ForumListing

/*
This template will display child sub pages as if they were a list of topics in a forum

Parameters:
    None

To Do:
    Accept sub page location as a parameter
    Add a call to datatable to format forum listings with lots of posts

Credits:
    NielW - Layout code and features from http://deki-examples.wik.is/Templates/Basic_Threaded_Discussion_Forum
*/
//Forum Listing
let homepath = page.path .. "/Forum Topics";
var homepage = wiki.getpage(homepath);
var empty = true;
if (homepage != nil) {
   let empty = (#homepage.subpages == 0);
}
var topics = [];
if (!empty) {
   foreach (var p in homepage.subpages) {
      var entry = wiki.page(p.path);
      var originator = entry['//*[@id=\'ForumEntryOriginator\']'];
      if (xml.text(originator) == nil) { let originator = web.link(p.author.uri, p.author.name); }
         var lastAuthor = p.author;
         var lastDate = p.date;
         var lastChange = string.contains(p.editsummary, 'page created') ? '(new)' : '(E)';
         if (#p.comments != 0) {
            var lastComment = list.reverse(p.comments)[0];
            if (date.isafter(lastComment.date, p.date)) {
            let lastAuthor = lastComment.author;
            let lastDate = lastComment.date;
            let lastChange = '(C)';
         }
      }
   let lastAuthor = web.link(lastAuthor.uri, lastAuthor.name);
   let lastDate = date.format(lastDate, 's');
   var sticky = (p.tags.sticky != nil ? 'STICKY!' : '');
   let lastDate = (sticky != '' ? 'z' : 'a') .. lastDate;
   let topics ..= [ { page:p, originator:originator, author:lastAuthor, date:lastDate, change:lastChange, sticky:sticky } ];
   }
let topics = list.sort(topics, 'date', true);
}

//I can't get datatable to see the XML table
//datatable{table: "forumlist",options: {"aaSorting":["4","desc"],"sPaginationType":"full_numbers","iDisplayLength":10 } }; 
<table id="forumlist" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" id="forumlist" class="table">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <th valign="top" style="width: 55%; ">"Topic"</th>
            <th valign="top" style="width: 10%; text-align: center; ">"Starter"</th>
            <th valign="top" style="width: 5%; text-align: center; ">"Replies"</th>
            <th valign="top" style="width: 25%; text-align: center; ">"Last Post"</th>
            <th valign="top" style="width: 5%; ">"Views"</th>
        </tr>
foreach (var t in topics){
//            <tr class=__count % 2 == 0 ? 'bg1' : 'bg2'>
         <tr class="bg2">
            <td valign="top"><font size="1" style="font-size: 16px; "><strong><font style="font-size: 10px; color: #598527; ">t.sticky</font> web.link(t.page.uri, t.page.title)</strong></font></td>
            <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">t.originator;</td>
            var replies=(#t.page.comments>0)?#t.page.comments-1:0;
            <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">replies</td>
            var lastchange = date.format(string.substr(t.date,1),'yyyy-M-d H:mm');' '; 
            if (t.change != "(new)") { 
                let lastchange = lastchange.."by ".. t.author.." ".. t.change;
            }
            <td valign="top" style="text-align: center; "><font style="font-size: 12px; ">date.format(string.substr(t.date,1),'yyyy-M-d H:mm');' '; if (t.change != '(new)') { 'by '; t.author; ' '; }</font></td>
            <td valign="top" style="text-align: center; ">t.page.viewcount</td>
        </tr>
}
if (empty){
        <tr>
            <td colspan="5"><font style="font-size: 14px; "><strong>"(no topics yet)"</strong></font></td>
        </tr>
}
    </tbody>
</table>