Topic Cards

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What would it take for the Topic Cards component to show not only the :heart:s of a topic (as it does already now) but also views and comments, like the official Topic List Thumbnails in blog mode does?

Topic List Thumbnails
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Topic Cards

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Also, I think Topic List Thumbnails’ use of the last activity date (“1d” above) is better than the Topic Card’s “Published” date. Activity date is consistent with Discourse’s default and it provides more information to users. Also, the design implementation fits very nicely next to views, likes, and posts.

In case you care, here’s some additional thoughts after many hours testing combinations between the Default theme, ☁️ Discourse Air Theme, Topic Cards and Topic List Thumbnails, plus quite some CSS tinkering.

I’m settling on Topic Cards + Default theme, spiced up with the Modern Category + Group Boxes which brings cards for categories and fits with the topic cards.

Reasons:

  • Topic Cards handles elegantly posts with and without images.
  • The Air theme is very cool but Topic Cards plus Modern Category gets pretty much there.
  • Staying with the Default theme ensures compatibility with any official theme component out of the box.
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