XF 2 I want the comments icon to replace the ellipses in profile posts sidebar widget when there are comments

[beerForo]

As seen here:

Lack of interest - Profile posts sidebar widget - comment icon with count to replace ellipses

In articles, this icon appears when there are comments and you click it to take you to the article. I want to suggest the same for profile posts, and replace the ellipses with talk bubble. I never know when there is activity and this would be good for interaction. I call mine Status Updates...

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[Paul B]

You can achieve that by editing the profile_post_macros template and changing this:

<a href="{{ link('profile-posts', $profilePost) }}" rel="nofollow" class="contentRow-extra" data-xf-click="overlay" data-xf-init="tooltip" title="{{ phrase('interact')|for_attr }}">&#8226;&#8226;&#8226;</a>

To this:

<a href="{{ link('profile-posts', $profilePost) }}" rel="nofollow" class="contentRow-extra" data-xf-click="overlay" data-xf-init="tooltip" title="{{ phrase('interact')|for_attr }}"><xf:fa icon="fa-comments" /></a>

It will change all instances where that code is used though - not sure if that's an issue or not.

See here for a demo: https://db76df28bf7ba8d3.demo-xenforo.com/223/index.php

 

[beerForo]

Thanks! But I was trying to get the comment count as well. Like how it shows in article preview.

 

[Paul B]

No problem - just add the var for the count.

 

[beerForo]

Can you provide it?

 

[Paul B]

<a href="{{ link('profile-posts', $profilePost) }}" rel="nofollow" class="contentRow-extra" data-xf-click="overlay" data-xf-init="tooltip" title="{{ phrase('interact')|for_attr }}"><xf:fa icon="fa-comments" /> {$__globals.profilePost.comment_count}</a>

 

[beerForo]

Thanks for taking the time I really appreciate it. I pasted it in and it's just what I needed.