Hey guys
what change do I have to make in the header to get the excerpt for featured topics back?
Also my avatars are gone from topic list after I updated the theme component:
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My guess is that you are running a fork, latest has the avatars.
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Just checked, my theme’s source link points to https://github.com/discourse/discourse-simple-theme.git
Also just re-installed it from the source link again, same issue on theme preview
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Maybe update discourse to latest ?
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I am on 2.4.1. Are you referring to 2.5 beta?
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Yes the change in the avatar was in the version 2.5.0 beta 2.
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Ah I see. Just scrolled up and found your temporary fix.
@Steven can you tell me what part in that header code to adjust to bring back the excerpt of pinned topics again?
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There already is a excerpt reference, so you might want to delete line 16 first
{{raw "list/topic-excerpt" topic=model}}
Then, I would add this
{{#if expandPinned}}
{{raw "list/topic-excerpt" topic=topic}}
{{/if}}
Right after this
{{raw "list/action-list" topic=topic postNumbers=topic.liked_post_numbers className="likes" icon="heart"}}
</div>
So just before the </td>
If you use the old header code, that should look like this
<script type='text/x-handlebars' data-template-name='list/topic-list-item.raw'>
{{#if bulkSelectEnabled}}
<td class='star'>
<input type='checkbox' class='bulk-select'>
</td>
{{/if}}
<td class='main-link clearfix'>
{{raw "topic-status" topic=topic}}
{{topic-link topic}}
{{#if controller.showTopicPostBadges}}
{{raw "topic-post-badges" unread=topic.unread newPosts=topic.displayNewPosts unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl}}
{{/if}}
{{discourse-tags topic mode="list"}}
<div class='creator'>
{{#if showCategory}}
{{category-link topic.category}}
{{/if}}
{{~#if topic.creator ~}}
<a href="/users/{{topic.creator.username}}" data-auto-route="true" data-user-card="{{topic.creator.username}}">{{topic.creator.username}}</a> <a href={{topic.url}}>{{format-date topic.createdAt format="tiny"}}</a>
{{~/if ~}}
{{raw "list/action-list" topic=topic postNumbers=topic.liked_post_numbers className="likes" icon="heart"}}
</div>
{{#if expandPinned}}
{{raw "list/topic-excerpt" topic=topic}}
{{/if}}
</td>
{{#if controller.showLikes}}
<td class="num likes">
{{number topic.like_count}} <i class='fa fa-heart'></i>
</td>
{{/if}}
{{#if controller.showOpLikes}}
<td class="num likes">
{{number topic.op_like_count}} <i class='fa fa-heart'></i>
</td>
{{/if}}
{{raw "list/posts-count-column" topic=topic}}
<td class="last-post">
<div class='poster-avatar'>
<a href="{{topic.lastPostUr}}" data-user-card="{{topic.last_poster_username}}">{{avatar topic.lastPoster usernamePath="username" imageSize="medium"}}</a>
</div>
<div class='poster-info'>
<a href="{{topic.lastPostUrl}}">
{{format-date topic.bumpedAt format="tiny"}}
</a>
<span class='editor'><a href="/users/{{topic.last_poster_username}}" data-auto-route="true" data-user-card="{{topic.last_poster_username}}">{{topic.last_poster_username}}</a></span>
</div>
</td>
</script>
<script type='text/x-handlebars' data-template-name='topic-list-header.raw'>
{{#if bulkSelectEnabled}}
<th class='star'>
{{#if canBulkSelect}}
<button class='btn bulk-select' title='{{i18n "topics.bulk.toggle"}}'><i class='fa fa-list'></i></button>
{{/if}}
</th>
{{/if}}
{{raw "topic-list-header-column" order='default' name='topic.title' bulkSelectEnabled=bulkSelectEnabled showBulkToggle=toggleInTitle canBulkSelect=canBulkSelect}}
{{#if showLikes}}
{{raw "topic-list-header-column" sortable='true' order='likes' number='true' forceName=(theme-i18n 'likes')}}
{{/if}}
{{#if showOpLikes}}
{{raw "topic-list-header-column" sortable='true' order='op_likes' number='true' forceName=(theme-i18n 'likes')}}
{{/if}}
{{raw "topic-list-header-column" sortable='true' number='true' order='posts' forceName=(theme-i18n 'replies') }}
{{raw "topic-list-header-column" sortable='true' order='activity' forceName=(theme-i18n 'last_post')}}
</script>
<script>
(function(){
var TopicListItemView = require('discourse/components/topic-list-item').default;
TopicListItemView.reopen({
showCategory: function(){
return !this.get('controller.hideCategory') &&
this.get('topic.creator') &&
this.get('topic.category.name') !== 'uncategorized';
}.property()
});
})();
</script>
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I just added this code to the theme’s Header part, yet avatars still don’t show up. Am I missing something?
Tried this code as well, avatars not showing up. Even tried safe mode and disabled all plugins
FYI: the conflict with Topic List Previews prevented the excerpts to be displayed even with the code provided
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I edited my previous post, I got confused with all the different versions.
The code you added was for the newest version of Discourse. If I understand correctly, you need a to edit the header for a old version of Discourse, so I changed my last post with a version for a version previous than 2.5.0 b2
It would be easier to upgrade Discourse tho, lots of cool new features 
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Which I am looking forward to 
yet I prefer to stay on stable
Thx for the update!
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@sam Are there any plans to make the theme component compatible with Topic List Previews plugin anytime soon?
No specific plans to do so
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How would I add a “users” column between the thread title and reply count with the name and/or avatar of the user who started each respective thread? Could it be done using the the customize function or the theme creator?
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I was usually using “Sam’s simple theme” (which I like very much) here on meta. Seems to bug since yesterday on my end !? I tried on a fresh install of a different browser (firefox instead of chrome), and the problem seems identical. I don’t have the upper banner, only a few topics appearing, and clicking on one doesn’t work. Everything seems fine with another theme.
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Is there any way one could put in the username of the topic starter below the topic title on mobile as it is on desktop on mobile?
Mobile:
Desktop:
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Looks like the theme is not compatible with Dark schemes 
and thus with Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching
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I have updated the theme to improve dark mode compatibility, you should see an improvement after pulling the latest changes.
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Thanks 
But the category names are still broken.
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