I’m interested in displaying the number of Views on the topic view of a page (throughout the site).
Anywhere on the page that would look reasonable would be fine (consider mobile platforms though).
Might anyone provide some direction here?
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The discussion revolves around displaying the number of views on topics in the topic view, particularly when there are no replies. ked seeks guidance on showing views on the topic page, noting that the standard view count bar doesn’t appear when a topic is closed immediately. merefield suggests using theme components like Topic List Previews, Thumbnails, or Excerpts to achieve this, as plugins may be overkill. thaidb also asks about displaying views, replies, and links under topics. Moin clarifies that the new topic map is a design experiment, and its features are not yet configurable, with a final decision expected within four weeks.
Robert, thank you. My use case does in fact call for the topic to be closed just after making it, thus that bar does not show up. Furthermore, it appears that adding an excerpt or thumbnail calls for implementing a plugin. I was thinking a few lines of javascript might be the trick. Regardless, thank you.
Ah, I see your challenge. Yes, so behaviour might require some overriding.
There are lower impact Theme Components to achieve those things:
- Topic List Previews (does both, there’s a TC flavour)
- Topic List Thumbnails (official)
- Topic List Excerpts (official)
The new topic map is a design-experiment
So at the moment you cannot configure that for your forum.