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The QPixel repository on GitHub contains the source code for the Codidact software. How can I set up a new development instance of it, so that I can work on it on my local machine?

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by luap42‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by trichoplax‭

Welcome to Codidact Collab! This is a special community outside the general Codidact network. Unlike the other topical communities, this one is for questions about the Codidact engine (QPixel) its...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Before you can get started, you need to check, whether you have all the prerequisites. QPixel is built with Ruby on Rails, therefore you'll need: a Linux or Mac computer (Windows WSL is also oka...

posted 4y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

Codidact runs on QPixel More specifically, the Codidact project originally had no actual software, and the referenced discord message was a poll deciding whether to create a new, custom Q&A so...

posted 2y ago by Moshi‭

I always thought that the terms "Codidact" and "QPixel" refer to the same beast until I came across this post in the chat stating: [..] Should we use qpixel (quicker launch, less dev work to do)...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by zetyty‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Moshi‭

I'm afraid this is not really a use case that was envisioned and that Codidact has no support for this. But actually the problem in doing this at all is that SO for teams (to my knowledge) does not...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭

Assuming you set it to production mode in the documentation, I think it's mostly fine. As far as I know the following features don't work in the docker setup: Redis data is not stored outside of...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Taeir‭

In general: if you are seeing that message you have not configured your instance to be in production mode. The warning is there because certain protections and checks are not enabled in development...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭  ·  edited 2y ago by zetyty‭

QPixel's Docker documentation says that the Docker setup is intended for development environments, not production. The documentation calls out one specific issue: email doesn't work. Are there ot...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Taeir‭

I want to change all the text in the qpixel to my local language(s). But unfortunately, most of the text is in the code(maybe it called hard code). It's hard to find the text to change it. But I se...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Yaskur‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by luap42‭

Sure. Why not? I don't think we are currently actively working on moving the text to the config files, but it can't harm, can it? Also, feel free to share your translation if you want.

posted 4y ago by luap42‭

How is caching done in QPixel? Note: this answer is based on my understanding of the code after setting up a self-hosted instance. Caching happens in QPixel in multiple locations. The primary one...

posted 3y ago by Taeir‭  ·  edited 2y ago by trichoplax‭

You should almost never use a style attribute. They're clunky, they mix HTML with CSS meaning you can't preload it, and they override just about everything else. Instead, either use atomic classes...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I would like to be able to work with qpixel in a development environment so I could (try to) fix small bugs and build and test locally. I don't have a developer setup now and my OS is apparently t...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I have a test page on my local dev environment so that I can test things. If you look at .gitignore, you'll find there's an ignore in there for scratch/* already. Create a directory called scratch...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I've added a much more detailed server set up guide for setting up self-hosted instances aimed at system administrators. You can find it on the codidact wiki at https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/w...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭

If I have my "own instance of the Codidact software (QPixel) locally, on a server" (cited from here), can I easily migrate the overall database (user accounts, Q&A, etc.) to a Stack Overflow fo...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by zetyty‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Andreas has suspended his contributions‭

When I tried to install QPixel with bundle install I got the following message (on Debian 11): ~/qpixel$ bundle install Bundler 2.3.15 is running, but your lockfile was generated with 2.4.13. Ins...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by zetyty‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by zetyty‭

I had to reinstall mysql on my Mac, and after some thrashing I was able to again connect to my Qpixel database from the command line. The data is as expected, so it appears that mysql itself is ok...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by trichoplax‭

How do I migrate/import data from Stack Overflow for Teams to a custom instance of QPixel? I have a few JSON files that I need to migrate/import to QPixel, e.g. users, posts, comments etc..

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Sandman‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Andreas has suspended his contributions‭

I believe that rvm has a mechanism where it will automatically switch to the correct ruby version based on the lockfile. So if the lockfile of an application were to say: ruby '3.1', rvm will dete...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Taeir‭

After ruby (version 3.1.2) install with RVM, when I move to the qpixel install directory (with cd qpixel command), the following warning is displayed in the terminal: Unknown ruby interpreter ve...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by zetyty‭  ·  edited 2y ago by zetyty‭

Disclaimer: I use rbenv rather than rvm for installing ruby and have not tested the suggested setup locally. Rather than install bundler via apt, install it via rubygems such that it uses your rvm...

posted 2y ago by Taeir‭

A "category" is a subset of a community. On the Proposals community, each new proposal is a post, not a category. The categories are "Descriptions", "Incubator Q&A", and "Meta". A "community"...

posted 2y ago by Mithical‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Mithical‭

I’m a learner exploring Q&A tools, and after researching, I came across Codidact. I’m impressed with its features and have successfully set it up on my local machine. However, I encountered an ...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by anurag3221@‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by trichoplax‭