Can you Pre-Define Order Of News Shown With News Slideshow?

[SBlueman]

He stopped supporting it a long time ago, it became a member-supported mod. Anyway, I found the solution in case anyone wants it.

You'll need to install this modification: vb_Cement

Then if you have the joombla slideshow, open the "mod_fpslideshow.php" file. Search for "sticky" (only one instance in the entire file) and replace with "threadweight".

Old line of code:

$getnews = $db->query_read("SELECT threadid from ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread WHERE attach !='0' AND forumid in($forumid) ORDER by sticky DESC, threadid DESC LIMIT $limit");

New line of code:

$getnews = $db->query_read("SELECT threadid from ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread WHERE attach !='0' AND forumid in($forumid) ORDER by threadweight DESC, threadid DESC LIMIT $limit");

Now use the vb_Cement modification to arrange your sticky news items in the forum you are pulling the news from. Enjoy!