Latest XX Threads on Forumhome Page

This hack will add your latest xx threads to your forum home page.
The good part is that you can do all this with only 1 query.

The following options are available:
- number of threads displayed
- alternating background color (same like the showthread view)
- thread's title (with link)
- thread's title lenght (just in case you use it in a small table)
- thread's icon
- thread's date and time
- thread's starter (with link)
- thread's no. of views
- thread's no. of replies

[high]The hack uses each forum's permissions.[/high]
In other words, if you have a private forum, your private threads will not show unless you have permissions to view them.

ESTIMATED INSTALL TIME: 5 minutes
REQUESTED BY: Nobody
TESTED IN VERSION: 2.2.7

To download the latest version of this hack, click below:

[FreeTerran]

Could someone here post the code that the users they didn't have access to the forum see any other name something like "Secret" ?

[gldtn]

Is there a way I can use this code on an Index.php page on my root folder other than my Forum folder.. So instead of me putting this code in my forumhome template.. I'll just put it on an index page outside of my forum's directory.

thanks a lot

[dkny]

can someone tell me how I can change the code to link to the 1st page of each thread instead of the last and want "Thread Starter" instead of "Last Poster. Any help would be much appreciated. I actually got this hack to work with my postnuke site.

[Onkel_Tom]

Is there a way to show also the forum name in which this thread is posted on the index screen ?

[dontpanic]

Originally Posted by Onkel_Tom

Is there a way to show also the forum name in which this thread is posted on the index screen ?

A friend and I have been working on this off an on for some time, but we can't get the table joins right.

[vdich]

Hi

is it possible to put in the $threadbits in the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost Template ?

What should i change ?

thanks a lot for your help... !

[WeBBy]

This hack can be modified to show the latest posts from a single forum simply by putting forumid=xx in the index.php file (instructions are provided in this discuission). However, I have multiple index pages that are template controlled and would like to call the forumid through the template rather than index.php. Is that possible??

I removed the forumid=xx and it lists the latest posts from all forums (as expected). Inserting the Forumid in the template, e.g.,
showthread.php?s=&forumid=3&$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$thread[threadid]
doesnt do anything.

Does anyone know how this might be acomplishised?

Thanx

[vdich]

Hi thanks for the great hack, but what should i do, when i want inside the Latest XX Threads on Forumhome Page in the Footer ?!?!?

Thanks for your answer

[vdich]

Hi thanks for the great hack, it works perfect (www.informatikboard.ch)

But i have another question.

the $threaddate and $threadtime is always the time from the beginning of the thread.

Is it possible to show always the time from the last answer ?

thanks

[Onkel_Tom]

just use $lastpostdate and $lastposttime in your template to show time and date of the last post.