Hello everyone, this is my first post here, so to contribute something.
if this isn't right place moderators please move it.
Add this code into php block. Remove body and title from block, put it in top, upper, bottom or lower block. It's really nice way to show recent posts and does not occupy much space.
global $settings, $txt, $scripturl, $post;
$array = ssi_recentTopics(16, null, null, 'array');
echo '<marquee scrollamount="3" class="moving" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
foreach ($array as $post)
{ if (!empty($post['new']) )
echo'';
else
echo'<img src="' . $settings['lang_images_url'] . '/new.gif" class="new_posts" alt="" />';echo'<div class="triangle-isosceles" id="a', $post['topic'], '" style="display: none">', $post['preview'], '</div><a href="'. $post['href']. '" target="_self" onmouseover="document.getElementById(\'a', $post['topic'], '\').style.display = \'block\'" onmouseout="document.getElementById(\'a', $post['topic'], '\').style.display = \'none\'">', $post['short_subject'], '</a>';
}
echo '</marquee>
<style type="text/css">
marquee.moving a
{
font-size:12px;
font-weight:bold;
margin-right:50px;
}
.triangle-isosceles {
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
z-index:1000;
padding:15px;
margin:1em 0 3em;
color:#fff;
max-width: 400px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 0px 0px #777;
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 0px 0px #777;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 0px 0px #777;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(41,137,216,0.9) 0%, rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 94%, rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(41,137,216,0.9)), color-stop(94%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9)), color-stop(100%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9)));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(41,137,216,0.9) 0%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 94%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(41,137,216,0.9) 0%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 94%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(41,137,216,0.9) 0%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 94%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 100%);
background: linear-gradient(top, rgba(41,137,216,0.9) 0%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 94%,rgba(30,87,153,0.9) 100%);
}
</style>';
*block uses marquee tah which is not XHTML vaild
*block uses CSS3