Use `/assets` for client assets

- Route `/assets` -> `build/public`, falling back on `public`
- Moved destinations for `nodebb.min.js`, `acp.min.js`, `admin.css`, `stylesheet.css`, `templates`, and `sounds` to `build/public`
- r.js modules previously routed through express are now symlinked into `public/build/src/modules`
- minfiles no longer served from a memory cache
- use config `views_dir` setting everywhere template directory is used
- fix cache buster `v=v=`

.eslintignore

@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ logs/
 *.ipr
 *.iws
 /coverage
+/build

app.js

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function loadConfig(callback) {
 	nconf.defaults({
 		base_dir: __dirname,
 		themes_path: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules'),
-		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, 'public/templates'),
+		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, 'build/public/templates'),
 		version: pkg.version
 	});
 

build.js

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ exports.buildTargets = function (targets, callback) {
 				winston.info('[build] Building javascript');
 				var startTime = Date.now();
 				async.series([
+					meta.js.linkModules,
 					async.apply(meta.js.minify, 'nodebb.min.js'),
 					async.apply(meta.js.minify, 'acp.min.js')
 				], step.bind(this, startTime, 'js', next));

public/src/ajaxify.js

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 			callback(templates.cache[template]);
 		} else {
 			$.ajax({
-				url: RELATIVE_PATH + '/templates/' + template + '.tpl' + (config['cache-buster'] ? '?v=' + config['cache-buster'] : ''),
+				url: config.relative_path + '/assets/templates/' + template + '.tpl' + '?' + config['cache-buster'],
 				type: 'GET',
 				success: function (data) {
 					callback(data.toString());

public/src/app.js

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 
 		var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
 		scriptEl.type = 'text/javascript';
-		scriptEl.src = config.relative_path + '/vendor/jquery/js/jquery-ui.js' + (app.cacheBuster ? '?v=' + app.cacheBuster : '');
+		scriptEl.src = config.relative_path + '/vendor/jquery/js/jquery-ui.js' + '?' + config['cache-buster'];
 		scriptEl.onload = callback;
 		document.head.appendChild(scriptEl);
 	};
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 	app.loadProgressiveStylesheet = function () {
 		var linkEl = document.createElement('link');
 		linkEl.rel = 'stylesheet';
-		linkEl.href = config.relative_path + '/js-enabled.css';
+		linkEl.href = config.relative_path + '/assets/js-enabled.css';
 
 		document.head.appendChild(linkEl);
 	};

public/src/client/account/header.js

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ define('forum/account/header', [
 					params: {uid: ajaxify.data.uid },
 					accept: '.png,.jpg,.bmp'
 				}, function (imageUrlOnServer) {
-					components.get('account/cover').css('background-image', 'url(' + imageUrlOnServer + '?v=' + Date.now() + ')');
+					components.get('account/cover').css('background-image', 'url(' + imageUrlOnServer + '?' + config['cache-buster'] + ')');
 				});
 			},
 			removeCover

public/src/modules/translator.js

@@ -513,12 +513,12 @@
 					break;
 			}
 
-			jQuery.getScript(config.relative_path + '/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales/jquery.timeago.' + languageCode + '.js').done(function () {
+			jQuery.getScript(config.relative_path + '/assets/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales/jquery.timeago.' + languageCode + '.js').done(function () {
 				jQuery('.timeago').timeago();
 				adaptor.timeagoShort = assign({}, jQuery.timeago.settings.strings);
 
 				// Retrieve the shorthand timeago values as well
-				jQuery.getScript(config.relative_path + '/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales/jquery.timeago.' + languageCode + '-short.js').done(function () {
+				jQuery.getScript(config.relative_path + '/assets/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales/jquery.timeago.' + languageCode + '-short.js').done(function () {
 					// Switch back to long-form
 					adaptor.toggleTimeagoShorthand();
 				});

public/src/require-config.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require.config({
-	baseUrl: config.relative_path + "/src/modules",
+	baseUrl: config.relative_path + '/assets/src/modules',
 	waitSeconds: 7,
 	urlArgs: config['cache-buster'],
 	paths: {

public/src/widgets.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			}
 		});
 
