"recent topics" in SMF style

[lish425]

Sweet code, I threw it in a php article.  Thanks it works great.

[RvG]

My latest iteration of the Recent topics Article/Block.

I realized the way this was implemented in order to get membergroup colors, it was performing way too many queries.

Moving my site from php_fusion to SMF/TP and trying To get the "recent topics" similar to my current site www.ozsource.org

New test site www.ozsource.net

Any tips

Thanks lads.

I don't know about that javascipt list expansion, but this code can provide that general kind of a 'most recently posted to topics' table.

It can be used in an article with passed in arguments (for a full article type display) or it can be used in a block (center/frontpage) with parameters specified in the block.

There's quite a bit of documentation in the code itself. Look at the section marked "Boardindex Most Recent Topics Arguments". That uses the Admin-specified number for most recent posts to be shown, but you can provide any number for $list_count.

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global $context, $settings, $scripturl, $txt, $db_prefix, $ID_MEMBER, $user_info, $modSettings, $user_profile;

//////////////////////////////////////////// ---------- Unconditional Exclude
//
$exclude_boards = array(); // KEEP (to preserve variable declaration)
// $exclude_boards = array(5); //  Exclude single board
// $exclude_boards = array(5, 8); //  Exclude multiple boards
$ex_board_clause = !empty($exclude_boards) ? ' AND b.ID_BOARD NOT IN (' . implode(', ', $exclude_boards) . ')' : '';
//
//

//////////////////////////////////////////// ---------- Use in TP PHP Article (no title or frame from theme)
// This will give most recent XX posted to topics -OR-
// most recent XX unreplied to topics -OR-
// topics posted to in last XX hours -OR-
// most recent XX topics on topic notify list
//
// Sorts by most recent reply (descending; most recent first) -OR-
//          creation order (descending; most recent first)
//
// All in the detailed topic format
//
//
// Default
// index.php?page=##
// most recent posted to topics - will list
// number equal to  $settings['number_recent_posts']
//
// index.php?page=##;count=50 or index.php?page=##;type=last;count=50
// 50 most recently posted to topics
//
// index.php?page=##;type=unreplied or index.php?page=##;type=unreplied;count=50
// Most recent unreplied to topics - will
// list number specified in 'count' or default to
// number equal to  $settings['number_recent_posts']
//
// index.php?page=##;type=hours or index.php?page=##;type=hours;count=12
// Topics posted to in last number of hours
// specified in 'count' or default to 24.
//
// index.php?page=##;type=notify or index.php?page=##;type=notify;count=50
// Topics in topic notifcation list up to number
// specified in 'count' or a maximum of 100 topics.
//
// *** Admins Only ***
// index.php?page=##;type=notify;user=XXX or index.php?page=##;type=notify;user=XXX;count=50
// Topics in topic notifcation list of specified user up to number
// specified in 'count' or a maximum of 100 topics.
//
// index.php?page=##;type=started or index.php?page=##;type=started;count=50
// Topics started by current user list up to number
// specified in 'count' or a maximum of 100 topics.
//
// *** Admins Only ***
// index.php?page=##;type=notify;user=XXX or index.php?page=##;type=started;user=XXX;count=50
// Topics started by specified user up to number
// specified in 'count' or a maximum of 100 topics.
//
// Add argument order=create to sort by topic creation sequence (most recent first)
// rather than by last reply sequence

$do_query = 1;

//////////////////////////////////////////// ---------- Poor Man's Global Announcements Block (center block - no Title/Frame)
// Delete documentation comments above and marked section below
//
// $announce_topics = array(254, 568, 675, 678); // Topic ID's to be 'Announced'
//
// $heading = '<center>Announcements<center>';
// $where_clause = 't.ID_TOPIC IN (' . implode(', ', $announce_topics) . ')';
// $limit_clause = '';
// $order_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG DESC';
////////////////////////////////////////////   

