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About Developer · **Released**: 03-25-2001

UPDATED! Not a new version number, but a bug fix.
Fixed another bug with using forum titles and included forums.

New update: *Actually* fixed the bug with the forums this time.

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It's my best work to date (if I do say so myself

) and I think you'll like it and like all the configuration you can do.

This image shows the script with all of the columns on, and parsing [code], smilies, and the post icon, as well as showing the forum title before the thread title.

This image shows the script with all the columns off except $lastpostdate, and the $tw (table width) set to 600, and $showdate set to 0 (to just show the last post time).

This image shows the same as #2, except $tw is blank (allowing the table to compact and remove the empty space automatically).

Hack version: 1.0.1

Changes since version 1.0.0: Fixed small bug.

Changes since version 0.1.0: Parses [ b], [ i], [ u], [ code], and [ quote] within the "last post". Displays the icon of the post, or the thread if there is no post icon. Parses smilies. New option to convert new lines to <br> so the post appears as the author wrote it (note: may cause problems if there are large breaks in posts).

Changes since version 0.0.2: New option to show the text of the last post of a thread (also option to limit the number of characters of the post displayed). New option to set the table width, as a percent, a number of pixels, or just let the table size naturally. New option to show just the time of the last post, instead of the date *and* the time. New option to show a thin line around the cells (cell spacing).

Changes since version 0.0.1: Include only specific forums, or set to allow all forums except certain excluded forums. New option to display a "Last post date" column with the last post date and time, formatted with your board's date & time setting. Fixed a bug with font and font size. Split the config into a separate file to make editing easier.

For version: v2 betas 3, 4, 5, RC1, RC2.

Files needed: last10.php, last10config.php (see attached zip file).

Files to edit: last10config.php (see attached zip file).

Possible file locations: Anywhere, as long as the relative path to config.php and the URL to your board are correct. Also, you must put last10.php and last10config.php in the same directory!

Instructions
1] Unzip the files last10.php and last10config.php to your hard drive.
2] Open last10config.php in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad (Windows), SimpleText (Mac), EditPlus, UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. (DO NOT use WYSIWYG HTML editors such as FrontPage, HotDog, DreamWeaver, etc. They will in all likelyhood screw up the file! I will not be able to support you if you edit the file in one of these programs.)
3] Edit the variables at the top. These are:

$path > path to your config.php file (usually in the /admin directory) - NO TRAILING SLASH! and DO NOT PUT config.php at the end of it! ( e.g. forums/admin )
$url > URL to your board - NO TRAILING SLASH! ( e.g. http://www.mysite.com/forums )
$urlimg > URL to your board's images - NO TRAILING SLASH ( e.g. http://www.mysite.com/forums/images ).
$maxthreads > max threads to show. will show less if $last24 or $last7 limits it to less results than this number
$ob > determines the sort order of the list. replycount and views are numbers, lastposter is a name, title is the name of the thread, and lastpost is the last posts' date. set to one of the following: replycount , views , lastposter , title , lastpost (lastpost is most popular. it's the thread most recently replied to, then the second-to-last most recent, etc.)
$obdir > set to "desc" or "asc". which direction to sort? "desc" goes from bottom to top (9 to 1, z to a, etc.). "asc" goes top to bottom (1 to 9, a to z, etc.)
$last24 > set to 1 to limit the possible results to the last 24 hours; 0 for no limit (must set this to 0 if $last7 is set to 1)
$last7 > set to 1 to limit the possible results to the last 7 days; 0 for no limit (must set this to 0 if $last24 is set to 1)
$bc1 > first alt color (for the alternating colored rows)
$bc2 > second alt color
$hc > head background color (title, last poster, etc.)
$lc > text link color
$tc > text color
$f > font face
$fs > font size in points. 6 is on the small side, 10 on the large side. Put only a number in this - no "pt", "pts", or anything else!
$lastposter > show the "last poster" column? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$views > show the view count for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$replies > show the reply count for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$lastpostdate > show the last post date and time for each thread? 1 = yes; 0 = no
$len > maximum number of characters of the title to show. e.g. if the title is 60 characters and this is set to 25, only the first 25 characters of the title will be shown (followed by ...)
$excludeforums > List certain forums to be excluded. Best used if you have a large number of forums you *do* want included and only a few that you want excluded. List them separated by commas, but without spaces - e.g. 1,2,3,4 - and DO NOT fill in both this and $includeforums! Use one or the other.
$includeforums > List certain forums to be included. Best used if you have a small number of forums that you want included and a large number you want excluded. List them separated by commas, but without spaces - e.g. 1,2,3,4 - and DO NOT fill in both this and $excludeforums! Use one or the other.
$showmessages > If you want to show the last post of the thread as well, set this to 1. You can limit the number of characters displayed in $lplen below.
$lplen > If you specify a number here, any post that has more than $lplen number of characters will be reduced to this number and "..." added to the end of it. If you don't want to use this feature, leave it blank e.g. "" - remember though that if $showmessages is set to 0, this won't do anything.
$tw > If you want to specify the width of the table, you can set it as a percent e.g. 95% or as a number of pixels e.g. 300 or just leave it blank and the table will size itself.
$showdate > If you want to show the date *and* the time, set this to 1. If you want to just show the time, set this to 0.
$cs > If you want a thin line around your cells, set this to 1 (or higher - experiment!). Set to 0 for no line.
$nb > if you want breaks in text to appear as such, set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0 (this may cause problems if there are large breaks in the text)
$showforumtitle > if you want to show the forum title, linked to that forum, for each thread also (forum title: thread title) then set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0.
$showicon > if you want to show the icon the author chose for their post, set this to 1. otherwise set it to 0.

