Summaries (Showing excerpts on discussions page)

jordanjay29

I've often looked upon Flarum's built-in sticky extension with envy, seeing it display excerpts on the discussions listing page for all its stickied topics. I've wanted to replicate the same for my flarum install, but just hadn't gotten around to it....until now.

Introducing Summaries, a way to show excerpts on your discussions page.

Now you can show summaries from your discussion's starting posts without needing to sticky every topic. This extension will give you and your users a preview of what the topic is about before you even jump in, and makes your home page come alive.

Installation

Install via composer:

composer require jordanjay29/flarum-ext-summaries

Features in version 0.2.0:

Summary excerpt of starting post displayed on discussion listing
Configurable excerpt length in extension settings (defaults to 200 characters)

Links for the nerds and curious:

Special Thanks: This extension wouldn't be possible without the encouragement and aid of @luceos.

Dominion

Interesting extension jordanjay29 ... Is there a site where we could see it in action?

... Or a screenshot maybe?

websmallc

pictures are also loaded.
index slow to loaded

jordanjay29

websmallc What's the content of that post where the picture loaded?

websmallc

jordanjay29 if picture in the topic.
excerpts although not display pictures.
But in fact has been loaded with picture files.
so forum open slowly。

luceos

Dominion just imagine all discussions stickied ? All stickied discussions at this time have an excerpt. This extension shows an excerpt on all discussions, even those that are not stickied.

jordanjay29

Dominion

(EDIT: See OP)

I just pulled it from my test site for another project, so I'm not planning to link it. I might do up a more spiffy one later if it's needed.

Dominion

Yah, I tried imagining it ... but I'd really have to see it to know if it's something I'd want to use.

It's no big deal ... when I get around to setting up a Flarum, I'll try it out for myself. ?

Dominion

jordanjay29 Thank you!

Dakoom

jordanjay29 Hey, jordanjay29, consider adding that image in the first post. ?

jordanjay29

jordanjay29 I might do up a more spiffy one later if it's needed.

Dakoom jordanjay29 Hey, jordanjay29, consider adding that image in the first post. ?

Sounds like it is. Will make up a spiffy image for the first post.

jordanjay29

websmallc Thanks for the report, I'm looking into it.

Kakifrucht

So basically what this plugin does is show excerpts from every discussion and not just from pinned ones?

jordanjay29

Kakifrucht You got it!

jordanjay29

Version 0.2.0 released!

Now you can configure the summary length in settings. Default is 200 characters.

OP updated with new text and a snazzy example image.

JRay

jordanjay29 composer require jordanjay29/flarum-ext-summaries

Great extension! Thanks and kudos to you. ?

FWIW, I've found setting the character limit to 115 will limit the summary to 1 line (at least on my forum).

CaptDarkStar

I absolutely love this extension and it works nicely. One thing I noticed though is that it only displays the summary for the initial post. Is there a way we could have it so we can have it show the summary of the last reply? Maybe an option to select which in the settings as well?

AllysonSouzaNopSai

This extension is abandoned?

jordanjay29

AllysonSouzaNopSai It still works on Beta 5. I haven't had the time to add more features.

AllysonSouzaNopSai

jordanjay29
Just curious, the problem in images loaded, is related to javascript or php side?

jordanjay29

AllysonSouzaNopSai It's related to php. And I think it was fixed for beta 6. flarum/core834