[3.0.2] how to text below discussion title

Debug

Hi, how do i show a preview text of the discussion below the topic title in the category list?

rbrahmson

Take a look at the source of the DiscussionGrid plugin

Debug

And what should i look at specifically from that plugin?

rbrahmson

I assumed you know how to code Vanilla Plugins. If not you have ways to go...

You will have to write a plugin and hook into discussion controller as shown in this very simple code (which I haven't tested). I'd improve upon that code, but this gives you the basic...

public function discussionsController_afterDiscussionTitle_handler($Sender, $Args) {
   $Discussion = $Sender->EventArguments['Discussion'];
   echo '<br>' . substr($Discussion->Body, 0, 80);   //Display 80 chracters from the disussion body
}

Debug

I'm not that handy with that stuff, is there a way to request this as a plugin?

R_J

What you are asking for has been the example plugin: https://github.com/vanilla/addons/blob/release/2.8/plugins/example/class.example.plugin.php

Using that example unaltered might help or not, but at least it would make a great start.

How do you imagine "requesting a plugin" would work?

Debug

thanks, the example plugin does what i want. Weird name for a plugin but ill take it.