XF 1.5 Customizing the Forum Stats box

[MattH]

Hi Guys,

I asked a similar question in the past, but wanted to catch up and try to implement this. The forum stats box on my forum is really high because it is counting a subforum that has some RSS generated content. I looked into the templates and found:

$boardTotals.discussions
$boardTotals.messages

And wondered if there is a way to edit the content of those, or somehow otherwise adjust the number showing so it only reflects messages and discussions created as 'real' threads?

Thanks!

 

[Paul B]

It would require an add-on to do it properly but a quick and dirty way would be to use xen:calc and subtract a value from both totals.

You would have to keep updating it manually though.

 

[MattH]

It would require an add-on to do it properly but a quick and dirty way would be to use xen:calc and subtract a value from both totals.

You would have to keep updating it manually though.

Thanks - I was wondering if each forum had a counter and could remove the variable using a calc.. but I guess not. How would the syntax read for the xen:calc?

 

[Paul B]

There are counts for each forum but I doubt the data is available to that template.

The syntax would be:

{xen:number {xen:calc '{$boardTotals.discussions} - 1000'}}

 

[MattH]

Thanks very much!

 

[MattH]

Quick follow up @Brogan do I need to rebuild anything or just wait for it to revert?

 

[Paul B]

It will be instant if you have edited the correct style template.

 

[MattH]

It will be instant if you have edited the correct style template.

Hmm.. I went for the kosher one, but I run widget framework which may be overriding it...

 

[MattH]

Fixed - thanks again!

 

[Paul B]

That's a definite possibility.

I don't use that add-on so can't help.