XF 2.2 Finding number of views for an article forum

[Mendalla]

We have our first article forum running, a kind of "feature blog" where a member (who also happens to my co-admin and co-founder of the board) is posting material she originally put out on social media. She would like to know how many views the threads are getting but we are running it with the Preview layout which does not show views. I did some searching and found (and voted up) the suggestion below, but does anyone know a way to do this now short of switching the article forum to the default forum list layout? I am even game to use SQL if needed but I am not sure what tables to use just looking at the database (is the schema published anywhere??).

Article forums: Include number of views

Unless I am missing it, there is no way to view the number of views when in preview or expanded mode for article forums. It would be helpful to still be able to see that info.

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[fionix]

That's interesting, wonder why no one has answered this... isn't there a way to enable view count so we can see it?

It's an important piece of information I think ?

 

[Mendalla]

LOL. Forgot I had posted this. Senior moment, I guess. Thanks for the bump. Just spun up another article forum yesterday, in fact. Question still stands, of course.

 

[ge66]

Maybe this could be of some help?

XF 2.2 - Thread view count for article threads

Hi, I'd like to add the total view count for an article-type thread somewhere. I don't mind whether it's in the article listing or in the article itself somewhere, as long as it's in at least one or those two places. Is this doable with just templates, and if so, could someone help me with...

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[Mendalla]

Maybe this could be of some help?

XF 2.2 - Thread view count for article threads

Hi, I'd like to add the total view count for an article-type thread somewhere. I don't mind whether it's in the article listing or in the article itself somewhere, as long as it's in at least one or those two places. Is this doable with just templates, and if so, could someone help me with...

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It is indeed. Thanks for pointing out that thread.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I just did an edit to post_article_macros template

<ul class="articlePreview-meta listPlain">
                <li><xf:avatar user="{$thread.User}" size="xxs" defaultname="{$thread.username}"/></li>
                <li class="articlePreview-by">{{ phrase('by_user_x', {'name':$username}) }}</li>
                <xf:comment>PETE added views</xf:comment>
                <li><dl class="pairs pairs--justified structItem-minor">
                <dt>{{ phrase('views') }}</dt>
                <dd>{{ $thread.discussion_type == 'redirect' ? '&ndash;' : ($thread.view_count > $thread.reply_count ? $thread.view_count|number_short : number_short($thread.reply_count+1)) }}</dd>
            </dl></li>

 

[fionix]

yes that did the trick... awesome... why has Xenforo not just build this in.

 

[otto]

I modified that code from @Mr Lucky a little bit for me (default style, XF 2.2.x) and add font awesome und a title

Template:
post_article_macros (use the TMS or made a ow add-on from)

        <footer class="articlePreview-footer">
            <ul class="articlePreview-meta listPlain">
                <li><xf:avatar user="{$thread.User}" size="xxs" defaultname="{$thread.username}"/></li>
                <li class="articlePreview-by">{{ phrase('by_user_x', {'name':$username}) }}</li>
                <li><a href="{$link}" class="u-concealed" rel="nofollow"><xf:date time="{$thread.post_date}"/></a></li>
                <li class="u-flexStretch"><a href="{{ link('threads/post', $thread, {'post_id': $post.post_id}) }}"
                    class="u-concealed"
                    data-xf-init="share-tooltip"
                    data-href="{{ link('posts/share', $post) }}"
                    aria-label="{{ phrase('share')|for_attr }}"
                    rel="nofollow">
                    <xf:fa icon="fa-share-alt"/>
                </a></li>
                <xf:comment>START - Otto added views 09/2023</xf:comment>
                <li><dl class="pairs pairs--justified structItem-minor">
                    <dd><i class="fal fa-eye" title="{{ phrase('views') }}: {$thread.view_count|number}"></i> {{ $thread.discussion_type == 'redirect' ? '&ndash;' : ($thread.view_count > $thread.reply_count ? $thread.view_count|number_short : number_short($thread.reply_count+1)) }}</dd>
                </dl></li>
                <xf:comment>END - Otto added views 09/2023</xf:comment>
                <xf:if is="$thread.reply_count">
                    <li class="articlePreview-replies"><a href="{$linkUnread}"
                        title="{{ phrase('replies:') }} {$thread.reply_count|number}">
                        <xf:fa icon="fa-comment" class="u-spaceAfter" /><span class="articlePreview-repliesLabel">{{ phrase('replies:') }} </span>{$thread.reply_count|number}</a></li>
                </xf:if>

by the way - what I add was this: (I use Font Awesome icon instead of text for views and add a mouse over title like default for replies.)

<xf:comment>START - Otto added views 09/2023</xf:comment>
                <li><dl class="pairs pairs--justified structItem-minor">
                    <dd><i class="fal fa-eye" title="{{ phrase('views') }}: {$thread.view_count|number}"></i> {{ $thread.discussion_type == 'redirect' ? '&ndash;' : ($thread.view_count > $thread.reply_count ? $thread.view_count|number_short : number_short($thread.reply_count+1)) }}</dd>
                </dl></li>
<xf:comment>END - Otto added views 09/2023</xf:comment>

The result:

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