custom "Recent Topics from Board X, Y, Z only" php block

[K-teto]

Anyone?

[Freddy]

Hi there, I knew there was something that I was going to do..

I can probably help you with this, but it's getting late here so it will have to wait till morning - it's gone 10pm here and it's been a busy day.

[K-teto]

Don't worry!
I'm happy to hear from you, I've been trying to do it myself, but with no luck.
I'm glad to know that you are at least interested in this, thanks, thanks a lot.

[Freddy]

No problem

I am presuming that this is a work in progress as there is no mechanism to change the colour of the bullets.

Also this line makes an invisible link... so I am guessing you are working on that :

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  // is this topic new? (assume they are logged in)
if (!$my['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
        echo ' <a href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $my['topic'], '.from', $my['new_from'], '#new"></a>';

Anyway, if you want to get the number of replies then you need to adjust your ssi_recentTopics_Include function in SSI.php

Find :

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m.posterTime, ms.subject, m.ID_TOPIC, m.ID_MEMBER, m.ID_MSG, b.ID_BOARD, b.name AS bName,

Replace with :

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m.posterTime, ms.subject, m.ID_TOPIC, m.ID_MEMBER, m.ID_MSG, b.ID_BOARD, b.name AS bName, t.numReplies,


Find :

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'icon' => '<img src="' . $settings[$icon_sources[$row['icon']]] . '/post/' . $row['icon'] . '.gif" align="middle" alt="' . $row['icon'] . '" border="0" />',

Add AFTER :

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'numReplies' => $row['numReplies'],

Then in your code that you provided you can do something like this :

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global $context, $scripturl, $settings, $txt;

//define the two images for read/unread replies
$bullet = '<img src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/TPdivider5.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin:0 2px 0 0;" />';
$bullet2 = '<img src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/TPdivider4.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin:0 2px 0 0;" />';

$result=ssi_recentTopics_Include(4,array(34),'return');
// show the board name
echo '<span class="smalltext"><b><a href="http://www.bjdoll.net/index.php?board=34.0">Newsposters</a>:</b><br /></span>';
// and now, the latests posts
foreach($result as $my){
  echo "$bullet";
  echo '<span class="smalltext">' , $my['link'] , ' (' , $my['numReplies'] , ') ' , $my['poster']['link'];

  // is this topic new? (assume they are logged in)
if (!$my['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
        echo ' <a href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $my['topic'], '.from', $my['new_from'], '#new"></a>';
echo '<br />';

echo '</span>';

}

Notice the new line changes :

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echo '<span class="smalltext">' , $my['link'] , ' (' , $my['numReplies'] , ') ' , $my['poster']['link'];

You can see I introduced the new $my['numReplies'] variable and that I also used the already available $my['poster']['link']  So you just need to figure out how you want to use them.

I also moved your </span> up into the foreach loop where it needs to be to make correct HTML.

Is that enough to get you going ?

[Freddy]

Oh yes, by the way I noticed you need to update your SMF, there is a newer one out which fixed a security issue.

[K-teto]

I'm at work right now, but I will try as soon as I arrive at home.
Thanks a lot, you are my hero right now!

[Freddy]

LOL well it's nice to be a hero 

[K-teto]

Thanks for all, it's working perfectly.

This is the code I'm using rigth now, if anyone needs it.

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global $context, $scripturl;
$bullet = '<img src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/TPdivider5.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin:0 2px 0 0;" />';
$bullet2 = '<img src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/TPdivider4.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin:0 2px 0 0;" />';

$result=ssi_recentTopics_Include(3,array(38,12),'return');
echo '<span class="smalltext"><b><a href="http://www.bjdoll.net/index.php?board=11.0">Quedadas y eventos</a>:</b><br /></span>';
foreach($result as $my){
echo '<span class="smalltext">';
if (!$my['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
echo "$bullet2" ,'<a href="', $my['firstpost'],'">', $my['subject'], '</a> (<a href="', $my['href'] , '" title="', $my['preview'],'">' , $my['numReplies'] , '</a>)';
else
echo "$bullet" ,'<a href="', $my['firstpost'],'">', $my['subject'], '</a> (<a href="', $my['href'] , '" title="', $my['preview'],'">' , $my['numReplies'] , '</a>)';
echo ' [Últ: ', $my['poster']['name'],']';
   echo '<br></span>';
}

This way, the thread name links to the first post, the number of replies, links to the latest one, and the number, also, gives a preview of the last post on mouseover.
The poster name is not a link, because, with all these links, people can be confused, and all I need is something to make people interested in that thread, like... the name of someone they know, for example 

Thanks again, I didn't even know about the existance of that SSI.php file, I'm learning a lot about PHP and SMF forums here, so... thanks for everything people, and special thanks for you, freddy888!

Oh, and sorry for my extremely bad english 

[Freddy]

Your English is fine K-eto

I am glad it worked out and that you are enjoying it too 

[Jags]

Hi,

I too needed this code, I just used the code posted above by K-Teto, I'm getting the following error.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ssi_recentTopics_Include() in /home/just4dos/public_html/Sources/Load.php(1806) : eval()'d code(48) : eval()'d code on line 5

SMF- 1.1.11
TinyPortal v1.0 beta 4 Ã,© Bloc

Do I need to modify the ssi.php file too for the ssi_recentTopics_Include() function to work? Please guide.