vBExternal v1.6

Well, this doesn't modify any php, nor use a plugin, so i wasn't sure exactly where to stick it

Anyhow, this is a port of the vBExternal for vb 3.0.7, so look at this thread for more information: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=81943

Enjoy

- Zero Tolerance

[blue6995]

I am obviously doing something wrong - I keep getting this message when trying to open a test webpage I produced calling vb stats

Warning: main(./includes/db_mysql.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/18/d121175559/htdocs/vBulletin/vBExternal.php on line 67

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './includes/db_mysql.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /homepages/18/d121175559/htdocs/vBulletin/vBExternal.php on line 67

Any idea what is wrong?

[i-Symbian.Com]

Great Hack!!!

3 questions :-

1. How to display News from multiple forum ids?

################################################## #
# Displaying News

<?php
output_News(5,4);
?>

# Change '5' to the amount you want to show
# Change '4' to the forum id you want to pull
# news from (must be set - only 1 forum id allowed)
################################################## #

2. How to display time of the post in the News?

3. How to limit characters in the News to a specified number. e.g. the first1500 characters and add a "Read more"?

Cheers!

[majorxp]

Originally Posted by azmi

is it possible to display the message in the last news ?
maybe like in the last X posts 3.1 ?

I would love to know this as well.

[mikehawk]

Warning: main(./realboards/vBExternal.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.gambia/realopin/realopinion.com/index.php on line 3

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './realboards/vBExternal.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/.gambia/realopin/realopinion.com/index.php on line 3

:ermm:

[mikehawk]

Alright it is now working on my index.

Now, how do I change the font, etc? It is taken strictly from my html code specs in my index.html or from VBexternal.php?

[mikehawk]

NVM, i'm an idiot. :disappointed:

[BassX]

Originally Posted by i-Symbian.Com

2. How to display time of the post in the News?

Cheers!

Find the following in ouput_News()

PHP Code:

array(
        'threadid'     => $News['threadid'],
        'threadname' => $News['title'],
        'postuserid' => $News['postuserid'],
        'postusername' => $News['postusername'],
        'post'         => $bbcode_parser->parse(unhtmlspecialchars($News['pagetext']), $f),
        'comments'     => vb_number_format($News['replycount']),
) 


And add the following to the array:

PHP Code:

'date'     => vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $News['dateline']),
'time'     => vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $News['dateline']), 


Then add date and time to your template.

[xug]

Would be cool if this could be updated to vB 3.5.1

[i-Symbian.Com]

@BassX,

Thanks a million!

xug

I'm using vb 3.51 and it works perfectly!

Cheers!

[i-Symbian.Com]

I will answer my own question here

How to limit News to certain characters?

Open vBexternal.php

Find

PHP Code:

'post'         => $bbcode_parser->parse(unhtmlspecialchars($News['pagetext']), $f), 


Replace with

PHP Code:

'post'         => $bbcode_parser->parse(unhtmlspecialchars(substr ($News['pagetext'],0,250)), $f), 


Change 250 to any numbers you wish and this will be pulled from the database.

Cheers!