Hi all!

I was wanting to know a few things..

1. My recent news block lists each news title like this -

* MP3 song available (2004/2/9)
* Still getting there (2004/2/8)
* Hi there! (2004/2/8)

What I would like it to do is this:

* MP3 song available (2004/2/9)
blah blah blah (little snippet of start of article)
* Still getting there (2004/2/8)
blah blah blah (little snippet of start of article)
* Hi there! (2004/2/8)
blah blah blah (little snippet of start of article)

..or something like that. Am I using the wrong block? I think the one I am using is 'recent news'

2. I want to change the date format from 2004/2/8 to 8/2/2004 (ie dd/mm/yy)

3. When I click on the news listings above - the blocks appear in red and I want to change this setting. I know I did it myself via editing the color codes in a php file somewhere but I don't know where said file is at the moment
Is there any docs on where to go to change formatting elements? I had to just change and refresh to see what/where changes were made. Any info appreciated!

Also, thanks for all your support so far.. you are excellent!! This forum rocks!

changing the date and time format is easy enough, but you have to edit a file, it can't be done from admin..

edit lines 160 - 163 in file xoops_root/language/english/global.php

near the end you will see the section..

mine is setup how you might want it.. but it's easy to select the changes u want..

here's mine:

define("_DATESTRING","jS M Y H:i:s");
define("_MEDIUMDATESTRING","j/n/Y H:i");
define("_SHORTDATESTRING","j/n/y");

your 3rd question, a lot of the colours etc for the news module are controlled via your style.css file in your current themes folder..

a basic guide on the default theme is available from here:

http://wiki.xoops.org/wakka.php?wakka=DefaultThemeCSS

hope this helps