Meerkat

Top Threads

The {{ meerkat:top_threads }} tag returns the most active threads by comment count.

#Example

 1<aside>

 2    <h3>Hot topics</h3>

 3    <ul>

 4        {{ meerkat:top_threads limit="5" }}

 5            <li>

 6                <a href="{{ thread:url }}">{{ thread:title }}</a>:

 7                {{ comment_count }} comments

 8                ({{ participant_count }} participants)

 9            </li>

10        {{ /meerkat:top_threads }}

11    </ul>

12</aside>

 1<aside>

 2    <h3>Hot topics</h3>

 3    <ul>

 4        <s-meerkat:top_threads limit="5">

 5            <li>

 6                <a href="{{ $thread?->url() }}">{{ $thread?->title }}</a>:

 7                {{ $comment_count }} comments

 8                ({{ $participant_count }} participants)

 9            </li>

10        </s-meerkat:top_threads>

11    </ul>

12</aside>

#Parameters

Parameter Default Notes
limit 5 Number of threads to return.
site / locale current site Restrict to one site. * includes all sites.

#Variables in the loop

Each result includes:

  • thread_id: the thread identifier
  • comment_count: publicly visible comments on this thread
  • participant_count: number of distinct authors
  • last_activity: timestamp of the most recent comment
  • thread: the matching Entry, or null if a user deleted it

#Filtering by collection

The tag does not accept a collection parameter. To show counts for a collection, iterate its entries and call comment_count:

1{{ collection:blog }}

2    <article>

3        <h2>{{ title }}</h2>

4        <p>{{ meerkat:comment_count :thread="id" }} comments</p>

5    </article>

6{{ /collection:blog }}

1<s-collection:blog>

2    <article>

3        <h2>{{ $title }}</h2>

4        <p><s-meerkat:comment_count :thread="$id" /> comments</p>

5    </article>

6</s-collection:blog>

#Performance

For sites with large thread counts, cache the result at the template level:

1{{ cache for="1 hour" key="meerkat-top-threads" }}

2    {{ meerkat:top_threads limit="10" }}

3        ...

4    {{ /meerkat:top_threads }}

5{{ /cache }}

1<s-cache for="1 hour" key="meerkat-top-threads">

2    <s-meerkat:top_threads limit="10">

3        ...

4    </s-meerkat:top_threads>

5</s-cache>

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