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

[trvlnman]

Thanks everyone for this...I have it implemented and it works great.

However, I'd like to keep the timestamp in the list.  I used the post in Reply #9.  Is there anyone that can help me out?

I appreciate any help that you can give me.

[Techdomain]

This is the code to put the bullets in the box, left aligned, and also add the "new" graphic for new posts:

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$result=ssi_recentTopics(10,array(15),'return');
echo'<right>';
echo '<ul style="padding-left: 15px;">';
foreach($result as $my){
echo '<Li>'.$my['link'].'</Li>';
if(!$my['new'])
echo '<a href="'.$my['href'].'"><img border="0" src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/'.$context['user']['language'].'/new.gif" alt="new" /></a> ';
}
echo '</UL>';
echo'</center>';
echo '<span class="smalltext"></span>';


[trench]

Thats for all Recent topics though. How do we get it working for one particular board?

[iowamf]

Thats for all Recent topics though. How do we get it working for one particular board?

I ran into that exact same concern myself - in order to get it working for one particular board you have to do one of the following:

• exclude all boards (except the one board you want) by adding more "middle" parameters using the existing ssi_recentTopics function - the 1st parameter is the number of posts and the last parameter is the output type ... the middle paramaters are the boards to "exclude".
  
• create your own ssi_recentTopics function to do nearly the opposite with the paramters so instead of excluding certain boards - it includes them (much simpler to maintain).
  

See the posts that reference ssi_recentTopics_reverse - it is discussed in this thread ... note the change of parameter from "exclude_boards" to "include_boards".

The problem with using the default ssi_recentTopics to display only one board is that you have to go back and hack the parameters in the call everytime you add a board.

[Techdomain]

yep - that is what I found. this is my code for this page here:
http://www.techdomain.com.au/index.php?page=20

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echo "<p style='margin-bottom: 0in;' align='middle'><u><font size='5'><strong><span lang='en-AU'>Recent";
echo " Discussion</span></strong></font></u></p>"; 
        echo '
                        <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" class="bordercolor">
';
       $what=ssi_recentTopics('50', array('15','72') , 'array');


        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['newtime'], '#new"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" border="0" /></a>';

                echo '
                                        </td>
                                        <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="17%">
                                                ', $topic['poster']['link'], '
                                        </td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="20%">
                                                ', $topic['board']['link'], '
                                        </td>
                                        <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="20%">';
                if ($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>';

echo "<p style='margin-bottom: 0in;' align='middle'><u><font size='5'><strong><span lang='en-AU'>Recent";
echo " News</span></strong></font></u></p>"; 

        echo '
                        <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" class="bordercolor">
';
       $what=ssi_recentTopics('50', array('1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','11','12','13','14','50','16','17','18','19','20','21','22','23','24','25','26','27','28','29','30','31','32','33','34','35','36','37','38','39','40','41','42','43','44','45','46','47','48','49','51','52','53','54','55','56','57','58','59','60','61','62','63','64','65','66','67','68','69','70','71','73','74','75','76','77','78','79','80','81','82','83','84','85','86','87','88','89','90','91','92','93','94') , 'array');


        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['newtime'], '#new"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" border="0" /></a>';

                echo '
                                        </td>
                                        <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="17%">
                                                ', $topic['poster']['link'], '
                                        </td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="20%">
                                                ', $topic['board']['link'], '
                                        </td>
                                        <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="20%">';
                if ($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>';


[iowamf]

looks good - but the problem (as you already know) is that you'll have to update the excluded board(s) in your ssi call array('15','72') every time you add a board to your forum ... oh well, it is what it is.

yep - that is what I found. this is my code for this page here:
http://www.techdomain.com.au/index.php?page=20

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       $what=ssi_recentTopics('50', array('15','72') , 'array');


[trvlnman]

I did get the "included" boards to work just fine creating a ssi_recentTopics_INC function.  That way you only have to put the one board you want included into the list.  No further updating necessary.  Just follow the directions in Reply #16.

[akulion]

Thanks this is perfect for the "In the News" board I have on my forum (browse down until u see a guy with a newspaper reading EXTRA) - its reserved for latest news from around the globe

2 things id like to ask are:

- Make the link text size bigger
- Make them appear in a tabular layout

====

By the way im using the recenttopicsINC method out of all of the above

[Puchu]

Below is the "user block" phpbox snippet.

Note, the ssi_recentTopics() was copied and a new function was created ssi_recentTopics_REVERSE to do the opposite (instead of returning information from all boards that were excluded - it only returns information from boards that are requested (ie, in this case the boards in section "9").

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global $context, $scripturl;
$bullet = '<img src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/TPdivider.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin:0 2px 0 0;" />';
$result=ssi_recentTopics_REVERSE(10,array(9),'return');
foreach($result as $my){
  echo "$bullet";
  echo '<span class="smalltext">'.$my['link'];
  // is this topic new? (assume they are logged in)
if (!$my['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
echo '
                                                <a href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $my['topic'], '.from', $my['newtime'], '#new"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" border="0" /></a>';
echo '<br>';
}
echo '</span>';

On my site it just shows the title... or nothing at all...

[G6Cad]

What kind of block have you added the code in to ?
It needs a PhP block to work