IMPORTANT! Please use extreme caution when editing skins, making sure you do not change any HTML comment tags, like <!--Top: $topic->{number}-->, when you edit skins.

The following variables are available to individual topics within the topics list (these refer to topics -- for categories, see below):

Variable Result $topic->{type} 1 (1 = regular topic, 2 = category) $topic->{hidden} Whether topic is hidden (1 = yes, 0 = no) $topic->{number} Unique identifying page number for topic $topic->{name} The topic's name $topic->{icon} Topic icon (e.g., 'tree_n.gif') $topic->{descr} Topic description $topic->{last_poster} Name of last poster $topic->{msg_count} Message count (number of messages in this topic) $topic->{subs} Page count (number of pages in topic, including 1 for the page itself) $topic->{lastmod} Last modified date (unix time format)

The following variables are available to individual categories within the topics list (these refer to categories -- for topics, see above):

Variable Result $topic->{type} 2 (1 = regular topic, 2 = category) $topic->{bgcolor} Background color for category (hex code or valid HTML color) $topic->{number} Unique identifying page number for topic $topic->{text} Category text (much line a topic's name) $topic->{descr} Category description

It is possible to insert various bits of data about your discussion board onto the topics page. For example, you can insert the number of topics, number of registered users, and even the version of Discus you are running. The following variable substitutions can be used anywhere in the "topics" part of the skin:

Variable Result $topicinfo->{topics_total} Total number of ordinary topics on entire board $topicinfo->{topics_displayed} Total number of ordinary topics that aren't hidden $topicinfo->{categories} Total number of categories on topics page $topicinfo->{last_post} Unix time format for the time of the most recent post $topicinfo->{last_post_visible} Unix time format for the time of the most recent post in a non-hidden topic $topicinfo->{last_poster} Name of most recent poster anywhere on board $topicinfo->{last_poster_visible} Name of most recent poster to a non-hidden topic $topicinfo->{messages_total} Total number of messages on board $topicinfo->{pages_total} Total pages on board in non-hidden topics $topicinfo->{pages_displayed} Total pages on board in non-hidden topics $topicinfo->{discus_version} Version number of Discus you are currently using $topicinfo->{registered_users} Total number of registered users