[edward hamilton]

After having trouble with this mod I uninstalled it and used this code to get a list of recent posts. Nothing fancy but it works by making a plugin. If you don't know how to do it there are other threads about that.
I used cache_templates as the Hook Location. You can call it anything you want to.

PHP Code:

$numposts='5';


    $thrdqry = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
        SELECT forumid,threadid, title, dateline, lastpost, visible, open, lastposter      
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
                WHERE forumid NOT IN (100,200,300)  AND visible = '1' 
        ORDER BY lastpost DESC
          LIMIT 0, $numposts ");

        while ($thrds = mysql_fetch_array($thrdqry))    
    {

    $ttid = $thrds[threadid]; 
        $pstqry = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
        SELECT postid      
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post                        
                WHERE threadid= $ttid 
                ORDER BY postid DESC");

        $psts = mysql_fetch_array($pstqry);
 
        $pstid = $psts[postid];
            

$lastposted .=<<<EOD
<tr><td class="smallfont">

<b><a href="showthread.php?p=$pstid#post$pstid">$thrds[title] </a></b></td><tr>
<tr><td>$thrds[lastposter]<hr> </td></tr>
EOD;
            
    }
        $db->free_result($thrds);
                $db->free_result($psts); 


I put $lastposted in my Ultimate Side Column block after adding a heading called Recent Posts.

I hope this helps someone.