[kira]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Yes, the current forumhome patch only gives statistics. It is not difficult to provide another plugin to produce the most recent entries. How do you want this to look? Whereabouts on the page, what content, etc.

Wow, thank you! Well, my setup is a two-column site, and I hope to put the list in the sidebar. To get an idea of what I mean, maybe check out the "current topics" section of the lefthand sidebar over on my test site. (It's still very much in progress, so pardon the messy appearance.) I'd love to include a section for "Newest Links" that's auto-populated.

I guess to keep it flexible so that others besides me would find such a plugin useful, maybe the best format would be a straightforward table, looking much like a vbadvanced block. Or even better, an unordered list? They're so easily styled through css, if one chooses.

As far as content goes... I guess just listing the link/resource title, date of addition (optional?) and submitter (optional?) would be useful. Some might like the option of a brief description, but that's probably too messy.

Most important would be a list in reverse chron order, but if it's at all possible, "what's popular" and/or "highest rated" lists would be terrific additions.

(I'm really surprised no one else has asked for this yet! Do most people use the vbadvanced modules?)

Thanks so much for considering this, Andrew. You're really tops in my book. I've never seen a coder who's so incredibly diligent at supporting a free mod!