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03-15-2007, 10:48 PM

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Wasn't too sure where to post this, but there was another vB thread in here so I thought why not? :P

Anyway to the point!

I have been looking everywhere for how to list latest/recent posts in a side bar on a vBulletin forum (I know how to get the sidebar). I'm not new to skinning vB, and I'm fairly good at it, but I can't find out how to do this specifically anywhere. I've found similar things that will show threads at the bottom of the home page, or an AJAX one like on youngcoders.com (Though I don't want to use AJAX with it for now, I just want to learn the basics of it first).

I know there are alot of talented vB skinners on here so I thought I would ask!

Example of what I mean:
http://www.adminfusion.com/forums/ (latest posts)

Thanks in advanced,
sketchie.

03-15-2007, 11:33 PM

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This will display them basically the same as TFL's:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="external.php?type=js"></script> 
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (x = 0; x < 4; x++)
{
document.writeln("<strong><a href=\"showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"\">"+threads[x].title+"</a></strong><br /> Posted By: "+threads[x].poster+"<br /><br />");
}
//-->
</script>

Then:
vBulletin Options > External Data Provider > Enable External Javascript

The downside to this option is that it will only display threads viewable by guests, and it doesn't update immediately.

03-16-2007, 10:54 AM

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Ah cool I'll give that a go in a second!

I never noticed TFL had it before to be fair :S.

03-16-2007, 02:13 PM

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Indy, that doesn't work on:
http://www.360shock.com/index.php

When you say, viewable by guests, does that mean we have to be logged out?

03-16-2007, 03:07 PM

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I have to confirm what Garrett said, no such luck with it

.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'd really like to know how to do this!

03-16-2007, 03:30 PM

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Oops, sorry. I missed out a line.

Fixed.

@Garrett: No, it means threads in private forums, etc, won't be displayed.

03-16-2007, 04:43 PM

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Woot works! I love you Indy :D.

You have no idea how hard I've been looking for this sort of code xD.

Edit:
One question though!

threads[x].poster seems to show the topic starter, how do I show the last person that posted in the topic instead? var name?

Edit 2:
I see what you mean by it being slow to update.. Know of any faster ways?
Also is this displaying recently created threads or threads that have been posted in recently? I was looking for something that did the latter xD.

03-16-2007, 05:19 PM

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I'm not sure how to display the last poster to be honest.

I'm relatively sure the only options are: Title; Original poster; Date; Time; and ThreadID.

If you can display the last poster, the vBulletin Documentation will hold the answer.^^

03-16-2007, 05:35 PM

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Woot got it working, thanks Indy!