Nice easy install and working well!

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback.

Regards some of the questions you guys have :

AJAX links to switch page are SEO friendly. :)

Big News block contains the latest links, you can only set more than 1 link for big news but not define a specific one to be in it, for the current version. :)

You can customize how many links to show per page, how many big news, how many per row,etc...:rolleyes: , all can be done via AdminCP

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1338/60154649.jpg

I do not like the MOST current setup.. I do like the layout of the other latest news blocks.. I would just like those two only to be displayed without the most current block, so the text is not centered, only justified.

This looks great. I plan to use it immediately.

A possible addition would be to add tabbed features that can act as categories for the news.

Example:

Tab 1 (Sports) | Tab 2 (Lifestyle) | Tab 3 (Career)

And clicking each tab brings up different "featured" manually chosen threads.

EDIT: Also, where can I find the templates so that I might edit the look of the block? All I can see is dnp_news.

EDIT #2: Or do I need to edit the php file for customization?

EDIT #3: Specifically, I want to have 3 "BIG NEWS" aligned horizontally rather than vertically, and then have the small news come under the big news.

EDIT #3: Also better if we can define which big news are showed - sort of like a "Featured" section.

Also - a bug - the ajax page control doesn't seem to be loading properly. It loads the entire dnp_news.php file for me which means that the forums disappear.

I'm not sure I got the picture of what you mean, do you have a screenshot or drawing of how it should look like in your opinion?

Yes I have thought of category when I first code it, but it comes to be too unecessary so I dropped it. The reason is, if there is category for news link, members will be confused where they can actually find the topic and also, it brings more work to the admin if he has to create all the categories in this MOD corresponding to those current ones on the forum.
dnp_news is the cached main template, child templates are built-in until later, when I can add more style and layout for the MOD like your good idea in #3.

# 3 If we are to decide which link to be in the big news, we have to define different big news for every page the news block spans, and I don't think everyone would like to do that.

About the bug of ajax loading, verify all files have been uploaded and your server is ajax compatible because the ajax engine is pulled from DnP Instant! Musicbox and it's known bug-free.

here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=223427 :D

I totally see your point there https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/10/8.gif

Yes I understand that it would create a lot more work for the admin of the forum, not to mention yourself.

Couldn't there only be big news on page 1, and the other pages just have small news?

Apologies if that is a stupid question - I actually know very little about coding AJAX and how the plugin works in general. Though it is running very well over at my site and I have managed to configure it to nearly the way I want it by editing the php file.

I see. I'll verify and try again - server definitely supports AJAX so it must be that I'm missing a file. Will let you know :) Thanks for the help.

How can I get this block to show up on vbportal rather then vbulliten home

suggestion and a request :

1. it would be very helpful if instead of inputing name thread and url and everything, just to define one or two forums which the "DnP AJAX Custom News Link" system will take the first new threads from there !

2. i have a request, how do i make it capable with VBADVANCED ? i tried to put the "$dnp_news_output" code in the "adv_portal" template, though, nothing happends, why is that ?

regards,
imiviortal.