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Latest Blogs on Home Page · **Released**: 08-29-2007

This will display the last 5 blogs on the home page blow the What's Going On box. See screenshot for example.

Installation is easy, just import the product and make the template edit.

Update 9/2/07: Removed the template edit from the What's going on box and added it below. With the table structure it makes more sense in this modification. If you have already installed it, apply the template edit again.

RSS_Instructions
This is an alternative method to the above that will display the last 10, this was taken from one of the admins over at vbulletin.com that originally wrote it for the latest threads and modified for this. It's display is not as clean but it will not show blogs that are hidden and I have yet to work that out for the above method.

NFLfbJunkie · #52 09-04-2007, 02:28 AM

Yeah, I can't figure it out either. When I paste the old template code I get all four columns showing information, but when I paste the new code I do not. Here is the old code:

HTML Code:

<!-- Latest Blogs -->
  <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
 <tr>
  <td class="thead" colspan="2">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('latest_blogs')"><img id="collapseimg_latest_blogs" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_latest_blogs].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
      <a href="blog.php">Latest Blogs</a>
  </td>
 </tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_latest_blogs" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_latest_blogs]">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt1">
   <table border="0" width="100%">
 <tr>
  <td class="thead">Author</td>
  <td class="thead">Title</td>
  <td class="thead">Views</td>
  <td class="thead">Date</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>$spitblogs_username</td>
  <td>$spitblogs_title</td>
  <td>$spitblogs_views</td>
  <td>$spitblogs_date</td>
 </tr>
</table>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Latest Blogs -->

I have pasted the Latest Blogs above the "What's Going On" and below, and get the same results. Is there some code in the FORUMHOME template that must be near your code? I am completely baffled.

ericgtr · #53 09-04-2007, 02:40 AM

I see an extra quote in the latest code (fixed now) will you try applying the template edit again and let me know?

NFLfbJunkie · #54 09-04-2007, 02:44 AM

I reimported the product and pasted your modified code and still is not working right for me. Would you mind looking at my FORUMHOME template?

HTML Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
 <!-- no cache headers -->
 <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
 <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
 <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
 <!-- end no cache headers -->
 $headinclude
 <title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<!-- main -->
$forumbits
$forumhome_markread_script
<!-- /main -->
<!-- Latest Blogs -->
  <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
 <tr>
  <td class="tcat" colspan="4">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('latest_blogs')"><img id="collapseimg_latest_blogs" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_latest_blogs].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
      <a href="blog.php">Latest Blogs</a>
  </td>
 </tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_latest_blogs" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_latest_blogs]">
 <tr>
  <td class="thead">Author</td>
  <td class="thead">Title</td>
  <td class="thead">Views</td>
  <td class="thead">Date</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td class="smallfont">$spitblogs_username</td>
  <td class="smallfont">$spitblogs_title</td>
  <td class="smallfont">$spitblogs_views</td>
  <td class="smallfont">$spitblogs_date</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Latest Blogs -->
<br>
<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
 <tr>
  <td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
 </tr>
</thead>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
 <tr>
  <td class="thead" colspan="2">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
   <a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%">
   <div class="smallfont">
    <div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
    <div>$activeusers</div>
   </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
 <tr>
  <td class="thead" colspan="2">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
   <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%">
  <div class="smallfont">
   <div>
    $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
    $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
    $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
     <span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
    </if>
   </div>
   <div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
  </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
 <tr>
  <td class="thead" colspan="2">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
   $vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
 <tr>
  <td class="thead" colspan="2">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
   <if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
  </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<tbody>
 <tr>
  <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
   <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
   <if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
   <a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
  </strong></div></td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->
<!-- icons and login code -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
 <td align="center">
  <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
   <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
   <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
   <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
   <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
   <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
   <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
  </tr>
  </table>
 </td>
</tr>
 <if condition="!$show['guest']">
<tr>
  <!-- member logout -->
  <td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>
  <!-- end member logout -->
</tr>
 </if>
</table>
<!-- / icons and login code -->
$footer
</body>
</html>

ericgtr · #55 09-04-2007, 02:53 AM

That looks right to me. Can you try to apply this (just the template code) to your vb default template and see if you get the same results, just to test it out.

NFLfbJunkie · #56 09-04-2007, 02:57 AM

This is my default FORUMHOME template. This is totally weird.

xug · #57 09-06-2007, 12:39 PM

I believe you get a better look when you use the following code:

Code:

<!-- end what's going on box -->

<!-- Latest Blogs -->
		<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="5">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('latest_blogs')"><img id="collapseimg_latest_blogs" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_latest_blogs].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
      <a href="blog.php">Latest Blogs</a>
		</td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_latest_blogs" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_latest_blogs]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2" style="width: 27px"> </td>
		<td class="thead">Author</td>
		<td class="thead">Title</td>
		<td class="thead">Views</td>
		<td class="thead">Date</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2" style="width: 27px"><a href="blog.php"><img src="images/misc/blog.png" alt="View Blog Index" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$spitblogs_username</div></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$spitblogs_title</div></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$spitblogs_views</div></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$spitblogs_date</div></td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Latest Blogs -->
<br />

Peter_Rosado · #58 09-12-2007, 09:26 PM

can you please make it show the last 5 blogs that have been updated instead of the last blogs posted

so if a user updates his blog, he won't appear in the 5 spaces and he would let other users appear

that would be nice

dirtycrow · #59 09-12-2007, 11:25 PM

i installed this (after RSS instructions) and now i have this error on the top of my forum

Quote:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '*' in /home/XXX/public_html/forums/index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 139

I already unistalled both plug ins and the error still exisits. please help.

now I tried to reinstall the product and get this

Quote:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '*' in /home/kappat2/public_html/forums/index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 171

ericgtr · #60 09-12-2007, 11:41 PM

The RSS is separate, the two should not be installed together. If everything is pulled you should have no errors. Make sure remove the forumhome_start plugin from the RSS instructions, it's under vbulletin titled "Latest Blogs" (it's not a part of the original plugin) it's under vbulletin.

dirtycrow · #61 09-13-2007, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericgtr

The RSS is separate, the two should not be installed together. If everything is pulled you should have no errors. Make sure remove the forumhome_start plugin from the RSS instructions, it's under vbulletin titled "Latest Blogs" (it's not a part of the original plugin) it's under vbulletin.

thank did it, thanks

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