-		$.get(config.relative_path + '/api/widgets/render' + (config['cache-buster'] ? '?v=' + config['cache-buster'] : ''), {
+		$.get(config.relative_path + '/api/widgets/render' + '?' + config['cache-buster'], {
 			locations: widgetLocations,
 			template: template + '.tpl',
 			url: url,

src/admin/search.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var async = require('async');
 var sanitizeHTML = require('sanitize-html');
+var nconf = require('nconf');
 
 var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 var Translator = require('../../public/src/modules/translator').Translator;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ function filterDirectories(directories) {
 }
 
 function getAdminNamespaces(callback) {
-	utils.walk(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../public/templates/admin'), function (err, directories) {
+	utils.walk(path.resolve(nconf.get('views_dir'), 'admin'), function (err, directories) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ var fallbackCacheInProgress = {};
 var fallbackCache = {};
 
 function initFallback(namespace, callback) {
-	fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../public/templates/', namespace + '.tpl'), function (err, file) {
+	fs.readFile(path.resolve(nconf.get('views_dir'), namespace + '.tpl'), function (err, file) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}

src/controllers/admin/settings.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 
 var async = require('async');
+var nconf = require('nconf');
 var meta = require('../../meta');
 
 var settingsController = module.exports;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function renderEmail(req, res, next) {
 	var path = require('path');
 	var utils = require('../../../public/src/utils');
 
-	var emailsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../public/templates/emails');
+	var emailsPath = path.join(nconf.get('views_dir'), 'emails');
 
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {

src/controllers/admin/uploads.js

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ uploadsController.uploadSound = function (req, res, next) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
-		var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../public/sounds'),
+		var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../build/public/sounds'),
 			filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../public/uploads/sounds', uploadedFile.name);
 
 		if (process.platform === 'win32') {

src/coverPhoto.js

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function getCover(type, id) {
 		return covers[id];
 	}
 
-	return nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/cover-default.png';
+	return nconf.get('relative_path') + '/assets/images/cover-default.png';
 }
 
 module.exports = coverPhoto;

src/meta/css.js

@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 		});
 	};
 
-	Meta.css.getFromFile = function (callback) {
-		async.series([
-			async.apply(Meta.css.loadFile, path.join(__dirname, '../../public/stylesheet.css'), 'cache'),
-			async.apply(Meta.css.loadFile, path.join(__dirname, '../../public/admin.css'), 'acpCache')
-		], function (err) {
-			callback(err);
-		});
-	};
-
 	function getStyleSource(files, prefix, extension, callback) {
 		var	pluginDirectories = [],
 			source = '';
@@ -127,7 +118,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	Meta.css.commitToFile = function (filename, callback) {
 		var file = (filename === 'acpCache' ? 'admin' : 'stylesheet') + '.css';
 
-		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/' + file), Meta.css[filename], function (err) {
+		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/' + file), Meta.css[filename], function (err) {
 			if (!err) {
 				winston.verbose('[meta/css] ' + file + ' committed to disk.');
 			} else {
@@ -139,19 +130,6 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 		});
 	};
 
-	Meta.css.loadFile = function (filePath, filename, callback) {
-		winston.verbose('[meta/css] Reading stylesheet ' + filePath.split('/').pop() + ' from file');
-
-		fs.readFile(filePath, function (err, file) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			Meta.css[filename] = file;
-			callback();
-		});
-	};
-
 	function minify(source, paths, destination, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function () {};
 		less.render(source, {

src/meta/js.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var async = require('async');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 var fs = require('fs');
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 var utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
@@ -85,30 +86,34 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 			}
 		}
 	};
-
-	Meta.js.bridgeModules = function (app, callback) {
-		// Add routes for AMD-type modules to serve those files
-		function addRoute(relPath) {
-			var relativePath = nconf.get('relative_path');
-
-			app.get(relativePath + '/src/modules/' + relPath, function (req, res) {
-				return res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../', Meta.js.scripts.modules[relPath]), {
-					maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
-				});
-			});
+	
+	Meta.js.linkModules = function (callback) {
+		function link(filePath, destPath, cb) {
+			if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+				fs.link(filePath, destPath, cb);
+			} else {
+				fs.symlink(filePath, destPath, 'file', cb);
+			}
 		}
 
