View the most recent posts on the forum

[Mike66]

When I click on 'View the most recent posts on the forum' under Forum Stats in the Info Centre on here it displays 10 recent posts per page, but on my forum ( also running SMF 2.1.4 ) it only displays 7 recent posts per page.

Where can I change the number of posts to be displayed per page please?

I'd like to increase it to 10, or maybe 15.

[deansmar]

You are probably looking for this setting:

Number of recent posts to display on board index:
(Set to 0 to disable.)

Which can be found in the theme settings at the bottom of the page..

Admin|configuration|themes and layout|theme settings

[Mike66]

Thanks deansmar .... but no, that just changes the number of posts to display on board index, not on the standalone recent posts pages.

See https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=recent

[Kindred]

that's a setting in your personal profile
index.php?action=profile;area=theme

Topics to display per page

[Mike66]

Thanks Kindred ..... but that doesn't change it for me either.

Don't worry, it's not important, just a niggle.

[Mike66]

Interesting - the number of posts displayed varies on page 1, page 2 etc.

So I'm guessing this might be controlled by page length rather than number of posts to display?

[Dave J]

Someone asked me to increase the amount of recent posts so they could skip a lot of the content when using 'Unread Posts', so I added some code to the boardindex.template.php to create a scrolling block.
If you want to do the same.

Go to the default theme and download the current boardindex.template.php first and save then create a copy, using 'Notepad++' on the copy, around line 366 find

Code Select Expand

<div id="recent_posts_content">';
and replace with

Code Select Expand

<div style="height:180px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto;">
<div id="recent_posts_content">
</div>';
 
Go into Administration Center► Themes and Layout► Theme Settings and change the 'Number of recent posts to display on board index:' to the amount you want in the list.

You'll see from the images I have set mine at 25 and the list shows 7 if you want more or less to show just change 'height:180px' to either a larger amount or smaller.

Hope that helps.

Note: it should work on all themes

[Kindred]

Dave J --  that's not the section that the OP was asking about....    the OP was asking about the ACTUAL "recent posts" page (?action=recent)

[shawnb61]

I believe that's hard-coded to 10 pages of 10 posts.
https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/blob/143b3a7d33bf3b0894dc8c843af96ccc8fe9603f/Sources/Recent.php#L74

[Dave J]

Dave J --  that's not the section that the OP was asking about....    the OP was asking about the ACTUAL "recent posts" page (?action=recent)

Ah I see. Well the info I gave might be useful to someone, even if it was slightly off the topic

[Mike66]

I think post/page length may come into play, a lot of our posts have inline images.

For example my current 'action=recent' pages are displaying:
Page 1 = 6 posts (#1-#6)
Page 2 = 6 posts (#11-#16)
Page 3 = 6 posts (#21-#26)
Page 4 = 8 posts (#31-#38)
Page 5 = 6 posts (#41-#46)
Page 6 = 6 posts (#51-#56)
Page 7 = 7 posts (#61-#67)
Page 8 = 7 posts (#71-#77)
Page 9 = 10 posts (#81-#90)
Page 10 = 10 posts (#91-#100)
(viewed as logged in admin)

Like I said before, it's not important or a problem, more a curiosity.

[Antechinus]

Dave J --  that's not the section that the OP was asking about....    the OP was asking about the ACTUAL "recent posts" page (?action=recent)

Ah I see. Well the info I gave might be useful to someone, even if it was slightly off the topic

Just be aware that the recent posts block is one of the biggest performance hits on the board index page. That's why it's set to a low number by default: to keep it safe for everyone.

If your server/site can run a large number there, that's fine, but it may not suit everyone. Also, if you do run into problems with server load at any time, temporaily disabling recent posts on the board index is one easy measure to take.