turns out it was working as intended(tm)

closed #158

public/src/forum/admin/topics.js

@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			socket.emit('api:admin.topics.getMore', {
 				limit: 10,
 				after: lastTid
+			}, function(topics) {
+				var btnEl = document.getElementById('topics_loadmore');
+
+				topics = JSON.parse(topics);
+				if (topics.length > 0) {
+					var	html = templates.prepare(templates['admin/topics'].blocks['topics']).parse({
+							topics: topics
+						}),
+						topicsListEl = document.querySelector('.topics');
+
+					topicsListEl.innerHTML += html;
+					btnEl.innerHTML = 'Load More Topics';
+				} else {
+					// Exhausted all topics
+					btnEl.className += ' disabled';
+					btnEl.innerHTML = 'No more topics';
+				}
 			});
 		}
 	}, false);
@@ -95,24 +112,4 @@ socket.on('api:topic.restore', function(response) {
 
 		$(btnEl).removeClass('active');
 	}
-});
-
-socket.on('api:admin.topics.getMore', function(topics) {
-	var btnEl = document.getElementById('topics_loadmore');
-
-	topics = JSON.parse(topics);
-	console.log(topics);
-	if (topics.length > 0) {
-		var	html = templates.prepare(templates['admin/topics'].blocks['topics']).parse({
-				topics: topics
-			}),
-			topicsListEl = document.querySelector('.topics');
-
-		topicsListEl.innerHTML += html;
-		btnEl.innerHTML = 'Load More Topics';
-	} else {
-		// Exhausted all topics
-		btnEl.className += ' disabled';
-		btnEl.innerHTML = 'No more topics';
-	}
 });

src/websockets.js

@@ -663,9 +663,9 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, { log:false }),
 			});
 		});
 
-		socket.on('api:admin.topics.getMore', function(data) {
+		socket.on('api:admin.topics.getMore', function(data, callback) {
 			topics.getAllTopics(data.limit, data.after, function(topics) {
-				socket.emit('api:admin.topics.getMore', JSON.stringify(topics));
+				callback(JSON.stringify(topics));
 			});
 		});