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nickyates
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12 years ago

How to create a custom component which uses the values in Admin -> Display -> Front Page

I would like to create a custom component which uses the values in Admin -> Display -> Front Page, to set the number of discussions in the top discussions, the number of posts in the recent posts mod...
  • ChiaraS's avatar
    12 years ago

    Hi, 

     

    here's the list of the variables listed in the Display - Front page:

     

    Top Discussions:

    Number of discussions

    layout.module_num_top_boards           

    Recent Posts Module:

    Number of posts

    layout.recent-messages-module-list-size

    Recent Topics Module:

    Number of topics

    layout.recent-threads-module-list-size

    Unread Threads Module:

    Number of Topics

    layout.unread-threads-module-list-size               

    Show the latest topics

    layout.module_show_latest_for_top   

    Show the latest posts

    layout.module_show_latest_post_for_top        

    Users Online Module:

    Number of logins

    layout.users-online-module-logins-list-size        

    Users Online Module:

    Number of registrations

    layout.users-online-module-registrations-list-size

    Number of friends to display

    layout.module_num_friends    

    Separator character in navigation bar

    layout.separator_character        

    Separator character in the user navigation bar

    layout.user_nav_separator_character  

    Number of bookmarks to display

    layout.module_num_bookmarks            

    Number of secondary links per page in the tree browser

    layout.tree_node_browser_page_size

    Always display colors for ranks

    layout.always_use_rank_colors               

     

    You can access the value of a settings variable inside a custom component using Freemarker, more details here.