"recent topics" in SMF style

[bloc]

Technodragon73, try to find the ['newtime'] in the code, and exchange it with ['new_from'].

[technodragon73]

Technodragon73, try to find the ['newtime'] in the code, and exchange it with ['new_from'].

That fixed it...thank you!

[akulion]

ok here it is updated and re-organised and re-formatted

It should now only display the headings once

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// "Recent Topics" a php Block
// Prefered settings when being designed
// Border and title on
// Title ="Recent Topics"

global $scripturl;
$what=ssi_recentTopics('10', NULL, 'array');

echo '<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" class="bordercolor">';
echo '<tr class="catbg3"><td valign="middle">Subject</td><td valign="middle">Board</td><td valign="middle">Poster</td><td valign="middle">Time</td></tr>';

foreach ($what as $topic)
  {
    echo '<tr><td class="windowbg" valign="middle">', $topic['link'];
    // Is this topic new? (assuming they are logged in!)
    if (!$topic['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
      echo '<a href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $topic['topic'], '.from', $topic['time'], '#new"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" border="0" /></a>';
      echo '</td><td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" >', $topic['board']['link'], '</td>';
      echo '</td><td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" >', $topic['poster']['link'], '</td><td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" >';
      if ($settings['images_url'] != $settings['theme_url'] . '/images' || file_exists($settings['theme_dir'] . '/images/icons/last_post.gif'))
      echo '<a href="', $topic['href'], '"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/icons/last_post.gif" alt="', $txt[111], '" title="', $txt[111], '" border="0" style="float: right;" /></a>';
      echo '<span class="smalltext">', $topic['time'], '</span></td></tr>';
  }

echo '</table>';


bluesteel THANK YOU SO MUCH I have been dying for this snippet of code for ages!

UR THE BOMB!

[deniz]

recenttopics shows about 30-40 last topics..

why ?
how can topics count increase. ?
i need according to time.. like last day, last week, last month etc. is it possible ?

[bloc]

Recent topics always count from the very latest post and backwards. To set a date/timespan would mean to have to adjust the routine somewhat.

Maybe something for an "archive" sort of mod/function for posts/topics?

[Blue Steel]

What you could do is change the number of msgs to be in the fetching array to a larger number and then scan for those msgs by date... and only pirint out those ones.. that makes for a way more complicate block of code .. but honestly you can do anything you want if you know how (which i don't .. I just tweak others code.. i'm not smart enough to write it out fully by myself)

[akulion]

i was wondering is it possible to have a modification of this code so that it does the following?

1 - Only displays topics from a particular board
2 - ONLY displays new topics (from the selected board) IF they are new topics (dosent loop topics on replies)

I ask cos I am making a "in the news" board in which I and members will post the daily news from around the world and it would appear on the TP index.

Thanks

[bloc]

Both thinsg could be done in the actual mysql_call. It means a custom ssi_recentTopics function though.

akulion: for just one baord is easy, but the other item I am not exactly sure what you mean.."new topics" as in unread? or as in newer than a set timespan?

[akulion]

by new topics I mean: A topic which has been posted just recently in that board, but replying to that post does not bring it to top on the "recent post block"

So basically ONLY when the topic is initially posted it appears in the block - but afterwards no matter how many replies it gets it dosent appear there - but can only be overtaken by newer posts/threads made

[bloc]

I see. So just sorting on created dates then, not on last replied date. That would mean even a simpler sql call.