Couldnt find a featured block / attempted making one / [not a coder]

[imported_infitech]

I couldn't find a featured block for photopost pro 5.6.1 that worked the way i wanted it to, so what i did was attempt to make one. Im not a coder so this was the best i could do.


what i did was get rid of
$header
$navbar
in the forumhome

and edited the plugin with

include('./gallery/index_featured.php');

and used a file that i created out of the gallery index that i saved as index_featured.php
the code is as follows:

PHP Code:

<?php
//////////////////////////// COPYRIGHT NOTICE //////////////////////////////
// This script is part of PhotoPost PHP, a software application by        //
// All Enthusiast, Inc.  Use of any kind of part or all of this           //
// script or modification of this script requires a license from All      //
// Enthusiast, Inc.  Use or modification of this script without a license //
// constitutes Software Piracy and will result in legal action from All   //
// Enthusiast, Inc.  All rights reserved.                                 //
// http://www.photopost.com      legal@photopost.com                      //
// Contributing Developer: Michael Pierce (http://www.mdpnet.com)         //
//                                                                        //
//            PhotoPost Copyright 2006, All Enthusiast, Inc.              //
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

if ( isset($argv[0]) && is_numeric($argv[0]) )
{
    header("Location: {$Globals['maindir']}/showphoto.php?photo={$argv[0]}");
    exit;
}

require "pp-inc.php";

$PATH_INFO = findenv("PATH_INFO");
if ( isset($PATH_INFO) && $Globals['spider'] == "yes" )
{
    $test = explode('/', substr($PATH_INFO,1));
    for( $i=0; $i < count($test); $i++ )
    {
        if( $i % 2 == 0 )
        {
            $_REQUEST[$test[$i]] = $test[$i+1];
        }
    }
}

if ( file_exists("{$Globals['maindir']}/install.php") || file_exists("{$Globals['maindir']}/upgrade.php") )
{
    diewell( "For security reasons, please remove the install.php and upgrade.php scripts from the PhotoPost directory before proceeding." );
}

typecast($_REQUEST, array('page' => INT, 'cat' => INT));
typecast($_COOKIE, array('ppcollapse' => STRING));

// Init variables
if ( empty($page) ) $page = 1;

authenticate();

if ( $Globals['ppboards'] == "closed" && $User['adminedit'] != 1 )
{
    diewell( $Globals['closedmsg'] );
}

$tablehead = $Globals['pp_lang']['tablehead'];

if ( $cat > 0 )
{
    if ($CatPerms['ugview'][$cat] == 1 )
    {
        diewell( $Globals['pp_lang']['noview'] );
    }

    if ( trim($CatPerms['catpass'][$cat]) && $User['adminedit'] != 1 )
    {
        if ( !isset($catp) ) $catp = null;

        if ( $catp != $CatPerms['catpass'][$cat] )
        {
            get_password( $cat );
            exit;
        }
    }

    $ctitleq = ppmysql_query("SELECT id,theme,sortorder,frames,intro,introtitle,introcopy FROM {$Globals['pp_db_prefix']}categories WHERE id=$cat", $link);
    $catinfo = mysql_fetch_array($ctitleq);

    if ( !preg_match("/([\<])([^\>]{1,})*([\>])/i", $catinfo['introtitle']) ) {
        $catinfo['introtitle'] = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/i","<br />", $catinfo['introtitle']);
    }

    if ( !preg_match("/([\<])([^\>]{1,})*([\>])/i", $catinfo['introcopy']) ) {
        $catinfo['introcopy'] = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/i","<br />", $catinfo['introcopy']);
    }

    // Nonstandard theme
    if ( $catinfo['theme'] )
    {
        $Globals['theme'] = $catinfo['theme'];
        if ( is_dir( "{$Globals['PP_PATH']}/stylesheets/{$Globals['theme']}" ) )
        {
            $Globals['idir'] = "{$Globals['maindir']}/stylesheets/{$Globals['theme']}";
        }
    }

    // Non standard frames
    if ( !empty($catinfo['frames']) )
    {
        unset( $Globals['thumbstd'] );
        include( "{$Globals['PP_PATH']}/{$Globals['TMPL_PATH']}/{$catinfo['frames']}.tmpl" );
    }

    if ( $User['userid'] > 0 && $Globals['displaynew'] == "yes" )
    {
        ppmysql_query("REPLACE INTO {$Globals['pp_db_prefix']}laston VALUES($cat,{$User['userid']},$lasttimeon)", $link);
    }

    $tablehead = $CatPerms['catname'][$cat];
    childsub($cat);
    $childnav = "<span class=\"{$Style['small']}\"><a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}</a> $childnav</span>";
    $searchcat = $cat;
}
else
{
    if ( $User['username'] && $User['username'] != "Unregistered" )
    {
        $childnav = "{$Globals['pp_lang']['welcomeuser']} {$User['username']}";
    }
    else
    {
        $childnav = "{$Globals['pp_lang']['welcome']} {$Globals['galleryname']}!";
    }
    $searchcat = "all";
}

topmenu();
printheader( $cat, $tablehead );


      

//
// Generate the page
//


if ( $Globals['mostrecent'] == "yes" && $Globals['recentdefault'] == "no" && $page == 1 )
{
    display_gallery("latest");
}

if ( $Globals['mostrecent'] == "yes" && $Globals['recentdefault'] == "yes" && $page == 1 )
{
    display_gallery("latest");
}


?>

This seemed to work well accept for the fact that none of my phrases are showing.



SCREENSHOTS ARE ATTACHED



My post at the Photopost pro "mods" forum:

Originally Posted by sinjix;1181322 @photopost.com

Is there any way i can set them to regular thumbnails?

Originally Posted by sinjix;1182876 @photopost.com

can u please instruct me as to how i would have my thumbnails show up as regular thumbnails without rounded edges?