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libertys 
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 Topic: Displaying the last 5-10 Posts on a homepage
Posted: 25 May 2010 at 4:39am |
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Hi Guys.
was wondering if anyone could help me, i would like to display the last few posts/topics on my homepage but im a little out of touch.
what is the easiest way to do this?
any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Brooksy
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freakyfred
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Posted: 25 May 2010 at 3:35pm |
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if you ggo to your forum folder and open the folder called "extra" you will see "recent_forum_posts.asp" inside. just hook that up to your front page.
I think thats what you want.
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libertys
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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 2:10am |
hi thanks for the reply. i tried that, and with the original webwiz forum feed it worked fine. when i entered my url i got this message. Server Error
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it
cannot be displayed.
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Scotty32
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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 11:48am |
What do you mean that with the "original web wiz forum feed it worked fine" but you got an error when you entered your url?
Do you mean the URL for the forum or for the 'extra' page?
Another option is one of my modifications, Latest Topics, which does what you want. It comes already installed in an altered 'default.asp' page, but you do not need to use this, and can add the include to your websites homepage and have it displayed there.
My mod, differs in that mine will display all topics that a user has access to (eg private forums) rather than only displaying what the Guest user has access too.
Mine also only displays the latest topics rather than latest posts. for example the 'extra' file will display a topic multiple times if the last 10 posts we're in that one topic. Mine will only display a topic once based on the last post to that topic.
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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:00pm |
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Scotty,
I'm a bit confused as to why you would have a mod like that on the forum's home page since there is a link for active topics (New Posts)... it would be great if your mod can be placed on a page outside the forum.. like a website's homepage.
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Scotty32
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Posted: 28 May 2010 at 6:42pm |
Well, it is one of my popular mods, which was requested alot at the time. The reason its on the forum homepage is simple, I like to make my mods simple to install, so all it takes is to copy the files and its all set up. However, as I said above, since its just an include on the forums homepage, you can include it on your websites homepage (as i have on my websites homepage). As long as its an ASP page and you include the common.asp file from the forum, it'll be fine.
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 6:37pm |
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Hi scotty, including on the homepage is what im trying to do, how do i include it to show the recent posts as you have?
thanks for your help
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