

                        That's my two cents.

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                          @abargel

                          Ghost is far more stable than Grav. It's easier to modify the style using Ghost/Handlebars vs. Grav/PHP/Twig (which was a total mess).

                          Also, if you have any authors who are not you (not technically highly proficient), then they can easily crash your Grav instance --I have yet to crash Ghost. 🤠

                          That's my two cents.

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                          @frei Something like this?
                          https://whitfin.io/safely-creating-custom-handlebars-helpers/

                          Conscious tech

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                            @abargel

                            Ghost is far more stable than Grav. It's easier to modify the style using Ghost/Handlebars vs. Grav/PHP/Twig (which was a total mess).

                            Also, if you have any authors who are not you (not technically highly proficient), then they can easily crash your Grav instance --I have yet to crash Ghost. 🤠

                            That's my two cents.

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                            @frei I think you just read my mind . .

                            Trying to figure out the best practices for modifying core templates (eg, content-cta.hbs) without overwriting upon update.


                            Correction:

                            The content-cta.hbs is easily editable --as written directly in Ghost documentation.

                            Simply reference the default template, modify, and copy to the partials folder.

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                              @frei I think you just read my mind . .

                              Trying to figure out the best practices for modifying core templates (eg, content-cta.hbs) without overwriting upon update.


                              Correction:

                              The content-cta.hbs is easily editable --as written directly in Ghost documentation.

                              Simply reference the default template, modify, and copy to the partials folder.

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                              frei
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                              It seems like the only / best way of modifying core files is adapting the Dockerfile and building a new image, as per the instructions here: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3102/building-custom-packages

                              Move the files from origin location to /app/data and replace with symlinks.

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                                @abargel

                                Ghost is far more stable than Grav. It's easier to modify the style using Ghost/Handlebars vs. Grav/PHP/Twig (which was a total mess).

                                Also, if you have any authors who are not you (not technically highly proficient), then they can easily crash your Grav instance --I have yet to crash Ghost. 🤠

                                That's my two cents.

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                                abargel
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                                @frei Thanks for the feedback. On my end, I had a nice time setting up a site with Grav. Easy to edit everything. No paywalls or unchangeable parts in English only. I am a single author/user, but I see a nice set of permissions if I have to create other users with limited abilities to destroy things. Best experience so far amongst WordPress/Ghost/Grav (for someone not "technically highly proficient", just basic).

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                                • F frei

                                  It seems like the only / best way of modifying core files is adapting the Dockerfile and building a new image, as per the instructions here: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3102/building-custom-packages

                                  Move the files from origin location to /app/data and replace with symlinks.

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                                  robi
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                                  @frei said in Editing/translating Portal:

                                  It seems like the only / best way of modifying core files is adapting the Dockerfile and building a new image

                                  If you specify all the files that need to be modified for this, the Cloudron team can update the App with those files symlinked in /app/data

                                  Conscious tech

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                                  • robiR robi

                                    @frei said in Editing/translating Portal:

                                    It seems like the only / best way of modifying core files is adapting the Dockerfile and building a new image

                                    If you specify all the files that need to be modified for this, the Cloudron team can update the App with those files symlinked in /app/data

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                                    frei
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                                    @robi, very cool.

                                    Usually, when I spend enough time getting familiar with the applications, I find that the Cloudron team has already dialed it in.

                                    Will keep this in mind

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