Paging At The Top

Vin · July 2011

Not sure how but would like to also have the paging on the top and not just the bottom for topic and discussion view. Any way to safely and quickly accomplish this?

Vin · July 2011

So I am going to take this silence as an answer to hack the code?

stavthewonderchicken · July 2011

In my dev theme, I've added an index.php to /views/discussions that looks like this:

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
$Session = Gdn::Session();
include($this->FetchViewLocation('helper_functions', 'discussions', 'vanilla'));


if ($this->DiscussionData->NumRows() > 0 || (isset($this->AnnounceData) && is_object($this->AnnounceData) && $this->AnnounceData->NumRows() > 0)) {
   $PagerOptions = array('RecordCount' => $this->Data('CountDiscussions'));
   if ($this->Data('_PagerUrl')) {
      $PagerOptions['Url'] = $this->Data('_PagerUrl');
   }
   echo PagerModule::Write($PagerOptions);
WriteFilterTabs($this);
?>
<ul class="DataList Discussions">
   <?php include($this->FetchViewLocation('discussions')); ?>
</ul>
<?php
   $PagerOptions = array('RecordCount' => $this->Data('CountDiscussions'));
   if ($this->Data('_PagerUrl')) {
      $PagerOptions['Url'] = $this->Data('_PagerUrl');
   }
   echo PagerModule::Write($PagerOptions);
} else {
   ?>
   <div class="Empty"><?php echo T('No discussions were found.'); ?></div>
   <?php
}

I *think* that's all I needed to do to do the trick, but I've stopped working with Vanilla2 until the plugins available (and the core code itself) stabilize some more, and it's been a while since I looked at it.

stavthewonderchicken · July 2011

Working with the templates in Vanilla 2 is even more of a nightmare than it used to be, sadly.

Vin · July 2011

Thanks for that stavthewonderchicken, works like a champ! Anyway to handle it in comments?

stavthewonderchicken · August 2011

@Vin Here's my views/discussion/index.php -- if that last one worked, this probably should, too.


<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
$Session = Gdn::Session();
$DiscussionName = Gdn_Format::Text($this->Discussion->Name);;
if ($DiscussionName == '')
   $DiscussionName = T('Blank Discussion Topic');

if (!function_exists('WriteComment'))
   include($this->FetchViewLocation('helper_functions', 'discussion'));

if ($Session->IsValid()) {
   // Bookmark link
   echo Anchor(
      '<span>*</span>',
      '/vanilla/discussion/bookmark/'.$this->Discussion->DiscussionID.'/'.$Session->TransientKey().'?Target='.urlencode($this->SelfUrl),
      'Bookmark' . ($this->Discussion->Bookmarked == '1' ? ' Bookmarked' : ''),
      array('title' => T($this->Discussion->Bookmarked == '1' ? 'Unbookmark' : 'Bookmark'))
   );
}

$PageClass = '';
if($this->Pager->FirstPage()) 
	$PageClass = 'FirstPage'; 
	
?>
<div class="Tabs HeadingTabs DiscussionTabs <?php echo $PageClass; ?>">
   <ul>
      <li><?php
         if (C('Vanilla.Categories.Use') == TRUE) {
            echo Anchor($this->Discussion->Category, 'categories/'.$this->Discussion->CategoryUrlCode);
         } else {
            echo Anchor(T('All Discussions'), 'discussions');
         }
      ?></li>
   </ul>
   <div class="SubTab"><?php echo $DiscussionName; ?></div>
</div>
<?php echo $this->Pager->ToString('more');?>
<?php $this->FireEvent('BeforeDiscussion'); ?>
<ul class="MessageList Discussion <?php echo $PageClass; ?>">
   <?php echo $this->FetchView('comments'); ?>
</ul>
<?php
$this->FireEvent('AfterDiscussion');
if($this->Pager->LastPage()) {
   $LastCommentID = $this->AddDefinition('LastCommentID');
   if(!$LastCommentID || $this->Data['Discussion']->LastCommentID > $LastCommentID)
      $this->AddDefinition('LastCommentID', (int)$this->Data['Discussion']->LastCommentID);
   $this->AddDefinition('Vanilla_Comments_AutoRefresh', Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comments.AutoRefresh', 0));
}

echo $this->Pager->ToString('more');

