Forum threads as news on main site.

[JubeiSaotome]

I'm looking for a 3.5.3 compatible plugin/product which will allow me to set a forum for site news and do a PHP include on the main page that will show these threads as news.

Like this site has for example;
http://www.monatoesprit.org/

I've tried looking around, but all the mods have unrelated names. Please help.

[R1lover]

You need a "portal"

vBadvanced

[JubeiSaotome]

Well, what's a simple one I don't need to pay an arm and a leg for?

[R1lover]

<a href="http://www.vbadvanced.com/" target="_blank">vBadvanced </a>

is free.

[JubeiSaotome]

Well, I've installed it, but trying to find out how I'd do a PHP include to display the news module as my main site's news, without using the vbadvanced portal. Any ideas?

[Kungfu]

ummm, make your own basically. look at external pages articles. You could just query from that forum on your main page with a limit of 10 or something. im not sure if theres a plugin to show on the main page.

[JubeiSaotome]

My PHP skills are rather limited. :\

[tobybird]

Unless I'm misunderstanding you...can you not just use the external.php file and set it to pull from only the specified forum?

Just look in the manual for setup instructions. http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/vboptions_externaldataprovider_implementing

[Feckie (Roger)]

there is a news module built into vBadvanced

[JubeiSaotome]

there is a news module built into vBadvanced

I know that but i already have a site layout and don't want to use a bland looking portal page.