Which file to edit > my profile > discussions

422

I am on .....forums/profile/discussions/1/steve

I want to edit the code for spewing out discussions, on this page. Buggered if i can find where it is controlled from

body id is > dashboard_profile_discussions

businessdad

You're lucky, I changed it just yesterday. The file is views/discussions/discussions.php.

To implement the theme required by my client, I had to override over a dozen of views from core, plugins and so on, so I know the pain of finding out what displays what.

422

Yer that much I know, its the particular hook for the ( profile discussion block that has me stumped )

businessdad

@422 I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The discussions are rendered in the Profile page using the same file I indicated above. The view is included by views/profile/index.php based on the selected tab.

422

Hmm, Ok well I have modded that page already, and renders perfect in every derivative except, the profile > discussions block. So not sure theres anything else I can do, aside from showing you a screeny will do so now.

2 images, one shows the index page discussions ( modded to show image of post author and latest comment user )

in the second image in the users profile / discussions block, the original authors avatar ( code not even present ) is not displayed, and I am buggered if I can see where it needs to be amended.

I dont mind sharing that particular pages php if that helps

422

Oh and FFS isnt it about time they added lightboxes to images on this bloody forum ( annoys the crap out of me especially when its so EASY to do )

businessdad

@422 said:

in the second image in the users profile / discussions block, the original authors avatar ( code not even present ) is not displayed, and I am buggered if I can see where it needs to be amended.

I'm quite sure that the discussions.php is the file to change. Perhaps it's a rendering issue. Have you tried putting some echo(), or even a die() statement, to double check if that file is the one loaded?

422

You sure its discussions > discussions ?

I had amended php in views>discussions>helper_functions.php lol

The content of discussions>discussions.php is:

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

    
$Alt = '';
if (property_exists($this, 'AnnounceData') && is_object($this->AnnounceData)) {
    foreach ($this->AnnounceData->Result() as $Discussion) {
        $Alt = $Alt == ' Alt' ? '' : ' Alt';
        WriteDiscussion($Discussion, $this, $Session, $Alt);
    }
}

$Alt = '';
foreach ($this->DiscussionData->Result() as $Discussion) {
   $Alt = $Alt == ' Alt' ? '' : ' Alt';
   WriteDiscussion($Discussion, $this, $Session, $Alt);
}

businessdad

I'm quite sure that views/discussions/discussions.php is the one that's called. I changed it and I saw the change in the profile page as well. If you need to fine tune the way the single discussion entry is rendered, then you have to modify views/discussions/helper_functions.php as well.

It's a bit messy, I know...

422

Ok I fixed it. Because we use Lincolns Index Photos plugin, i created a new function.

/**
    * Trigger on Profile Discussions.
    */
   public function ProfileController_BeforeDiscussionContent_Handler($Sender) {
      $this->DisplayPhoto($Sender);
   }

businessdad

Glad you got it sorted. Navigating through the views in the views in the views (...) can be quite daunting, sometimes.

422

@businessdad said:
Glad you got it sorted. Navigating through the views in the views in the views (...) can be quite daunting, sometimes.

Not so much daunting as a complete pain in the ass lol

businessdad

@422 said:
Not so much daunting as a complete pain in the ass lol

I tried to be moderate.

UnderDog

@422 said:
isnt it about time they added lightboxes to images on this bloody forum

Issue added on gitHub : https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issues/1525

Please add your comments on which lightbox script to use etc, on gitHub.

422

Cheers ( added to github )