As the title of this post reveals, I'm looking for a solution that will bring the comments count variable to the top news block, for all news items visible (so the spotlighted news item and the list of other news items shown).

This variable isn't made available in the blocks/news_top.php file, and subsequently not usable in the templates/blocks/news_block_top.html template file. When clicking a news category, or when viewing the news index page however, the comments counter is available.

And I can't find where or how the comments for stories are counted, so I can add this to the news_top.php file and the template I'm building.

Anyone here who can help me out?

Herko

Hello,

You can use $tmpstory->comments(), $story->comments() and spotlightArticle->comments() in the block's code (depending where you are) and assign it to a smarty variable.

bye,
Hervé

Thanks Hervé for the quick reply, I will try this out and let you know the results!

Herko

It works! Thanks a lot!

Herko