-		var numBridged = 0;
-
-		for(var relPath in Meta.js.scripts.modules) {
-			if (Meta.js.scripts.modules.hasOwnProperty(relPath)) {
-				addRoute(relPath);
-				++numBridged;
+		plugins.reload(function (err) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
 			}
-		}
+			
+			async.each(Object.keys(Meta.js.scripts.modules), function (relPath, next) {
+				var filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../', Meta.js.scripts.modules[relPath]);
+				var destPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src/modules', relPath);
+
+				mkdirp(path.dirname(destPath), function (err) {
+					if (err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
 
-		winston.verbose('[meta/js] ' + numBridged + ' of ' + Object.keys(Meta.js.scripts.modules).length + ' modules bridged');
-		callback();
+					link(filePath, destPath, next);
+				});
+			}, callback);
+		});
 	};
 
 	Meta.js.minify = function (target, callback) {
@@ -202,48 +207,11 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	};
 
 	Meta.js.commitToFile = function (target, callback) {
-		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/' + target), Meta.js.target[target].cache, function (err) {
+		fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/' + target), Meta.js.target[target].cache, function (err) {
 			callback(err);
 		});
 	};
 
-	Meta.js.getFromFile = function (target, callback) {
-		function readFile(filePath, next) {
-			fs.readFile(filePath, function (err, contents) {
-				if (err) {
-					if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
-						if (!filePath.endsWith('.map')) {
-							winston.warn('[meta/js] ' + filePath + ' not found on disk, did you run ./nodebb build?');
-						}
-						return next(null, '');
-					}
-				}
-				next(err, contents);
-			});
-		}
-
-		var scriptPath = path.join(nconf.get('base_dir'), 'public/' + target);
-		var mapPath = path.join(nconf.get('base_dir'), 'public/' + target + '.map');
-
-		async.parallel({
-			script: function (next) {
-				readFile(scriptPath, next);
-			},
-			map: function (next) {
-				readFile(mapPath, next);
-			}
-		}, function (err, results) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-			Meta.js.target[target] = {
-				cache: results.script,
-				map: results.map
-			};
-			callback();
-		});
-	};
-
 	function setupDebugging() {
 		/**
 		 * Check if the parent process is running with the debug option --debug (or --debug-brk)

src/meta/sounds.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	Meta.sounds.getFiles = function (callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
-				fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/sounds'), next);
+				fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/sounds'), next);
 			},
 			function (sounds, next) {
 				fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/uploads/sounds'), function (err, uploaded) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 	};
 
 	function setupSounds(callback) {
-		var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/sounds');
+		var	soundsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/sounds');
 
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {

src/meta/themes.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = function (Meta) {
 							if (configObj.screenshot) {
 								configObj.screenshot_url = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/css/previews/' + configObj.id;
 							} else {
-								configObj.screenshot_url = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/themes/default.png';
+								configObj.screenshot_url = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/assets/images/themes/default.png';
 							}
 							next(null, configObj);
 						} catch (err) {

src/middleware/admin.js

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 					plugins: results.custom_header.plugins,
 					authentication: results.custom_header.authentication,
 					scripts: results.scripts,
-					'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] ? 'v=' + meta.config['cache-buster'] : '',
+					'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] || '',
 					env: process.env.NODE_ENV ? true : false,
 					title: (acpPath || 'Dashboard') + ' | NodeBB Admin Control Panel',
 					bodyClass: data.bodyClass

src/middleware/header.js

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 			bootswatchCSS: meta.config['theme:src'],
 			title: meta.config.title || '',
 			description: meta.config.description || '',
-			'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] ? 'v=' + meta.config['cache-buster'] : '',
+			'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] || '',
 			'brand:logo': meta.config['brand:logo'] || '',
 			'brand:logo:url': meta.config['brand:logo:url'] || '',
 			'brand:logo:alt': meta.config['brand:logo:alt'] || '',

src/routes/index.js

@@ -145,21 +145,47 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, hotswapIds) {
 	}
 
 	app.use(middleware.privateUploads);
-	app.use(relativePath + '/assets', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../', 'build/public'), {
+
+	app.use(relativePath + '/assets', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public'), {
+		maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
+	}));
+	app.use(relativePath + '/assets', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../public'), {
 		maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
 	}));
 
