Add option to show /top or /hot topics in Showcased Categories

icaria36 · June 21, 2024, 8:34am

Is it possible to show the list of Top topics of a category instead of Latest?

JammyDodger · June 21, 2024, 8:40am

Not currently, I don’t believe. Though it is a good idea. Maybe have an option for the new /hot topic list as well.

icaria36 · June 21, 2024, 8:44am

Yeah, for us the reasoning to use this component would be: we default to Latest in our main page and that is good to show fresh/active stuff all the time. However, we could highlight the Top posts (last 3 months) of two key categories to show highly appreciated topics especially to first-time visitors.

(I’m not familiar with the /hot stuff. Checking…)

Moin · June 21, 2024, 8:46am

I think you only have to change this line to show top topics instead of latest

github.com

discourse/discourse-showcased-categories/blob/main/javascripts/discourse/components/showcased-topic-list.gjs#L48


      
            }
          }
          
          @action
          async getTopics() {
            if (!this.category && !this.tags) {
              return;
            }
          
            const filter = {
              filter: "latest",
              params: {
                category: this.category?.id,
                tags: this.tags,
              },
            };
          
            try {
              const topicList = await this.store.findFiltered("topicList", filter);
              this.topicList = topicList.topics.slice(0, settings.max_list_length);
            } catch (error) {

icaria36 · June 21, 2024, 8:55am

Wow thanks! At the same time… uffff, touching source code and maintain it through updates… Ok, it’s an option to think about.

Of course another option is to have our main page point to Top and then use Latest in the Showcased Categories…

Another question, hopefully last for now. Can users remove this component, just like they can with other big components placed at the top of main pages?

Moin · June 21, 2024, 9:00am

Hopefully someone can add it as a feature. By the way the ‘more’ button does not work as expected. It still takes you to latest even when you show top topics

JammyDodger · June 21, 2024, 9:16am

I am fighting the urge to include a link to my profile…

But no, here’s the announcement with the info in if anyone is looking - Discover popular conversations in your community with Hot topic sorting (no proper guide quite yet…)

There isn’t an option to dismiss/collapse this one.

JammyDodger · June 21, 2024, 9:43am

I’ve slipped it over to a Feature request as it does sound like a good addition to have.

(Though you’ll need a separate one for the collapse/dismiss suggestion so we can track it properly)

icaria36 · June 21, 2024, 10:05am

If someone looks at this piece of code, please consider adding also Latest created (currently is Latest updated). The reasoning has to do with the new and hot Hot (pun intended) topic sorting. If Hot is chosen as default for the Main page, then overlaps between hottest and most recently updated are likely. Overlaps between hottest and most recently created not so much, and they could complement each other well.

Moin · June 21, 2024, 2:39pm

I created a pr adding /top and /hot

Topic		Replies	Views
Lastest subject and Top subject Feature	0	373	February 1, 2022
Component/plugin to show most active topics? Support	6	915	November 18, 2022
Show open topics always at the top Support	7	1018	October 19, 2020
"Suppressed from latest" category vs. "muted" category. What is the difference? Support	11	2126	September 24, 2024
Show top topics and latest topics? Feature	3	641	March 5, 2020

Add option to show /top or /hot topics in Showcased Categories

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