vB-marquee - scrolling "recent threads" for non-vb page

Ok, this is my first, and only "hack" (although it's really more of an add-on). It's VERY simple and may not even be worth releasing here, but I thought some people might be able to make use of it.

It is losley based on the Taskbar Ticker by wluke, so props to him.

It provides a scrolling marquee of your most recent threads on a non-vb page. You can easily include this file on your home page, or whereever you need the most recent threads listed.

As it uses the "marquee" tag, it only works in IE. Netscape users will see the list of threads, but it will not scroll.

To install: simply download the attached zip, and place the one file in your vB directory. Configure the variables to your liking, and include the file wherever you wish.

Online demo: http://forums.newbeetle.org/marquee.php

I'd love to hear comments, suggestions, and/or see your modifications to this script. Thanks!

Jeff
www.newbeetle.org

[Lesane]

Nice Hack, Thanks :up:

[xcal]

ok ive installed today the only problem is that i have an invisble moderators forum, and ive asked some of my trusted users and they say they can still see these threads , obviously they cant read the actual threads , but they can still see the topics, access masks are on, and the forum is hidden from them , am i missing something as regards to the marquee config,

its not a major problem in that the users cant read the threads but the titles of some of the mods threads are enough to make you shudder so any advice would be appreciated

[The Realist]

Same here, anyone know the answer!

Originally posted by xcal
ok ive installed today the only problem is that i have an invisble moderators forum, and ive asked some of my trusted users and they say they can still see these threads , obviously they cant read the actual threads , but they can still see the topics, access masks are on, and the forum is hidden from them , am i missing something as regards to the marquee config,

its not a major problem in that the users cant read the threads but the titles of some of the mods threads are enough to make you shudder so any advice would be appreciated

[xcal]

ok temporary fix

find this code in marquee.php

PHP Code:

$latestposts = $DB_site->query("
SELECT threadid, forumid, title, replycount, lastposter, postuserid, postusername 
FROM thread 
ORDER BY lastpost 
DESC LIMIT $number_threads" 


change this line

FROM thread

to

PHP Code:

FROM thread WHERE forumid !='8' 


changing the value 8 for the forum you dont want to include, it seems to work for me, but is obviously not the best fix

[fonzerelli_79]

got the tarket = blank working
cheers jcroft

[fonzerelli_79]

thanks for that xcal, i noticed that too

ive got more than one forum i need to hide though
i used this

PHP Code:

FROM thread WHERE forumid !='16' and forumid !='25' and forumid !='27' 


im just learning sql so if theres a shorter way of doing this then please let me know - this method works though

[lordofgun]

INCREDIBLE HACK! This hack has gotten my visitors' attention!!!

before i installed this recently, we averaged anywhere from 50-75 guests on our boards at once. THAT NUMBER HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED thanks to thyis hack!!! JUST AWESOME! our registration rate has also sped up significantly!

THANKS!

[Mohamed]

nice work man leased: :greedy:

[lordofgun]

QUESTION: How do i get this to refresh automatically every couple of minutes?

Thanks!

[Abbas]

One problem I'm facing is that I've implemented this on my home page and at times, if a user doesnt go to the forums- just the home page, even then all threads are marked as already read. Any way to not make it think that you're on the forums?

http://www.tbreak.com

Thanks
Abbas