+	// DEPRECATED
+	var deprecatedPaths = [
+		'/nodebb.min.js',
+		'/acp.min.js',
+		'/stylesheet.css',
+		'/js-enabled.css',
+		'/admin.css',
+		'/logo.png',
+		'/favicon.ico',
+		'/vendor/',
+		'/uploads/',
+		'/templates/',
+		'/src/',
+		'/images/',
+		// '/sounds/',
+	];
+	app.use(relativePath, function (req, res, next) {
+		if (deprecatedPaths.some(function (path) { return req.path.startsWith(path); })) {
+			winston.warn('[deprecated] Accessing `' + req.path.slice(1) + '` from `/` is deprecated. ' + 
+				'Use `/assets' + req.path + '` to access this file.');
+			res.redirect(relativePath + '/assets' + req.path + '?' + meta.config['cache-buster']);
+		} else {
+			next();
+		}
+	});
 	// DEPRECATED
 	app.use(relativePath + '/api/language', function (req, res) {
 		winston.warn('[deprecated] Accessing language files from `/api/language` is deprecated. ' + 
-			'Use `/assets/language/[langCode]/[namespace].json` for prefetch paths.');
+			'Use `/assets/language' + req.path + '.json` for prefetch paths.');
 		res.redirect(relativePath + '/assets/language' + req.path + '.json?' + meta.config['cache-buster']);
 	});
 
-	app.use(relativePath, express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../', 'public'), {
-		maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
-	}));
-	app.use(relativePath + '/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales', middleware.processTimeagoLocales);
+	app.use(relativePath + '/assets/vendor/jquery/timeago/locales', middleware.processTimeagoLocales);
 	app.use(controllers.handle404);
 	app.use(controllers.handleURIErrors);
 	app.use(controllers.handleErrors);

src/routes/meta.js

@@ -5,31 +5,6 @@ var nconf = require('nconf');
 
 var meta = require('../meta');
 
-
-function sendMinifiedJS(req, res) {
-	var target = path.basename(req.path);
-	var cache = meta.js.target[target] ? meta.js.target[target].cache : '';
-	res.type('text/javascript').send(cache);
-}
-
-// The portions of code involving the source map are commented out as they're broken in UglifyJS2
-// Follow along here: https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/issues/700
-// function sendJSSourceMap(req, res) {
-// 	if (meta.js.hasOwnProperty('map')) {
-// 		res.type('application/json').send(meta.js.map);
-// 	} else {
-// 		res.redirect(404);
-// 	}
-// };
-
-function sendStylesheet(req, res) {
-	res.type('text/css').status(200).send(meta.css.cache);
-}
-
-function sendACPStylesheet(req, res) {
-	res.type('text/css').status(200).send(meta.css.acpCache);
-}
-
 function sendSoundFile(req, res, next) {
 	var resolved = meta.sounds._filePathHash[path.basename(req.path)];
 
@@ -41,11 +16,6 @@ function sendSoundFile(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
-	app.get('/stylesheet.css', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendStylesheet);
-	app.get('/admin.css', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendACPStylesheet);
-	app.get('/nodebb.min.js', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendMinifiedJS);
-	app.get('/acp.min.js', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendMinifiedJS);
-	// app.get('/nodebb.min.js.map', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendJSSourceMap);
 	app.get('/sitemap.xml', controllers.sitemap.render);
 	app.get('/sitemap/pages.xml', controllers.sitemap.getPages);
 	app.get('/sitemap/categories.xml', controllers.sitemap.getCategories);

src/views/admin/header.tpl

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 		<title>{title}</title>
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 	
-		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{relative_path}/admin.css?{cache-buster}" />
-		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{relative_path}/vendor/mdl/mdl.min.css?{cache-buster}" />
+		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{relative_path}/assets/admin.css?{cache-buster}" />
+		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/mdl/mdl.min.css?{cache-buster}" />
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
 	
