XF 2.2 Variable to output node stats of a specific node?

[Alternadiv]

I tried to figure this out on my own but apparently it's not going to happen lol.

I want to add the discussion count of a specific node to a widget. I dumped the variables:



The node ID I want is 4. So based of that, I'm working with $nodeExtras, discussion_count, and 4. I tried a bunch of stuff to see if I'd get lucky and guess correctly, to no avail.

<xf:set var="$nodeExtras" value="{$xf.discussion_count.4}" />
<xf:set var="$node == '4'">{$nodeExtras.discussion_count|number}</xf:set>

No idea what I'm doing pls send help

 

[Paul B]

Where is the widget displayed?

This works in the forum view.

 

[Alternadiv]

Where is the widget displayed?

This works in the forum view.

View attachment 265528

The widget is on the forum list in the default forum statistics widget template.

 

[Paul B]

I'm not sure where you're dumping exactly but the node tree and associated data isn't available in the forum statistics widget template.

 

[Alternadiv]

I'm not sure where you're dumping exactly but the node tree and associated data isn't available in the forum statistics widget template.

Ah, I dumped in forum_list.

So, according to what you saw, doing what I was trying to do won't be possible solely with template edits?

 

[Paul B]

You can use this in the forum_list template: {$nodeExtras.4.discussion_count} .

 

[Alternadiv]

You can use this in the forum_list template: {$nodeExtras.4.discussion_count} .

I don't think it will populate the data in the sidebar widget on forum_list.

In widget_forum_statistics:

            <dl class="pairs pairs--justified">
                <dt>Founded</dt>
                <dd>May 1, 2018</dd>
            </dl>
           
            <dl class="pairs pairs--justified">
                <dt>Build Threads</dt>
                <dd>{$nodeExtras.4.discussion_count|number}</dd>
            </dl>
           
            <dl class="pairs pairs--justified">
                <dt>{{ phrase('threads') }}</dt>
                <dd>{$forumStatistics.threads|number}</dd>
            </dl>

But it shows this:


I was going to do the same thing with number of users in a specific user group (where it says "supporting members") and number of images in the XFMG but would those work either?

 

[Paul B]

No, it won't work in the widget as the data is not available there.

Dump the vars in the widget to see what is available.

 

[Alternadiv]

Related, would it be possible to have the output of a custom profile field as a navigation item?

I have a profile field "your build thread" where members put the URL to the thread. If I could call that into a navigation item, that would be good.