a bit reluctant to post this...

[Noiz Pollution]

Hi folks,

Like the thread title says I'm feeling a bit reluctant to post this as I'm imagining I'll get a whole load of replies along the lines of "use the search!".

Anyway, I'm currently in the process of designing a new custom homepage for forums owned by my associate (not registered here) and I've installed this [hack] to give me the basic outline.

The page will be mostly static except for the inclusion of posts from 3 announcements forums (the site is irish dance based and needs 1 general, 1 for feis events and 1 for shows) and I'm wondering how I would go about including them. The feis announcements would be the main focus showing a limited version of the post with the other 2 in the right hand column showing only the thread name linking to the threads. I would need to be able to limit the number of threads showing for each of these as well.

I'd imagine I'll have to create a whole new set of custom templates for this which I'm more than happy to do, I'm just stumped as to where to start with the actual coding.


If anybody can point me at a how-to or anything else which may help it would be much appreciated, I've had a look at the current portal systems available but they seem a little too complex for our needs.


Cheers,
Robert