How to show a list of latest topics of my Phorum on another Web page

Hi guys,

I have setup my phorum. My Phorum is part of a larger website. On the website main page, I would like to show the last 5 or 10 last topics of my Phorum so that Users can click directly from there.

Any ideas how to do this?

Thank you,

Philippe



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2009 09:02AM by jack333.

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Here is some code I have written to print out a block of recent messages. I have to thank Maurice Makaay for his work with the code to actually retrieve the messages from the database.

The only variables you need to change are in lines 6-30. I tried to add enough comments to make the variables clear, but you can let me know if you have any questions.

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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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000000000Attachment Download Counter0000Custom Attachment Icons000ll.ll00Favorite Forums000000.00000Highlighted Search Terms0000Self-Delete Posts Option
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Dear Joe,

Thank you very much for your code. I have modified it a little bit and I have achieved something nice for my website to show the recent messages. It works!

Perhaps that later I will adapt it again to show the recent topics instead of recent messages. However I think that for now it is very good like that.

Thank you,

Philippe

That can easily be achieved by changing this variable:

Language: PHP
$view_type = 0;
// 0 for posts, 1 for threads

Perhaps that should have read "0 for messages, 1 for topics"

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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
Modules: l0Admin Mass Email00000000l000000Automatic Time Zones000ll.l00000Enhanced Custom Profiles0.00Google Calendar0000l.l000000Post Previews
000000000Admin Security Suite000000000000Check Modules for Upgrades0000External Authentication000000Group Auto-Email00000.00000Private Message Alerts
000000000Attachment Download Counter0000Custom Attachment Icons000ll.ll00Favorite Forums000000.00000Highlighted Search Terms0000Self-Delete Posts Option
000000000Attachment Watermarks0l00000000Custom Language Database00l.l.0Forum Lockdown00000.00000Ignore Forums0000000000000Threaded Tree View
000000000Automatic Message Pruning00.llll.00Easy Color Scheme Manager0l.l00Forum Subscriptions0000lll000Moderated User Group
Templates:lGeneric Integration000000000 0000Simple Rounded000000 00000000Tabbed Emerald

How do we get the links to open in a new window.

I am using an iframe to show this php page on my sites homepage, and currently, if I click on the recent messages links, they open inside the iframe. I would rather they open either in a new page, or the whole page, not just the uframe window.

What do I need to add to the code to make this happen?

Thanks.

Answered here: [www.phorum.org]

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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
Modules: l0Admin Mass Email00000000l000000Automatic Time Zones000ll.l00000Enhanced Custom Profiles0.00Google Calendar0000l.l000000Post Previews
000000000Admin Security Suite000000000000Check Modules for Upgrades0000External Authentication000000Group Auto-Email00000.00000Private Message Alerts
000000000Attachment Download Counter0000Custom Attachment Icons000ll.ll00Favorite Forums000000.00000Highlighted Search Terms0000Self-Delete Posts Option
000000000Attachment Watermarks0l00000000Custom Language Database00l.l.0Forum Lockdown00000.00000Ignore Forums0000000000000Threaded Tree View
000000000Automatic Message Pruning00.llll.00Easy Color Scheme Manager0l.l00Forum Subscriptions0000lll000Moderated User Group
Templates:lGeneric Integration000000000 0000Simple Rounded000000 00000000Tabbed Emerald