// Write out the comment form
if ($this->Discussion->Closed == '1') {
   ?>
   <div class="Foot Closed">
      <div class="Note Closed"><?php echo T('This discussion has been closed.'); ?></div>
      <?php echo Anchor(T('&larr; All Discussions'), 'discussions', 'TabLink'); ?>
   </div>
   <?php
} else if ($Session->IsValid() && $Session->CheckPermission('Vanilla.Comments.Add', TRUE, 'Category', $this->Discussion->PermissionCategoryID)) {
   echo $this->FetchView('comment', 'post');
} else if ($Session->IsValid()) { ?>
   <div class="Foot Closed">
      <div class="Note Closed"><?php echo T('Commenting not allowed.'); ?></div>
      <?php echo Anchor(T('&larr; All Discussions'), 'discussions', 'TabLink'); ?>
   </div>
   <?php
} else {
   ?>
   <div class="Foot">
      <?php
      echo Anchor(T('Add a Comment'), SignInUrl($this->SelfUrl.(strpos($this->SelfUrl, '?') ? '&' : '?').'post#Form_Body'), 'TabLink'.(SignInPopup() ? ' SignInPopup' : ''));
      ?> 
   </div>
   <?php 
}

<?php
}
</

stavthewonderchicken · August 2011

That last little chunk of code is extraneous... can't figure out how to delete it. Ignore!

Vin · August 2011

Thanks again! I put the new code in place and get a Bonk, tried to rework things a bit but still the bonk, any ideas why?

batters · September 2011

@stavthewonderchicken hi, you could help to make this paging before the discussions(or rather after the first post topic of author) I really need it, I tried both your code, but unfortunately they do not work.

When I try to replace the contents of the file with your first code in index.php ( /views/discussions) then an error and the home page of site does not work

Fatal error: Call to undefined method PagerModule::Write() in /public_html/applications/vanilla/views/discussions/index.php on line 11

the other pages work without changes

When I try to replace the contents of the file with your second code in index.php ( /views/discussion) that site is working partly; This means when you open the site as a guest (not registered), the site is down, and breaks the whole design (like on the picture)

But when you open the discussion as a registered user, then no error, the site is working and paging appears at the top before the first message of the author.

You could fix this code, and preferably make the paging after the first message of the author(like on picture)?

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Sheila · June 2012

Hi! Tested @stavthewonderchicken 's solution, was not able to get it to work. I'd like to add paging to top on discussion and a single discussion view. My vanilla version is 2.0.18.4.

Anybody willing to help? This would increase usability.

Sheila · June 2012

Sorry for the bump, but I'm really looking to have this feature since I feel it is something that increases usability. I'm using slightly modified (mostly colours) default theme but I'm not just able to solve this by my self.

Besides paging at the top I'd like to add 'Back to the top' link at the end of each single conversation thread.

peregrine · June 2012

Too tired to mess with a plugin but if you want to modify the index.php

this would do it for the discussions view.

vanilla/applications/vanilla/views/discussions/index.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
$Session = Gdn::Session();
include($this->FetchViewLocation('helper_functions', 'discussions', 'vanilla'));

WriteFilterTabs($this);
if ($this->DiscussionData->NumRows() > 0 || (isset($this->AnnounceData) && is_object($this->AnnounceData) && $this->AnnounceData->NumRows() > 0)) {

   $PagerOptions = array('RecordCount' => $this->Data('CountDiscussions'), 'CurrentRecords' => $this->Data('Discussions')->NumRows());
   if ($this->Data('_PagerUrl')) {
      $PagerOptions['Url'] = $this->Data('_PagerUrl');
   }
   echo PagerModule::Write($PagerOptions);

?>
<ul class="DataList Discussions">
   <?php include($this->FetchViewLocation('discussions')); ?>
</ul>
<?php
 $PagerOptions = array('RecordCount' => $this->Data('CountDiscussions'), 'CurrentRecords' => $this->Data('Discussions')->NumRows());
   if ($this->Data('_PagerUrl')) {
      $PagerOptions['Url'] = $this->Data('_PagerUrl');
   }
   echo PagerModule::Write($PagerOptions);

} else {
   ?>
   <div class="Empty"><?php echo T('No discussions were found.'); ?></div>
   <?php
}

Besides paging at the top I'd like to add 'Back to the top' link at the end of each single conversation thread.

In answer to your Besides paging at the top I'd like to add 'Back to the top' link at the end of each single conversation thread. The pagenavigator plugin provide a top link, you could modify it to what you want to do.

peregrine · June 2012

for the discussion you could try changing adding echo $this->Pager->ToString('more');
in /var/www/vanilla/applications/vanilla/views/discussion/index.php
around line 15.
e.g.

if($this->Pager->FirstPage()) 
    $PageClass = 'FirstPage'; 
echo $this->Pager->ToString('more');

Sheila · June 2012

Great, thanks again

Implemented both, and a bit weird since I see nothing new happening. It might be a good idea thou for me to give it another try tomorrow.

peregrine · June 2012

just for laughs try using the default theme that came with vanilla. Then you can prove to yourself it works. It may be that your theme is overriding the default. In that case you need to add it to your theme views folder in the appropriate places.

Sheila · June 2012

Oh, yes, naturally. Made the changes again, but within theme folder. Feel like a total idiot now...

No wonder I didn't see any changes previously. Works like a charm!

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