4] Upload both last10.php and last10config.php to your website. You can include last10.php as follows. To include it on a PHP-parsed page (.php, .php3, .phtml, etc.):
<? include("last10.php"); ?>
To include it on a server-parsed page (.shtml, .shtm, .ssi, etc.):


Instructions are also included in the zip file (last10.txt).

FEEDBACK WANTED!

Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted!

Please DO NOT contact me via IM or PM about this hack. Post your problem/question here and I will try to help you.

Ryan McBain · #**412** 12-06-2002, 03:05 AM

This hack is great. My question is how do I change it show it shows the actual date and time of the last post? You can see what I have done at http://www.ryanmcbain.com

Visionray · #**413** 12-06-2002, 06:34 AM

open up last10config.php and find this code

Code:

$lastpostdate = "0"; // show last post date and time? 1 = yes; 0 = no

Change the "0" to "1"

Also, look for this code

Code:

$showdate = "0"; // show the date, as well as the time? if the posts that show up in the list are likely to all be 
from today (or you set $last24 to "1"), 
you can set this to 0. if the posts are spread over multiple days, you probably want this set to 1.

Change that "0" to "1" as well.

Changing both of those will display both the date and time. If you only want to show the time, then just change the second code I posted to 1, and leave the first to 0.

Dude, if you can find a way to make the links bold I will give you a million dollars. It would look much nicer bold don't you think? I haven't been able to find a way.

Ryan McBain · #**414** 12-08-2002, 02:49 PM

I did that and nothing happens. And also. I made a new thread just to check and see if the hack works. And the same 5 threads are up there. I must of done something wrong there, and thats why I cant get the hack to show the date and time.

DO you have any suggestions?

Quote:

Originally posted by Visionray
open up last10config.php and find this code

Code:

$lastpostdate = "0"; // show last post date and time? 1 = yes; 0 = no

Change the "0" to "1"

Also, look for this code

Code:

$showdate = "0"; // show the date, as well as the time? if the posts that show up in the list are likely to all be from today (or you set $last24 to "1"), you can set this to 0. if the posts are spread over multiple days, you probably want this set to 1.

Change that "0" to "1" as well.

Changing both of those will display both the date and time. If you only want to show the time, then just change the second code I posted to 1, and leave the first to 0.

Dude, if you can find a way to make the links bold I will give you a million dollars. It would look much nicer bold don't you think? I haven't been able to find a way.

Katman · #**415** 12-09-2002, 02:38 AM

So far I love this hack but............

The smilies in the post don't show up, and I can't put forumid's in both the $excludeforums and $includeforums. If I put numbers seperated by commas without spaces into both of these I get an error: "Error: $includeforums and $excludeforums are both set with numbers. Please remove the numbers from one of these two to proceed."

$path = "forums/admin"; // path to your config.php file (usually in the /admin directory) - NO TRAILING SLASH! Do not include "config.php"
$url = "http://www.katanaplanet.com/forums"; // URL to your board - NO TRAILING SLASH!
$urlimg = "http://www.katanaplanet.com/forums/images"; // URL to your board's images - NO TRAILING

Smilies Source Code as displayed by browser with above configuration:
<img src="http://www.katanaplanet.com/forums//forums/images/smilies/cool.gif" border=0>

Web Site:
http://www.katanaplanet.com

ericsmith · #**416** 12-12-2002, 10:18 PM

Could you add ability to show the Rating column in the next version.

rharbison · #**417** 12-18-2002, 03:16 AM

Can this hack be installed to a regular html page? The instructions say the following:

> To include it on a PHP-parsed page (.php, .php3, .phtml, etc.)...
> To include it on a server-parsed page (.shtml, .shtm, .ssi, etc.)...

I want to install it on my index.html page. I'd really rather not change that to index.php or index.shtml etc, as it's currently listed on google etc as index.html

Can I use this without changing the page type/extension?

Hal · #**418** 12-20-2002, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rharbison
Can this hack be installed to a regular html page? The instructions say the following:

> To include it on a PHP-parsed page (.php, .php3, .phtml, etc.)...
> To include it on a server-parsed page (.shtml, .shtm, .ssi, etc.)...

I want to install it on my index.html page. I'd really rather not change that to index.php or index.shtml etc, as it's currently listed on google etc as index.html

Can I use this without changing the page type/extension?

With an Apache server, you can use the "XBitHack on" directive in an .htaccess file and chmod the html file to be executable. This adds to server load somewhat but will parse the html files for server side includes. (If you are on a shared host, check with host staff first).

Ryan McBain · #**419** 12-20-2002, 02:56 AM

I got it to work, check it out at http://www.ryanmcbain.com

julius · #**420** 01-01-2003, 07:38 AM

I want to exclude some threads to show, but config let me only to exclude some forum.
Anyone know if is it possible?

jimmy mac · #**421** 01-10-2003, 06:33 AM

i'm having a problem getting anything to show up. i am pretty sure i configured everything right but i'm adding this to a block on nuke and nothing happens when i add the code to pull up last10.php.

i even tried uploading a plain html page and trying it and still got nothing. any ideas on what i'm doing wrong? i have both the .php files uploaded to my main directory.

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