Adding the latest threads block as a separate page.

[Nocturnal222]

Originally Posted by grey_goose

You'll need to write a query (see second link) and register it for use in that template. If you're not familiar with SQL queries, then you're probably best off just finding a mod like this.

That modification is basically what I'm trying to do, but I need it to be lightweight. The launcher is pretty ancient and I'm not sure how well it would handle such a news feed.

Mark, if you are referring to the content of my .php file, it is as Lynne suggested for a start.

PHP Code:

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'rmulauncher');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);  
// change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array('rmulauncher',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
// chdir ('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('./global.php');

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Rise News'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'Rise News';

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######

$templater = vB_Template::create('rmulauncher');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());

?>

I'm not very familiar with scripts, so this is basically what I need help with right now till I get my head around it a bit more. Someone else had been doing this for me up until recently.

The script I'm using for this block is the default vBulletin 4 Latest Threads script.