thanks for the reply. I will wait for the major release then

I tested that and it works great ! thanks again for your help

@PitaJ I have created a specific topic. Is there a working example of helper implementation ? I have see nothing on GitHub and other modules/themes.

the answer is in this topic : https://community.nodebb.org/topic/11906/add-a-class-to-the-body-if-the-template-is-404/3

I am trying to change create a different pattern for the URL. for example : from this URL : ...../topic/125/topic-title to this URL : ...../fragen/topic-title which means I want to replace topic with fragen and remove the topic number. is it possible?

ok, I found out how. you simply create a template with the error name inside your theme. example 404.tpl hopefully, this might help someone.

I solved my problem, but without using a helper function. here is how I solved it: $(window).on('action:topic.loaded', function (event, data) { var replynum = data.postcount - 1; console.log(replynum) }); I have tested it and it works, every time a topic is loaded I can get the postcount. However, I am still unable to know why my helper function is not being executed

@baris it works! thanks a lot!

I am trying to add a sorting mechanism to the recent page (forum/recent) exactly like the one the category page (/forum/category/) where the topics can be sorted either from newest to oldest, oldest to newest, most posts. is that possible?