Getting variables (eg total post count, etc)

[reid]

Hey! Another one of these threads (sorry!).

I was wondering if there was any way to get variables like total post count, topic count, users online, etc, through templates? I'm using 0.6.0, since I can't upgrade (due to my theme), and I believe you used to be able to use {global.postCount}, {global.topics}, etc. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

[psychobunny]

You'd have to add a library.js file to your theme and add some server side methods to get it. You'd probably want to do a socket call to this method and then render it via JS. Here's how we do it for widgets:

https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-widget-essentials/blob/master/library.js#L152-L179

[reid]

@psychobunny thanks!