[WhaLberg]

Dear James,

Ofcourse it is possible without using any portal system. All you need is a query that will read the threads and order them by dateline. Here is a simple example for you:

PHP Code:

<?php

chdir(path/to/your/forums);
require_once('./global.php');

$threads = $db->query_read("
SELECT title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
ORDER by dateline DESC
LIMIT 0,5
");
while ($thread = $db->fetch_array($threads))
{
echo $thread['title'] . "<br />";
}
?>

The codes above will simply show you the recent 5 threads.