How can I display the category description on the forum front page?
By Mark H on Sunday, 02 March 2014
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Hi guys,

I have finally decided that EasyDiscuss is my forum of choice, instead of Kunena!

I really need to be able to do one thing though. On the EasyDiscuss front page, it currently has a list of categories at the top, above the featured posts. Under each category, I need to output the category description under each category in the list. Any idea how I can achieve this?

Thank you.
Hello Mark,

Download my attached file, then move this attachment file in your file location :
> you can rename the original file first e.g categories.front.php_bak <
JoomlaFolder\components\com_easydiscuss\themes\simplistic\categories.front.php
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 03 March 2014 00:43
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Hello Mark H,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here.
Unfortunately that is not possible to show the description of category on the frontpage in current system.
But that is possible to show the description of category in category page, see my screenshot : http://screencast.com/t/eUoBTuIv
Arlex Wong
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Sunday, 02 March 2014 23:19
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Hi Arlex,

Thanks for your quick reply.

That's a disaster

Can this be hacked in any way? It would be amazing if you were able to help me achieve this and I'm sure it will help others too!

All the best,

Mark.
Mark H
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Sunday, 02 March 2014 23:39
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Hello Mark H,

You're welcome
Yes, actually that was possible to hack it, but the description of category styling look like not nice, see my screenshot : http://screencast.com/t/zIKXwBat
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 03 March 2014 00:17
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That looks nice to me

What do I have to do to achieve this?
Mark H
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Monday, 03 March 2014 00:34
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I just added the following to my template's custom.css file and it looks much better:

div#discuss-wrapper .discuss-categories-list > .list-item {

    line-height: 18px;

}
Mark H
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Monday, 03 March 2014 04:03
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Hello Mark H,

You're welcome, that great !
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 03 March 2014 10:28
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Hi Arlex,

I've just had a thought, do you think it is possible to use your brilliant method to output other category information.

The following would be perfect:

Last Post/Reply (Topic Name, Author and Date/Time of post) and if possible, total replies in the category.

I've already got each category to use the full width or the screen, instead of just half, so I have plenty of space to play with!

Hopefully you will have some ideas on this too.

Regards,

Mark.
Mark H
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Monday, 03 March 2014 11:48
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Hello Mark H,

Last Post/Reply (Topic Name, Author and Date/Time of post) and if possible, total replies in the category.

May i know are you asking about the mod_easydiscuss_latest_replies or other module? Is it possible provide us a screenshot what are you referring to? Please advise.
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 03 March 2014 12:02
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Hi Arlex,

No, I'd like to output it in the same place, here: http://screencast.com/t/zIKXwBat

Regards,

Mark.
Mark H
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Monday, 03 March 2014 12:12
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Hello Hello Mark H,

I'm really sorry that delayed of this reply,
Unfortunately that was not possible in current system,
what my suggestion is you can install some of the module in your page like Recent discussions module and Latest replies module. Hope this help.
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 03 March 2014 22:30
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