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The Home controller is the main forum overview. It contains listings of categories and boards within them, and can also contain an overview of recent posts.

Basic Information¶

Since Version	1.0
Controller File	controllers/web/home.class.php
Controller Class Name	DiscussHomeController
Controller Template	pages/home.tpl
Manifest Name	home

Options¶

If you don't know what the manifest is, please go back to the Getting Started document. The options below need to go into the "board" options array of the manifest.

Key	Default	Description
showBoards	true	Choose if you want to see boards or not... you'll probably want this :) Gets set to the `[[+boards]]` placeholder.
showRecentPosts	false	Enable if you want to get recent posts in the `[[+recent_posts]]` placeholder. Uses the postTpl (default=post/disThreadLi) chunk for each post.
showLogoutActionButton	false	If enabled sets a `[[+discuss.authLink]]` placeholder (including `<a>` tag) to log the user out. The `[[+discuss.authLink]]` placeholder is available by default for login.
showLoginForm	false	If enabled sets a `[[+discuss.loginForm]]` placeholder with the contents of the dislogin chunk.
hideIndexBreadcrumbs	false	If enabled, the breadcrumbs will be hidden on the homepage.

		Recent Posts
postTpl	post/disThreadLi	Chunk used for each individual post.
limit	10	Amount of recent posts to view.

		Boards
lastPostTpl	board/disLastPostBy	Fills the `[[+lastPost]]` placeholder. Available placeholders:
		- createdon
		- user (disUser ID)
		- username
		- thread (ID)
		- id (last post ID)
		- url (URL to the last post0
		- author_link

 Array('createdon' => strftime($modx->getOption('discuss.date_format'),strtotime($board['last_post_createdon'])),
 'user' => $board['last_post_author'],
 'username' => $username,
 'thread' => $board['last_post_thread'],
 'id' => $board['last_post_id'],
 'url' => $board['last_post_url'],
 'author_link' => $canViewProfiles ? '<a href="'.$discuss->request->makeUrl('u/'.$board['last_post_username']).'">'.$username.'</a>' : $username,
 );

 'createdon' => strftime($modx->getOption('discuss.date_format'),strtotime($board\['last_post_createdon'\])),
 'user' => $board['last_post_author'],
 'username' => $username,
 'thread' => $board['last_post_thread'],
 'id' => $board['last_post_id'],
 'url' => $board['last_post_url'],
 'author_link' => $canViewProfiles ? '<a class="dis-last-post-by" href="'.$discuss->request->makeUrl('u/'.$board['last_post_username']).'">'.$username.'</a>' : $username,
 );