Topic List Previews Theme Component

[nathank (Nathan Kershaw)]

Of note, TLPs is also interfering with the same functionality in Events Plugin 📆

[Jeroen_Custers (Jeroen)]

Hi, I love your plugin! I have a question. Is it possible to use two different layouts? We use 'Pinterest (Masonry) Style aka ‘tiles’ for most categories and we would like to use Featured Images style on a specific category. I can’t find the settings for the specific category. Thanks in advance for your help.

[merefield (Robert)]

Thanks for your interest.

Featured Images is not selectable by Category. It’s either activated for each Category, or not.

[Jeroen_Custers (Jeroen)]

Hi Robert, thanks for your reply. I thought that Featured Images was a category layout, but I see that this is visible on top of each category. It it possible to show features images for all posts and replies (without tag filter). Similar to Facebook groups → Media?

[merefield (Robert)]

You would need to mock up what you mean, I suspect. I’m not sure I understand your question.

In any case, if you need specialist help, you can hire me or post an ad in marketplace

[Jeroen_Custers (Jeroen)]

This is a screenshot from Facebook group. It shows all latest images from posts and replies automatically

[merefield (Robert)]

Featured Images will only list the thumbnail from each of the in scope Topics.

It will only display one Image per Topic.

You can use the Topic meta control to select which image (so long as you have the sidecar plugin installed).

I’m afraid I cannot provide any more free support.

[Fluffy_Circus]

I installed this component but it’s not displaying images. Any advice?

EDIT: I just saw your comment to another user about giving it time to allow it to load the images. I will wait 48 hours and then update.
EDIT2: Yep, it’s the theme to blame. Works just fine with default theme.

[merefield (Robert)]

Hire a developer to fix the clash you have with the theme you already have installed

(or just uninstall the base theme and build a new one)

Marketplace

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

I tried to show tiles on mobile and ”normal” (thumbnail on right + excerpts) on bigger screens. What I tried to get was showing a thumbnail above of an excerpt on mobiles, and that was the only solution I came to.

After browsing this topic I found this, so I can now save my time, because I don’t need to explain what I did.

Topic List Previews Theme Component

Fair points. I might choose another presentation for the category pages, maybe boxed or something like that. I have another question. Is it possible to have category pages (which contains topic lists) being displayed in tiles on mobile, but with thumbnails on desktop? I tried several settings tweaks but I couldn’t achieve this. edit: I achieved it. I’ll detail how I did it a bit later in case it could interest someone else, I added this edit just so nobody spends time explaining me how to do…

But it didn’t go too well. I got this:

And when thumbnails and excerpts are disabled that the layout issue is more clear:

iPhone 15+, the newest iOS, DiscourseHub and Safari

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So, is it a bug, Apple or am I trying something impossible?

[merefield (Robert)]

That’s what happens when the JavaScript is breaking for some reason.

Need to find the error message from the console. Try Safari with ?mobile_view=1 on mac

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

I don’t buy a Mac for that But I have the console on iPad. Or something that calls itself that way.

All I found was plenty of load errors, but it refused to tell me more. So, I try with my win-laptop — when I found its mouse, touchpad isn’t healthy…

[merefield (Robert)]

Another solution is to check for clashes.

Create a new Theme and add TLP to it. Set it up as you want. Check it.

Add other Components one by one and work out what’s causing the any clash.

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

God I’m stupid I’ve always played with live themes. It never came in my little mind to create a virgin theme.

Anyway — it conflicts with Discourse Clickable Topic

Clickable Topic

Summary Clickable Topic makes the entire area of a topic-list-item clickable, as opposed to just the topic title. Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-clickable-topic New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component Features [preview] Hosted by us? Theme components are available to use on ou…

Do you guys fight with each other over whose component to blame

I don’t need that, though. I mean the component, a good fight is always enjoyable to watch.

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Back to business. The tiles on mobile doesn’t show excerpts. Is that by design?

[merefield (Robert)]

Topic List Previews used to have a click action which covered the entire tile that would take you to the Topic.

However it was removed a long time due to a bug in Ember that didn’t like two click events happening at the same time (e.g. when you click the title which would fire both click events).

I will look at implementing this again when/if the Topic Lists are converted to Glimmer.

@Jagster

Back to business. The tiles on mobile doesn’t show excerpts. Is that by design?

It definitely should and does. Something is not right - double check your settings.

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

Wrong alarm. This isn’t my day at all.

I tried it using /unseen because it doesn’t bother users and I have there few topics that are linked to WordPress. And I didn’t get any excerpts. Of course not, those have only an onebox.

Well, /latest has excerpts as should.

So, everything is fine then. Thanks!