Feedback widget for Docusaurus

Here's a step-by-step guide to help you install PushFeedback in your Docusaurus project using NPM.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you'll need to have the following:

• A PushFeedback account. If you don't have one, sign up for free.
• A project created in your PushFeedback dashboard. If you haven't created one yet, follow the steps in the Quickstart guide.
• A Docusaurus site and Node.js installed.

Installation

To integrate the PushFeedback widget into your Docusaurus site:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your project's root directory using the cd command:

   cd path/to/your/project

   Replace path/to/your/project with your project's actual directory path.

2. With your terminal still open, run the following command to install PushFeedback:

   npm install docusaurus-pushfeedback

3. Add the plugin to your Docusaurus config file docusaurus.config.js:

   plugins: [
       [
           'docusaurus-pushfeedback',{
               project: '<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>'
           }
       ]
   ],

   Replace <YOUR_PROJECT_ID> with your project's ID from the PushFeedback dashboard.

4. Start your Docusaurus project by running npm start or yarn start in your terminal. Once it compiles successfully, verify that the feedback button appears and functions correctly on your site.

   

Customization

You can customize the PushFeedback widget to suit your needs. For example, you can change the widget's position, color, and more.

To do so, you can add any of the following configuration options to the plugin formatted as camelCase.

Here's an example:

plugins: [
    [
        'docusaurus-pushfeedback',{
            project: '<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>',
            buttonPosition: 'center-right',
            modalPosition: 'sidebar-right',
            buttonStyle: 'dark',
        }
    ]
],

To further customize the style of the PushFeedback widget in Docusaurus, such as altering the widget's background color, you can override specific CSS properties. This is done by defining these properties in a custom stylesheet. Here's how you can do it:

1. In your project's src directory, create the file css/custom.css.

2. In the custom.css file, you can define your custom CSS properties. For example, to change the widget's primary color, add the following CSS rule:

   :root {
       --feedback-primary-color: #FF0000; /* Replace #FF0000 with the hex color code of your choice */
   }

   For a complete reference of properties you can modify, see the Styles documentation.

3. Open your docusaurus.config.js file and locate the presets array and within it, the classic preset configuration. Then, add a reference to your custom stylesheet in the theme configuration. It should look something like this:

   presets: [
       [
           'classic',
           {
           // ... other configurations ...
           theme: {
               customCss: require.resolve('./src/css/custom.css'), // Add this line
           },
           // ... other configurations ...
           },
       ],
   ],

Advanced setup: Custom placement with Swizzling

This alternative installation method is best for those projects that require granular control over the widget's positioning.

To integrate the PushFeedback widget into your Docusaurus site:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your project's root directory using the cd command:

   cd path/to/your/project

   Replace path/to/your/project with your project's actual directory path.

2. With your terminal still open, run the following command to install PushFeedback:

   npm install pushfeedback-react

3. For Docusaurus, the best approach is to swizzle the original footer component to embed the PushFeedback button. This ensures the feedback button is loaded just before the closing body tag for optimal performance. Begin by using the npm run swizzle command to start the swizzle process:

   npm run swizzle @docusaurus/theme-classic Footer

   When prompted with the question: Do you want to --wrap the component instead? (Y/N), choose Y for "Yes".

   By choosing to wrap, Docusaurus will create a wrapper component for the Footer in the src/theme directory. This allows you to extend the original footer component without modifying its intrinsic content.

4. After swizzling, navigate to src/theme/Footer/index.js in your project directory. Now, integrate the PushFeedback button:

     import React, {useEffect} from 'react';
     import Footer from '@theme-original/Footer';
   
     import { FeedbackButton } from 'pushfeedback-react';
     import { defineCustomElements } from 'pushfeedback/loader';
     import 'pushfeedback/dist/pushfeedback/pushfeedback.css';
   
     export default function FooterWrapper(props) {
   
     useEffect(() => {
         if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
         defineCustomElements(window);
         }
     }, []);
   
     return (
         <>
         <FeedbackButton project="<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>" button-position="default" modal-position="center" button-style="light">Feedback</FeedbackButton>
         <Footer {...props} />
         </>
     )
     }  

   Replace <YOUR_PROJECT_ID> with your project's ID from the PushFeedback dashboard.

5. Start your Docusaurus project by running npm start or yarn start in your terminal. Once it compiles successfully, verify that the feedback button appears and functions correctly on your site.