//////////////////////////////////////////// ---------- Last 5 Topics Started by User Block (center block - no Title/Frame)
// Delete documentation comments above and marked section below
//
// $heading = 'Most Recent Topics You Started';
// $where_clause = 'ms.ID_MEMBER = '.$ID_MEMBER;
// $limit_clause = 'LIMIT 5';
// $order_clause = 't.ID_FIRST_MSG DESC';
////////////////////////////////////////////   

//////////////////////////////////////////// ---------- Boardindex Most Recent Topics Arguments
//
// Comment out the Info Center's Most Recent Posts Code and Insert this
// to show Most Recent Topics in full detail style instead
//
// $list_count = $settings['number_recent_posts'];
// $heading = 'Most Recently Posted To Topics';
// $where_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG >= ' . ($modSettings['maxMsgID'] - 50 * min($list_count, 5));
// $limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
// $order_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG DESC';
////////////////////////////////////////////   

////////////////////////////////////////////  ------ Remove down to next mark to use in block/boardindex ------
//
if (empty($settings['number_recent_posts']))
$number_recent_posts = 20;
else
$number_recent_posts = $settings['number_recent_posts'];

        if( isset($_GET['type']) )
$list_type = $_GET['type'];
else
$list_type = 'last';

        if( isset($_GET['count']) )
$list_count = $_GET['count'];
else
{
$list_count = $number_recent_posts;
if ($list_type == 'notify')
$list_count = 100;
elseif ($list_type == 'hours')
$list_count = 24;
}

if ($list_count <= 0)
{
$list_count = $number_recent_posts;
if ($list_type == 'hours')
$list_count = 24;
}

if ($list_count > 100)
$list_count = 100;

        if( isset($_GET['order']) )
$list_order = $_GET['order'];
else
$list_order = 'lastpost';

        if( $list_order == 'create' )
$order_clause = 't.ID_FIRST_MSG DESC';
else
$order_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG DESC';

if ($list_type == 'hours')
{
$list_from = strtotime($list_count.' hours ago');
$where_clause = 'ml.posterTime >= ' . $list_from;
$limit_clause = ' ';
$heading = 'Topics Posted To In Last '. $list_count . ' Hours';
}
elseif ($list_type == 'unreplied')
{
$where_clause = 't.numReplies = 0';
if ($list_count == 0)
{
$limit_clause = ' ';
$heading = 'Unreplied To Topics';
}
else
{
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
$heading = $list_count . ' Most Recent Unreplied To Topics';
}
}
elseif ($list_type == 'notify')
{
if (isset($_GET['user']) && $user_info['is_admin'])
{
$watched_topics = array();
$request = db_query("SELECT ID_TOPIC FROM {$db_prefix}log_notify WHERE ID_MEMBER = {$_GET['user']} AND ID_BOARD = 0", __FILE__, __LINE__);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
$watched_topics[] = $row['ID_TOPIC'];
mysql_free_result($request);
$heading = $list_count . ' Most Recent Topics Being Watched by User # '.$_GET['user'];
$where_clause = 't.ID_TOPIC IN (' . implode(', ', $watched_topics) . ')';
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
if (empty($watched_topics))
$do_query = 0;
}
else
{
$watched_topics = array();
$request = db_query("SELECT ID_TOPIC FROM {$db_prefix}log_notify WHERE ID_MEMBER = {$ID_MEMBER} AND ID_BOARD = 0", __FILE__, __LINE__);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
$watched_topics[] = $row['ID_TOPIC'];
mysql_free_result($request);
$heading = $list_count . ' Most Recent Topics Being Watched';
$where_clause = 't.ID_TOPIC IN (' . implode(', ', $watched_topics) . ')';
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
if (empty($watched_topics))
$do_query = 0;
}
}
elseif ($list_type == 'started')
{
if (isset($_GET['user']) && $user_info['is_admin'])
{
$where_clause = 'ms.ID_MEMBER = '.$_GET['user'];
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
        if( $list_order == 'create' )
{
$order_clause = 't.ID_FIRST_MSG DESC';
$heading = 'Most Recent Topics Started by User '.$_GET['user'];
}
else
{
$order_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG DESC';
$heading = 'Most Recently Posted To Topics Started by User '.$_GET['user'];
}
}
else
{
$where_clause = 'ms.ID_MEMBER = '.$ID_MEMBER;
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
        if( $list_order == 'create' )
{
$order_clause = 't.ID_FIRST_MSG DESC';
$heading = 'Most Recent Topics You Started';
}
else
{
$order_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG DESC';
$heading = 'Most Recently Posted To Topics You Started';
}
}
}
else
{
$where_clause = 't.ID_LAST_MSG >= ' . ($modSettings['maxMsgID'] - 90 * min($list_count, 5));
$limit_clause = 'LIMIT ' . $list_count;
$heading = $list_count . ' Most Recently Posted To Topics';
}
//
////////////////////////////////////////////  ------ Remove up to first mark to use in block/boardindex ------

