Could you provide a code snippet that allows me to add hot topics to the left sidebar?
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The discussion revolves around adding ‘hot topics’ to the left sidebar in Discourse. Sena_SARIVAZ asks for a code snippet to display hot topics, and JammyDodger clarifies whether this refers to a list of individual topics or a link to the /hot view. While the latter is straightforward, the former isn’t feasible for a dynamic left sidebar. JammyDodger suggests using the top-topics component in a theme to achieve a similar effect. Sena_SARIVAZ clarifies they want to replace categories and tags with hot topic titles. JammyDodger explains that while hiding categories and tags is possible using theme components, there’s no built-in way to populate the sidebar with dynamic hot topics—manual updates would be required. Sena_SARIVAZ acknowledges the details provided.
Do you mean a list of individual topics, or a link to the /hot topic view?
The last one is easy, the first one I don’t believe is possible using the left sidebar (if you want it to be dynamic), but you can get a version of it using top-topics in the Right Sidebar Blocks theme component.
Thank you for your quick response. I would like to remove the categories and tags from the left bar. I would like to add hot/popular topic titles instead. Is this possible?
You can hide the Categories and Tags sections - the Navigation (sidebar) menu display control theme component gets you part-way by hiding them from everyone but staff users, or you could create a custom theme component that hides them from everyone including staff. But there isn’t a way to populate the left sidebar with a ‘hot topics’ section that would list the x hot topics from today/this week. You could create a custom section and manually update it with links to topics, but that is likely going to be a chore to keep on top of.
You are right, thank you for the details about other sidebar settings