Discussions per Page stuck at 5

snononoko

Hey guys,

I'm having a blast running my first Vanilla forum (2.0.18.8), but I've run into an issue that I can't seem to resolve.
So I'd like to use the “Categories & Discussions” view for the homepage, but somehow there are never more than 5 discussions displayed per category at once.

I've set it to 100 in Settings > Forum Advanced and checked the config, but it just won't show more.

$Configuration['Vanilla']['Discussions']['PerPage'] = '100';

I know it can't be a theme problem, because this is happening no matter which theme I set. Any idea what could've gone wrong / what might be the cause of this? Maybe a screw-up with announcements (because I've posted a bunch of them earlier, but now there are 10+ posts in the category in question). Thanks!

peregrine

@snononoko said:

So I'd like to use the “Categories & Discussions” view for the homepage, but somehow there are never more than 5 discussions displayed per category at once.

However, you are using the wrong config statement for the solution you want.

this is the config statement that will change the number of discussions on the

this type of view http://vanillaforums.org/categories/discussions/

// e.g. this will set it to 20
// on the categories and discussions page
$Configuration['Vanilla']['Discussions']['PerCategory'] = '20';

---

other related info...

where as
// 100 on the discussions page
$Configuration['Vanilla']['Discussions']['PerPage'] = '100';

whereas
// number of comments on a discussion page.
$Configuration['Vanilla']['Comments']['PerPage'] = '17';

insightful maybe??

snononoko

@peregrine said:

// e.g. this will set it to 20 // on the categories and discussions page $Configuration['Vanilla']['Discussions']['PerCategory'] = '20';

Exactly what I was looking for! Works like a charm.
I probably would've even figured this one out if it had been in the config by default, haha. Thanks a lot for your help!

peregrine

the key to finding it is looking at the url

http://vanillaforums.org/categories/discussions/

• vanillaforums.org/categories/discussions/

controller = categories

• vanillaforums.org/categories/discussions/

method or function = discussions

---

• therefore in the vanilla application the categoriescontroller

applications/vanilla/controllers/class.categoriescontroller.php

within that file is the discussions method, that has this line..

$this->DiscussionsPerCategory = C('Vanilla.Discussions.PerCategory', 5);

which would translate and indicate to you
a possible config statment to override default number 5

$Configuration['Vanilla']['Discussions']['PerCategory'] = '20';