$stable_icons = array('xx', 'thumbup', 'thumbdown', 'exclamation', 'question', 'lamp', 'smiley', 'angry', 'cheesy', 'grin', 'sad', 'wink', 'moved', 'recycled', 'wireless');
$icon_sources = array();
foreach ($stable_icons as $icon)
$icon_sources[$icon] = 'images_url';

$groupcolors = array();
$request = db_query("SELECT ID_GROUP, onlineColor FROM {$db_prefix}membergroups", __FILE__, __LINE__);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
$groupcolors[$row['ID_GROUP']] = $row['onlineColor'];
mysql_free_result($request);

$topics = array();

if ($do_query == 1)
{
$request = db_query("
SELECT
ms.subject AS firstSubject, ms.posterTime AS firstPosterTime, ms.ID_TOPIC, t.ID_BOARD, b.name AS bname,
t.numReplies, t.numViews, ms.ID_MEMBER AS ID_FIRST_MEMBER, ml.ID_MEMBER AS ID_LAST_MEMBER,
ml.posterTime AS lastPosterTime, IFNULL(mems.realName, ms.posterName) AS firstPosterName,
IFNULL(meml.realName, ml.posterName) AS lastPosterName,
mems.ID_GROUP as mems_group, meml.ID_GROUP as meml_group,
ml.subject AS lastSubject, b.memberGroups,
ml.icon AS lastIcon, ms.icon AS firstIcon, t.ID_POLL, t.isSticky, t.locked, ml.modifiedTime AS lastModifiedTime,
LEFT(ml.body, 384) AS lastBody, LEFT(ms.body, 384) AS firstBody,
ml.smileysEnabled AS lastSmileys, ms.smileysEnabled AS firstSmileys, t.ID_FIRST_MSG, t.ID_LAST_MSG,"
. ($user_info['is_guest'] ? '1 AS isRead, 0 AS new_from' : '
IFNULL(lt.ID_MSG, IFNULL(lmr.ID_MSG, 0)) >= ml.ID_MSG_MODIFIED AS isRead,
IFNULL(lt.ID_MSG, IFNULL(lmr.ID_MSG, -1)) + 1 AS new_from') . "
FROM ({$db_prefix}messages AS ms, {$db_prefix}messages AS ml, {$db_prefix}topics AS t, {$db_prefix}boards AS b)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}members AS mems ON (mems.ID_MEMBER = ms.ID_MEMBER)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}members AS meml ON (meml.ID_MEMBER = ml.ID_MEMBER)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}log_topics AS lt ON (lt.ID_TOPIC = t.ID_TOPIC AND lt.ID_MEMBER = $ID_MEMBER)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}log_mark_read AS lmr ON (lmr.ID_BOARD = t.ID_BOARD AND lmr.ID_MEMBER = $ID_MEMBER)
WHERE " . $where_clause . $ex_board_clause . "
AND t.ID_TOPIC = ms.ID_TOPIC
AND b.ID_BOARD = t.ID_BOARD" . (!empty($modSettings['recycle_enable']) && $modSettings['recycle_board'] > 0 ? " AND b.ID_BOARD != $modSettings[recycle_board]" : '') . "
AND ms.ID_MSG = t.ID_FIRST_MSG
AND ml.ID_MSG = t.ID_LAST_MSG
AND " . $user_info['query_see_board'] . "
ORDER BY " . $order_clause . " " . $limit_clause, __FILE__, __LINE__);


