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VarunGrazitti
Boss
11 years ago

Getting the Hot Topics count

How can we get the count of the hot topics which we set under  Admin > Layout Settings> Board View Settings, is there any context object for this? We are customizing a component and need the count of...
  • PaoloT's avatar
    PaoloT
    11 years ago

    Hi VarunGrazitti 

     

    to get that value, you can use this freemarker snippet

     

    <#assign myValue = settings.name.get("layout.messages_per_thread_hot","10")?number />

     

    This is using the settings context object method (and defaulting to 10 if not found for any reason). Hope it helps

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PaoloT
Lithium Alumni (Retired)

Hi 

 

do you mean the Hot Topics threshold value in the Posts & Topics  -> Post Display section?

I have not found the one you mentioned

 

Thanks,

VarunGrazitti's avatar
VarunGrazitti
Boss
11 years ago

Yes PaoloT - we need the threshold for the hot topics.

  • PaoloT's avatar
    PaoloT
    Lithium Alumni (Retired)
    11 years ago

    Hi VarunGrazitti 

     

    to get that value, you can use this freemarker snippet

     

    <#assign myValue = settings.name.get("layout.messages_per_thread_hot","10")?number />

     

    This is using the settings context object method (and defaulting to 10 if not found for any reason). Hope it helps