[cinq]

Originally Posted by TECK

Here it is a basic example:

$forumperms = array();
foreach ($forumcache AS $forum)
{
	$forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] = fetch_permissions($forum['forumid']);
	if (!($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] and CANVIEW) or !($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] and CANVIEWOTHERS))
	{
		$limitfids .= ',' . $forum['forumid'];
	}
}

$getthreads = $DB_site->query("
	SELECT thread.title, thread.date, thread.time, thread.replycount
	FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
	WHERE open = '1'
	AND thread.lastpost >= " . (time() - 86400) . "
	AND forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
	AND thread.visible = '1'
	ORDER BY lastpost DESC
	LIMIT 5
");

while ($thread = $DB_site->fetch_array($getthreads))
{
	$thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 68));
	$thread['date'] = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $thread['lastpost'], 1);
	$thread['time'] = vbdate($vboptions['timeformat'], $thread['lastpost']);
	$thread['replycount'] = vb_number_format($thread['replycount']);

	eval('$threadbits .= "' . fetch_template('myowntemplate_latestthreadbit') . '";');
}

unset($forum, $thread, $threads);
$DB_site->free_result($getthreads);

A typo in red ?

Originally Posted by TECK

$forumperms = array();
foreach ($forumcache AS $forum)
{
	$forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] = fetch_permissions($forum['forumid']);
	if (!($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] and CANVIEW) or !($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] and CANVIEWOTHERS))
	{
		$limitfids .= ',' . $forum['forumid'];
	}
}

$getthreads = $DB_site->query("
	SELECT thread.title, thread.date, thread.time, thread.replycount, f.title as forumtitle
	FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as f
        ON f.forumid = thread.forumid
	WHERE thread.open = '1'
	AND thread.lastpost >= " . (time() - 86400) . "
	AND  thread.forumid NOT IN ($limitfids)
	AND thread.visible = '1'
	ORDER BY  thread.lastpost DESC
	LIMIT 5
");

while ($thread = $DB_site->fetch_array($getthreads))
{
	$thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 68));
	$thread['date'] = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $thread['lastpost'], 1);
	$thread['time'] = vbdate($vboptions['timeformat'], $thread['lastpost']);
	$thread['replycount'] = vb_number_format($thread['replycount']);
        $forumname = $thread['forumtitle'];
	eval('$threadbits .= "' . fetch_template('myowntemplate_latestthreadbit') . '";');
}

unset($forum, $thread, $threads);
$DB_site->free_result($getthreads);

Adding on to TECK's code, this should give you the forum of that particular thread as well. ( use $forumname in your template ).
Changes in red bold

Hope that helps.