$topic_ids = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
{
if ($row['ID_POLL'] > 0 && $modSettings['pollMode'] == '0')
continue;

$topic_ids[] = $row['ID_TOPIC'];

// Clip the strings first because censoring is slow :/. (for some reason?)
$row['firstBody'] = strip_tags(strtr(parse_bbc($row['firstBody'], $row['firstSmileys'], $row['ID_FIRST_MSG']), array('<br />' => '
')));
if (strlen($row['firstBody']) > 128)
$row['firstBody'] = substr($row['firstBody'], 0, 128) . '...';
$row['lastBody'] = strip_tags(strtr(parse_bbc($row['lastBody'], $row['lastSmileys'], $row['ID_LAST_MSG']), array('<br />' => '
')));
if (strlen($row['lastBody']) > 128)
$row['lastBody'] = substr($row['lastBody'], 0, 128) . '...';

$row['lastSubject'] = $row['firstSubject'];
$row['lastBody'] = $row['firstBody'];

// Decide how many pages the topic should have.
$topic_length = $row['numReplies'] + 1;
if ($topic_length > $modSettings['defaultMaxMessages'])
{
$tmppages = array();
$tmpa = 1;
for ($tmpb = 0; $tmpb < $topic_length; $tmpb += $modSettings['defaultMaxMessages'])
{
$tmppages[] = '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.' . $tmpb . ';topicseen">' . $tmpa . '</a>';
$tmpa++;
}
// Show links to all the pages?
if (count($tmppages) <= 5)
$pages = 'Ã,« ' . implode(' ', $tmppages);
// Or skip a few?
else
$pages = 'Ã,« ' . $tmppages[0] . ' ' . $tmppages[1] . ' ... ' . $tmppages[count($tmppages) - 2] . ' ' . $tmppages[count($tmppages) - 1];

if (!empty($modSettings['enableAllMessages']) && $topic_length < $modSettings['enableAllMessages'])
$pages .= '  <a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.0;all">' . $txt[190] . '</a>';
$pages .= ' Ã,»';
}
else
$pages = '';

// We need to check the topic icons exist... you can never be too sure!
if (empty($modSettings['messageIconChecks_disable']))
{
// First icon first... as you'd expect.
if (!isset($icon_sources[$row['firstIcon']]))
$icon_sources[$row['firstIcon']] = file_exists($settings['theme_dir'] . '/images/post/' . $row['firstIcon'] . '.gif') ? 'images_url' : 'default_images_url';
// Last icon... last... duh.
if (!isset($icon_sources[$row['lastIcon']]))
$icon_sources[$row['lastIcon']] = file_exists($settings['theme_dir'] . '/images/post/' . $row['lastIcon'] . '.gif') ? 'images_url' : 'default_images_url';
}

$color_start = !empty($groupcolors[$row['mems_group']]) ? $groupcolors[$row['mems_group']] : '';
$color_last = !empty($groupcolors[$row['meml_group']]) ? $groupcolors[$row['meml_group']] : '';

