Can I achieve something like this through the theme-component?
Yes, youād have to:
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modify the maximum width of the standard topic list using CSS
e.g:.wrap { max-width: 2000px; }
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install something like the Layouts plugin to add the sidebars (but should work with other sidebar Components).
All relatively straightforward
However Iām not sure > 3 columns is very digestible and that includes sidebars?
Yeah, Iāll probably have to scale it down a littleā¦
Thanks a bunch!
Hi @merefield
If you know - how can I disable images in topic excepts?
Here is an example of the issue that I have -
I put a mouse on the image in except (it shows blank).
I want to remove it completely to keep only text in short form under topic - as I already have a big picture as thumbnail
How is it better to do it?
The contents of excerpts is down to Discourse.
This behaviour is a little surprising because images are usually not included?
Can you link me to the forum post and I might be able to take a quick look? (feel free to PM me).
For comparison, this Topic has an image, but it is not included in the excerpt: List of Gameloops (WIP) - StarZen: The Unofficial Star Citizen Community
Just guessing, but could that image-in-excerp situation come from webshop linking? Then Discourse shall see a piece of content that includes image too.
Thank you for the proposition @merefield
Iāve found that excerpts work correctly when not in titles.
The issue was in ādisplay: grid;ā style.
Probably itās from my other theme components. Will investigate further.
Thanks again!
The āimageā was an avatar broken visually My fault with styles - Iāve described what it was in previous comment. Thanks for the guessing!
It seems you have the theme sidecar plugin installed.
Could you try with this setting on (in plugin settings):
I just tried with an emoticon in the text and thereās definitely a nice cleanup if you use this setting.
Nope, I donāt use sidebar plugin.
Here is my general page view. It will be launched publicly soon.
Excerpts in tiles look ok with this CSS
.tiles-style .topic-details {
display: block !important;
}
Examples
Looks good! Nice background
Note I said āsidecarā plugin
Ah, sorry - I totally forgot about āsidecarā plugin
- git clone https://github.com/merefield/discourse-topic-previews.git -b "theme_sidecar"
Thanks! Will try with it too. Cheers!
Hi, Love the component, makes for a heck of a gallery using tags!
This new update seems to have knocked out the ability to select the thumbnail from the topic. Not sure I am describing that correctly. When editing the main topic title, you used to be able to pick the thumbnail for the thread, but now I just have a checkmark and an āXā. Any help would be much appreciated. If you need it here is my forum, MPCNC Portable/Storable Build - Your Builds - V1 Engineering Forum
Have you installed the sidecar plugin? That is required. A Component alone canāt implement that as it requires changes to the API which requires a plugin ⦠see Which one to install: Plugin or TC? - Topic Previews - Pavilion
No I donāt see it but it was working for a very long time previously.
I will try that, Thank you for helping out.
The sidecar plugin is broken on latest tests-passed with Ember CLI enabled.
Uncaught Error: Could not find module preload-store imported from discourse/plugins/discourse-topic-list-previews/discourse/initializers/preview-route-edits
If I was more of a frontend person I would submit a pull request but I have no idea where to start.
Thanks Richard, Iāll take a look asap.
Btw this is a little odd because there should be no javascript in the sidecar plugin. Can you double check you have the sidecar branch? Itās not yet on master. The master branch contains the deprecated plugin and the warning. Iāll be addressing that soon, but itās left there in part to alert the admin to switch.
You are right, our plugin deployment thing has a regression so it does not check out the correct branch the first time. My apologies for not double checking!
No problem Richard, it is a bit unusual.