That's slick max, on my site I think it will compliment the featured block nicely.
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On another note, I did the exact same thing in mine, then ended up removing it. You can comment out and/or delete the global.php require once, I believe. And if you replace $forumurl with $vboptions[bburl]/ in the code, then folks don't have to edit the php file at all and that can be commented out or removed too.
I'm seeing if I can edit the template now to see if it can have alternating cell bgcolors as with recent posts.
Great addition. Now if I can just figure out why mine breaks if there's no featured article...
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Got the cell alternating bgcolor working, this module is running on
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com now. Thanks again Max, great addition! If you (Max) want to see my modifications, just PM me with your email and I'll shoot it over to you.