Author name plus avatar

[Don]

Hello Mike,

Sam’s Simple Theme is overriding the topic-list template and only shows the latest posters not the authors. Here a really cool guide how to override template.

There are 2 templates in core what we should override for this.

1. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/topic-list-header.hbr
   topic-list-header to modify the header section.

2. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/list/topic-list-item.hbr
   topic-list-item to modify the avatar and add username.

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You can find all templates in here: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates

Let’s start

Actually I made a theme component to present it easier. You can use it if you want.

GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-custom-user-column

You can select from two columns with settings.
By default it show the last post but you can change it to show authors.

Topic list header
Firstly we have to modify the column header.

I added these lines and removes posters and views and activity column header.

javascripts/discourse/templates/topic-list-header.hbr

This is add the header Last Post or Author
Last Post

Author

I’ve also added a locale file to translate these…
You can translate here

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Topic list item

I removed the posters column and add the Last Post or Author column.

Last Post Column

Authors Column with (topic creation) time.

javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.hbr

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Finally add some CSS.

desktop/desktop.scss

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Hope it helps! You can compare with the core templates or if you use any custom templates and change or use the component if it fits your needs.