 		<script>
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@
 		</script>
 
 		<script src="https://storage.googleapis.com/code.getmdl.io/1.0.3/material.min.js"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/jquery/sortable/Sortable.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/acp.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/src/admin/admin.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/ace/ace.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/semver/semver.browser.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/jquery/serializeObject/jquery.ba-serializeobject.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/jquery/deserialize/jquery.deserialize.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/snackbar/snackbar.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/slideout/slideout.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/vendor/nprogress.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/jquery/sortable/Sortable.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/acp.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/src/admin/admin.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/ace/ace.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/semver/semver.browser.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/jquery/serializeObject/jquery.ba-serializeobject.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/jquery/deserialize/jquery.deserialize.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/snackbar/snackbar.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/slideout/slideout.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{relative_path}/assets/vendor/nprogress.min.js?{cache-buster}"></script>
 
 		<!-- BEGIN scripts -->
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="{scripts.src}"></script>

src/views/admin/settings/group.tpl

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 			<p class="help-block">
 				[[admin/settings/group:default-cover-help]]
 			</p>
-			<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="groups:defaultCovers" data-field="groups:defaultCovers" value="{config.relative_path}/images/cover-default.png" placeholder="https://example.com/group1.png, https://example.com/group2.png" /><br />
+			<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="groups:defaultCovers" data-field="groups:defaultCovers" value="{config.relative_path}/assets/images/cover-default.png" placeholder="https://example.com/group1.png, https://example.com/group2.png" /><br />
 		</form>
 	</div>
 </div>

src/views/admin/settings/uploads.tpl

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 			<p class="help-block">
 				[[admin/settings/uploads:default-covers-help]]
 			</p>
-			<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="profile:defaultCovers" data-field="profile:defaultCovers" value="{config.relative_path}/images/cover-default.png" placeholder="https://example.com/group1.png, https://example.com/group2.png" />
+			<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="profile:defaultCovers" data-field="profile:defaultCovers" value="{config.relative_path}/assets/images/cover-default.png" placeholder="https://example.com/group1.png, https://example.com/group2.png" />
 		</form>
 	</div>
 </div>

src/webserver.js

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ function initializeNodeBB(callback) {
 			plugins.init(app, middleware, next);
 		},
 		async.apply(plugins.fireHook, 'static:assets.prepare', {}),
-		async.apply(meta.js.bridgeModules, app),
 		function (next) {
 			plugins.fireHook('static:app.preload', {
 				app: app,
@@ -104,9 +103,6 @@ function initializeNodeBB(callback) {
 		},
 		function (next) {
 			async.series([
-				async.apply(meta.js.getFromFile, 'nodebb.min.js'),
-				async.apply(meta.js.getFromFile, 'acp.min.js'),
-				async.apply(meta.css.getFromFile),
 				async.apply(meta.sounds.init),
 				async.apply(languages.init),
 				async.apply(meta.blacklist.load)

src/widgets/admin.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var async = require('async');
+var nconf = require('nconf');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
 
 var admin = {};
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ admin.get = function (callback) {
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:widgets.getWidgets', [], next);
 		},
 		adminTemplate: function (next) {
-			fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../public/templates/admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl'), 'utf8', next);
+			fs.readFile(path.resolve(nconf.get('views_dir'), 'admin/partials/widget-settings.tpl'), 'utf8', next);
 		}
 	}, function (err, widgetData) {
 		if (err) {

test/mocks/databasemock.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		base_dir: path.join(__dirname,'../..'),
 		themes_path: path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
 		upload_url: path.join(path.sep, '../../uploads', path.sep),
-		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, '../../public/templates'),
+		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/templates'),
 		relative_path: ''
 	});