How to insert 10 last forumposts on startpage?

[Holger]

After i dont got a question in vldpersonals forum, i try here. I can not work with rss and i dont want to. I need a real implementation of forumposts.

I use VLD 2.5.6 and PunBB

[admin]

I google and found nothing for punbb but I found it for phpbb instead ...
maybe you can figure it out if you read this code ...

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<?php
    // How Many Topics you want to display?
    $topicnumber = 5;
    // Scrolling towards up or down?
    $scroll = "up";
    // Change this to your phpBB path
    $urlPath = "/forum";

    // Database Configuration (Where your phpBB config.php file is located)
    include 'forum/config.php';

    $table_topics = $table_prefix. "topics";
    $table_forums = $table_prefix. "forums";
    $table_posts = $table_prefix. "posts";
    $table_users = $table_prefix. "users";
    $link = mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpasswd") or die("Could not connect");
    mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Could not select database");

    $query = "SELECT t.topic_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_last_post_id, t.forum_id, p.post_id, p.poster_id, p.post_time, u.user_id, u.username
    FROM $table_topics t, $table_forums f, $table_posts p, $table_users u
    WHERE t.topic_id = p.topic_id AND
    f.forum_id = t.forum_id AND
    t.forum_id != 4 AND
    t.topic_status <> 2 AND
    p.post_id = t.topic_last_post_id AND
    p.poster_id = u.user_id
    ORDER BY p.post_id DESC LIMIT $topicnumber";
    $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed");                           

    print "<table cellpadding='3' cellSpacing='2' width='170'>";
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {

    echo  "<tr valign='top'><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#000000\"><b><a href=\"$urlPath/viewtopic.php?f=$row[forum_id]&t=$row[topic_id]&p=$row[post_id]#p$row[post_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
    $row["topic_title"] .
    "</a></td></font></b><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#000000\"> by: <a href=\"$urlPath/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$row[user_id]\" TARGET=\"_blank\">" .
    $row["username"] .
    "</td><td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#000000\">" .
    date('F j, g:i a', $row["post_time"]) .
    "</td></tr></font>";
    }
    print "</table>";
    mysql_free_result($result);
    mysql_close($link);
    ?>

I will try to find a solution for punbb to ... I think the coding is nearly the same for punbb and phpbb but maybe I have wrong about it ... I´m will be back and give you a answer then I know more about it ...

[Holger]

thx for reply. i will try to modify the code.
and if it doesnt work ... then maybe i just try phpbb ;-)

[admin]

I think I have a solution for this but must try it before I show the code here :!:
have patience ;)

[admin]

thanks emir.smajovic

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<div class="sidebox_wrap">
<h5><span>Forum stats</span></h5>
<div class="sidebox">
<p>
<? echo file_get_contents("http://yoursite/forum/extern.php?action=stats"; >
</p>

</div>
</div>


There is a file extern.php in punbb folder, so only one line of code displays
forum statistics.

[Holger]

White screen :lol:

not sure but i guess you cant put phpcode in the page ... maybe when i make a iframe with a new page with that code

[admin]

I had read some about it seems it will be a conflict with some php coding in some php scripts.
they had solve it with iframe (not recommended) but better doing it that way and get it to work ...

[db3204]

This is so simple to do with RSS. Punbb has RSS feature. All you need is a RSS reader placed in the template you want to display the forums. Go to hotscripts and find a free RSS reader for webpages.