// And build the array.
$topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']] = array(
'id' => $row['ID_TOPIC'],
'first_post' => array(
'id' => $row['ID_FIRST_MSG'],
'member' => array(
'name' => $row['firstPosterName'],
'id' => $row['ID_FIRST_MEMBER'],
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_FIRST_MEMBER'],
'link' => !empty($row['ID_FIRST_MEMBER']) ? '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_FIRST_MEMBER'] . '" title="' . $txt[92] . ' ' . $row['firstPosterName'] . '">' . '<font color="' . $color_start . '">' . $row['firstPosterName'] . '</font>' . '</a>' : $row['firstPosterName']
),
'time' => timeformat($row['firstPosterTime']),
'timestamp' => forum_time(true, $row['firstPosterTime']),
'subject' => $row['firstSubject'],
'preview' => $row['firstBody'],
'icon' => $row['firstIcon'],
'icon_url' => $settings[$icon_sources[$row['firstIcon']]] . '/post/' . $row['firstIcon'] . '.gif',
'href' => $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.0;topicseen',
'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.0;topicseen">' . $row['firstSubject'] . '</a>'
),
'last_post' => array(
'id' => $row['ID_LAST_MSG'],
'member' => array(
'name' => $row['lastPosterName'],
'id' => $row['ID_LAST_MEMBER'],
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_LAST_MEMBER'],
'link' => !empty($row['ID_LAST_MEMBER']) ? '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_LAST_MEMBER'] . '">' . '<font color="' . $color_last . '">' . $row['lastPosterName'] . '</font>' . '</a>' : $row['lastPosterName']
),
'time' => timeformat($row['lastPosterTime']),
'timestamp' => forum_time(true, $row['lastPosterTime']),
'subject' => $row['lastSubject'],
'preview' => $row['lastBody'],
'icon' => $row['lastIcon'],
'icon_url' => $settings[$icon_sources[$row['lastIcon']]] . '/post/' . $row['lastIcon'] . '.gif',
'href' => $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . ($row['numReplies'] == 0 ? '.0' : '.msg' . $row['ID_LAST_MSG']) . ';topicseen#msg' . $row['ID_LAST_MSG'],
'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . ($row['numReplies'] == 0 ? '.0' : '.msg' . $row['ID_LAST_MSG']) . ';topicseen#msg' . $row['ID_LAST_MSG'] . '">' . $row['lastSubject'] . '</a>'
),
'new' => $row['isRead'],
'new_from' => $row['new_from'],
'new_href' => $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.msg' . $row['new_from'] . ';topicseen#new',
'href' => $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . ($row['numReplies'] == 0 ? '.0' : '.msg' . $row['new_from']) . ';topicseen' . ($row['numReplies'] == 0 ? '' : 'new'),
'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . ($row['numReplies'] == 0 ? '.0' : '.msg' . $row['new_from']) . ';topicseen#msg' . $row['new_from'] . '">' . $row['firstSubject'] . '</a>',
'is_sticky' => !empty($modSettings['enableStickyTopics']) && !empty($row['isSticky']),
'is_locked' => !empty($row['locked']),
'is_poll' => $modSettings['pollMode'] == '1' && $row['ID_POLL'] > 0,
'is_hot' => $row['numReplies'] >= $modSettings['hotTopicPosts'],
'is_very_hot' => $row['numReplies'] >= $modSettings['hotTopicVeryPosts'],
'is_posted_in' => false,
'icon' => $row['firstIcon'],
'icon_url' => $settings[$icon_sources[$row['firstIcon']]] . '/post/' . $row['firstIcon'] . '.gif',
'subject' => $row['firstSubject'],
'pages' => $pages,
'replies' => $row['numReplies'],
'views' => $row['numViews'],
'board' => array(
'id' => $row['ID_BOARD'],
'name' => $row['bname'],
'href' => $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['ID_BOARD'] . '.0',
'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['ID_BOARD'] . '.0">' . $row['bname'] . '</a>'
)
);

determineTopicClass($topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']]);
}
mysql_free_result($request);

if (!empty($modSettings['enableParticipation']) && !empty($topic_ids))
{
$result = db_query("
SELECT ID_TOPIC
FROM {$db_prefix}messages
WHERE ID_TOPIC IN (" . implode(', ', $topic_ids) . ")
AND ID_MEMBER = $ID_MEMBER", __FILE__, __LINE__);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
if (empty($topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']]['is_posted_in']))
{
$topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']]['is_posted_in'] = true;
$topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']]['class'] = 'my_' . $topics[$row['ID_TOPIC']]['class'];
}
}
mysql_free_result($result);
}

