[Wayne Luke]

I am testing this on a new forum and was getting a Javascript error because of the for loop. It was hardcoded to a set amount of 15. I didn't have 15 threads yet.

Anyway, I made the following change to to the template and it eliminates it:

<if condition="$vboptions['externaljs']"> 
<!-- show latest active threads --> 
<br />
<table class="tborder" width="100%" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0">
<tbody> 
<tr> 
<td class="thead" colspan="2"> 
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('portal_external')"><img id="collapseimg_portal_external" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_portal_external].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> 
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$vbphrase[latest_threads]</a> 
</td> 
</tr> 
</tbody> 
<tbody id="collapseobj_portal_external" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_portal_external]"> 

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ridersofconquest.org/forum/external.php?type=js"></script> 
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
<!-- 
for (x in threads) 
{ 
document.writeln("<tr><td class=\"alt1\" width=\"100%\"><div class=\"smallfont\"><img class=\"inlineimg\" src=\"$stylevar[imgdir_button]/lastpost.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /> <a href=\"$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"\">"+threads[x].title+"</a><br /><span class=\"time\">($vbphrase[posted_by]: "+threads[x].poster+")</div></td></tr>"); 
} 
//--> 
</script>
</tbody> 
<!-- show latest active threads --> 
</table>
</if>

This has the added benefit of utilizing vB's maximum external records option under vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider. That way people can have the number they choose.