Yes, you could add it to the top of the forums, as another table. You would need to make adjustments to the template.

ok thanks for the info Smoothie. :)

I first want to say... this is awesome. I installed this at www.explosivelabs.com and used the server side include code from the vblite to insert the code. I am trying to have the latest threads listed in my forums as two columns like at http://www.techimo.com/forum/. But I can't figure out the code necessary to make it possible. All I can figure is placing " " in order to space it out.. but that just screws up the listing. I have just taken out the table format from the threadbits template ending up with

<smallfont>$thread[icon] <a href="http://www.explosivelabs.com/forums/showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$thread[threadid]"><b>$thread[title]</b></a> by <a href="member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&userid=$thread[postuserid]">$thread[lastposter]</a></smallfont>

but that alone just lists the latest thread posts side by side. Can someone help me with this? I am still kinda new to hacking vb and new to php code....

I got as far as editing the index.php file, and now Im lost. It says to edit forumhome_threadbits, but I cant find that at all in my forums admin section. Is that what we are supposed to call the ne template? Also, it says to post the $threadbits string anywhere in the forumhome page, but what is the string that we put anywhere? Can the string be placed on a page outside the forum, like my site's main index page, and pull up the last several threads?

You mean like on my site?

yes, that is similar to how I want it to be on the main page of my site, but I still need help with the rest

did you see Tecks earlier post?

Ive read the whole thread, and none of it makes sense to me. Ive added the $threadbits to my mainpage, but it comes out as just text.

what exactly is the code that I am supposed to put on my index page to show the threads: $threadbits ????

I think, other than that, I have figured everything else out

I was going to ask how to change the amount of threads it showed, but I found it myself.

Very nice hack, worked on the first try like a charm on VB 2.3.0

Excellent work! Two Thumbs

*clicks install ;)