}

if (!empty($topics))
    {
    echo '
        <div class="tborder" ', $context['browser']['needs_size_fix'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie6'] ? 'style="width: 100%;margin:0px;"' : 'style="margin:0px;"', '>
            <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" class="bordercolor">
                <tr>';

    echo '
                    <td class="titlebg" colspan="7">', $heading, '</td>';
    echo '
                </tr>';

    echo '
<tr class="titlebg">
<td width="10%" colspan="2"> </td>
<td>', $txt[70], '
</td><td width="14%">', $txt[109], '
</td><td width="4%" align="center">', $txt[110], '
</td><td width="4%" align="center">', $txt[301], '
</td><td width="24%">', $txt[111], '
</td>
</tr>';

foreach ($topics as $topic)
{
// Do we want to seperate the sticky and lock status out?
if (!empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) && strpos($topic['class'], 'sticky') !== false)
$topic['class'] = substr($topic['class'], 0, strrpos($topic['class'], '_sticky'));
if (!empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) && strpos($topic['class'], 'locked') !== false)
$topic['class'] = substr($topic['class'], 0, strrpos($topic['class'], '_locked'));

echo '
<tr>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" align="center" width="6%">
<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/topic/' . $topic['class'] . '.gif" alt="" />
</td><td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" align="center" width="4%">
<img src="' . $topic['first_post']['icon_url'] . '" alt="" align="middle" />
</td><td class="windowbg' , $topic['is_sticky'] && !empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) ? '3' : '' , '" width="48%" valign="middle">' , $topic['is_locked'] && !empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) ? '
<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/icons/quick_lock.gif" align="right" alt="" style="margin: 0;" />' : '' , $topic['is_sticky'] && !empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) ? '
<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/icons/show_sticky.gif" align="right" alt="" style="margin: 0;" />' : '', $topic['first_post']['link'];
if ($topic['new'] == 0)
{
echo '<a href="', $topic['new_href'], '"> <img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" /></a>';
}
echo '
<span class="smalltext">', $topic['pages'], '<br>', $txt['smf88'], ' ', $topic['board']['link'], '</span></td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="14%">
', $topic['first_post']['member']['link'], '</td>
<td class="windowbg" valign="middle" width="4%" align="center">
', $topic['replies'], '</td>
<td class="windowbg" valign="middle" width="4%" align="center">
', $topic['views'], '</td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="22%">
<a href="', $topic['last_post']['href'], '"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/icons/last_post.gif" alt="', $txt[111], '" title="', $txt[111], '" style="float: right;" /></a>
<span class="smalltext">
', $topic['last_post']['time'], '<br />
', $txt[525], ' ', $topic['last_post']['member']['link'], '
</span>
</td>
</tr>';
}

    echo '</table></div>';

    }
else
    echo '<b><u>'.$heading.'<br><br>No Topics Match Search Criteria</u></b>';

gee this works great!

[akulion]

ive added a few screenshots to the recent topics codes mentioned in this thread
Mainly 2 of them:
- Bloc Style Recent Topics
- J.A.Cortina Style Recent Topics

I will try and do the rest later - but in my opinion those are 2 of th best :up:




Edit: point to latest code version of my code (J.A.Cortina)

[RoarinRow]

ive added a few screenshots to the recent topics codes mentioned in this thread
Mainly 2 of them:
- Bloc Style Recent Topics
- J.A.Cortina Style Recent Topics

I will try and do the rest later - but in my opinion those are 2 of th best :up:

Cool, screenshots paints a thousand words   :up:

[G6Cad]

Tried JACorinas code, but it give me a scroll bar horizontly in the bottom under the last post 

[jacortina]

Well, all the column specifications are in percentages (with one column unspecified so it should be 'whatever's left').

Are you using it in article or block? What browser (have you tried with more than one)?

[G6Cad]

I placed it in an article (replaced the code with the old one from bloc) and saved it.
I have my block panel on my right side only and it have the width of 200pix on the panel
I tried to change the width to 150, but the scroll bar were still there in your code.

Browser both FireFox 2.1 and IE 6.0

[jacortina]

Do you have article set to display frame or title. If so, set to display no frame, no title (creates its own borders and title).

[mrbean17]

J.A.Cortina,

I really like your new version of this ... but I found a problem:

Any recent topic that spans more than one page creates an odd character around the page numbering:

This is my topic ÂÃ,« 1 2 ÂÃ,»

Weird eh? Anyone else have this problem?

[G6Cad]

Do you have article set to display frame or title. If so, set to display no frame, no title (creates its own borders and title).

Will try that