closes #3646

public/src/admin/admin.js

@@ -26,22 +26,6 @@
 		configureSlidemenu();
 	});
 
-	socket.emit('admin.config.get', function(err, config) {
-		if(err) {
-			return app.alert({
-				alert_id: 'config_status',
-				timeout: 2500,
-				title: 'Error',
-				message: 'NodeBB encountered a problem getting config: ' + err.message,
-				type: 'danger'
-			});
-		}
-
-		// move this to admin.config
-		app.config = config;
-		$(window).trigger('action:config.loaded');
-	});
-
 	function setupKeybindings() {
 		Mousetrap.bind('ctrl+shift+a r', function() {
 			require(['admin/modules/instance'], function(instance) {

src/middleware/admin.js

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ middleware.renderHeader = function(req, res, data, next) {
 			},
 			config: function(next) {
 				controllers.api.getConfig(req, res, next);
+			},
+			configs: function(next) {
+				meta.configs.list(next);
 			}
 		}, function(err, results) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ middleware.renderHeader = function(req, res, data, next) {
 				config: results.config,
 				configJSON: JSON.stringify(results.config),
 				relative_path: results.config.relative_path,
+				adminConfigJSON: encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(results.configs)),
 				user: userData,
 				userJSON: JSON.stringify(userData).replace(/'/g, "\\'"),
 				plugins: results.custom_header.plugins,

src/socket.io/admin.js

@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ SocketAdmin.widgets.set = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	widgets.setArea(data, callback);
 };
 
-SocketAdmin.config.get = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	meta.configs.list(callback);
-};
-
 SocketAdmin.config.set = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	if(!data) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));

src/views/admin/header.tpl

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 		var config = JSON.parse('{{configJSON}}');
 		var app = {
 			template: "{template.name}",
-			user: JSON.parse('{{userJSON}}')
+			user: JSON.parse('{{userJSON}}'),
+			config: JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent('{{adminConfigJSON}}'))
 		};
 	</script>