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Scott MacVicar

11-05-2001 03:04 PM

Is the nonvb page Perl, PHP or ASP??
or are you wishing to call it via SSI.

pgowder

11-05-2001 03:15 PM

I would prefer a ssi call, but I can make the page php if I need to.

Scott MacVicar

11-05-2001 04:04 PM

simpliest way is if the page is php

PHP Code:


		
			
//connect to database

mysql_connect("localhost", "YOURUSERNAME", "YOURPASS");

mysql_select_db("YOURFORUMSDATABASE");

//select thread information

$popular=mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM thread ORDER by replycount DESC LIMIT 1"));

mysql_close();



$popular="Most popular thread is <a href=\"http://forums.site.com/showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$popular[threadid]\">$popular[title]</a>";

then just place $popular somewhere on your page and it will say like
Most popular thread is Some Title Here and the title will be a link to the thread.

pgowder

11-05-2001 05:23 PM

That did it.

Now, how could I have it include the top 5 most popular??

I want to have a box on my front page with the top 5 threads.

thanks

Scott MacVicar

11-05-2001 06:05 PM

PHP Code:


		
			
//connect to database

mysql_connect("localhost", "YOURUSERNAME", "YOURPASS");

mysql_select_db("YOURFORUMSDATABASE");

//select thread information

$query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM thread ORDER by replycount DESC LIMIT 5");

while($pop=mysql_fetch_array($query)) {

$popular.="<a href=\"http://forums.site.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=$pop[threadid]\">$pop[title]</a><br>";

}

mysql_close();

Use $popular list the top 5 threads with a line break seperating them adjust as you wish.

cityofangelus

12-10-2001 01:12 PM

Great hack really like this one.

Work perfectly thanks :)

Lesane

12-13-2001 02:39 PM

Great Hack PPN, i luv it but i had the "Show most popular thread" in a table and my most popular thread has a very long title, more then 40 characters so i reduced it 2 25. If someone is interested, here it is: :)

root/index.php

find:

PHP Code:


		
			
$popular=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM thread ORDER by replycount DESC LIMIT 1");

Under that add:

PHP Code:


		
			
    if (strlen($popular[title]) > 25) { 

        $title = substr($popular[title],0,25);

        $title .= "...";

    } else { 

        $title = $popular[title];

    }

Then find in popular_thread thread:

PHP Code:


		
			
Most popular thread is <a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$popular[threadid]">$popular[title]</a>

and change it to:

PHP Code:


		
			
Most popular thread is <a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$popular[threadid]">$title</a>

Now with this there will be 25 characters displayed of the Most Popular thread, ofcourse you can change that to your size.

musicfreak12399

06-21-2002 10:29 PM

Is there a way to do this hack for any specific forum? Because that would be really great for my board if there was a way to do that

Chris M

06-22-2002 11:05 AM

Sounds like a great hack!!!

Nice PPN...

And great idea Lesane!!!

Definately installing this one...

Satan

musicfreak12399

06-22-2002 11:29 PM

no one has ansewer to my question? im sure there is a way to do it, but i do not know how...

Quote:

Is there a way to do this hack for any specific forum? Because that would be really great for my board if there was a way to do that

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