Well hello there!
Nowhere in this silly IP.Board installation will you find a setting to change the output count of the recent topics hook, actually to change it you have to manually edit a file every single time! No more, because with this little tutorial, we're gonna add a setting so you can easily change the number of recent topics shown.
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Step 1.
Log in to your Admin Control Panel. Go to System Settings and press the "Add new Setting Group" Button.
Step 2.
Fill out the form like you see in the image below:
Step 3.
Go to that setting (found in the "Hooks" tab) and click it. Hit the "Add New Setting" button.
Step 4.
Fill that form out with the following values: (Leave the rest blank)
Step 5.
You're done in the Admin CP. Open your FTP Program and locate the following file:
/admin/applications/forums/sources/classes/forums/class_forums.php
In that file you want to find (CTRL+F) the word "topicCount". You will see this:
Step 6.
Replace the code from step 5 with the following:
http://pastebin.com/npmtpfNY
Once you're finished, it should look like this:
Step 7.
Save the file and re-upload it. Overwrite the old file. You're now done! Try changing the value in the settings and you'll see it works like a charm.
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