With this code, you can pull content added to the publisher module wherever you want in your theme.
Add to your theme: <{includeq file="$theme_name/random-news.tpl"}>
or
<{includeq file="$theme_name/date-news.tpl"}>
Code Content : Random News : <{php}>
use XoopsModulesPublisher;
use XoopsModulesPublisherConstants;
$helper = PublisherHelper::getInstance();
$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();
$itemsObj = $helper->getHandler('Item')->getItems($limit = 3, $start = 0, [Constants::PUBLISHER_STATUS_PUBLISHED], -1, $sort = 'RAND()', $order='', '', true, $criteria = null);
$totalItems = count($itemsObj);
global $items;
$items = array();
if ($itemsObj) {
for ( $i = 0; $i < $totalItems; $i++ ) {
$newItems['itemid'] = $itemsObj[$i]->itemid();
$newItems['title'] = $itemsObj[$i]->title();
$newItems['body'] = $itemsObj[$i]->body();
$newItems['votes'] = $itemsObj[$i]->votes();
$newItems['image'] = XOOPS_URL . '/uploads/blank.gif';
$images = $itemsObj[$i]->getImages();
if (is_object($images['main'])) {
$newItems['image'] = XOOPS_URL . '/uploads/' . $images['main']->getVar('image_name');
}
$items[] = $newItems;
}
}
<{/php}>
<{php}>
foreach ( $GLOBALS['items'] as $myrow )
{
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('itemid', $myrow['itemid']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('title', $myrow['title']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('body', $myrow['body']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('votes', $myrow['votes']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('image', $myrow['image']);
<{/php}>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xl-4">
<div class="card">
<div class="img-fix-height cover-image">
<img src="<{$image}>">
div>
<div class="card-body p-4">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=<{$itemid}>" class="text-dark"><h4 class="font-weight-semibold text-truncate mb-3"><{$title}>h4>a>
<p class="fix-max-height"><{$body|truncate:230}>p>
<br>
<a class="btn btn-primary btn-teal" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=<{$itemid}>">Read morea>
div>
div>
div>
<{php}>
}
<{/php}>
Date News : <{php}>
use XoopsModulesPublisher;
use XoopsModulesPublisherConstants;
$helper = PublisherHelper::getInstance();
$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();
$itemsObj = $helper->getHandler('Item')->getItems($limit = 3, $start = 0, [Constants::PUBLISHER_STATUS_PUBLISHED], -1, $sort = 'datesub', $order='DESC', '', true, $criteria = null);
$totalItems = count($itemsObj);
global $items;
$items = array();
if ($itemsObj) {
for ( $i = 0; $i < $totalItems; $i++ ) {
$newItems['itemid'] = $itemsObj[$i]->itemid();
$newItems['title'] = $itemsObj[$i]->title();
$newItems['body'] = $itemsObj[$i]->body();
$newItems['votes'] = $itemsObj[$i]->votes();
$newItems['image'] = XOOPS_URL . '/uploads/blank.gif';
$images = $itemsObj[$i]->getImages();
if (is_object($images['main'])) {
$newItems['image'] = XOOPS_URL . '/uploads/' . $images['main']->getVar('image_name');
}
$items[] = $newItems;
}
}
<{/php}>
<{php}>
foreach ( $GLOBALS['items'] as $myrow )
{
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('itemid', $myrow['itemid']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('title', $myrow['title']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('body', $myrow['body']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('votes', $myrow['votes']);
$GLOBALS['xoopsTpl']->assign('image', $myrow['image']);
<{/php}>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xl-4">
<div class="card">
<div class="img-fix-height cover-image">
<img src="<{$image}>">
div>
<div class="card-body p-4">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=<{$itemid}>" class="text-dark"><h4 class="font-weight-semibold text-truncate mb-3"><{$title}>h4>a>
<p class="fix-max-height"><{$body|truncate:230}>p>
<br>
<a class="btn btn-primary btn-teal" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=<{$itemid}>">Read morea>
div>
div>
div>
<{php}>
}
<{/php}>
Definitions in Code : 7th in line of code $limit = 3 : How many articles are published
$start = 0 : From which category (0 for all categories)
Template: <{$title}> = Article Title
<{$itemid}> = Article ID
<{$body|truncate:230}> = Article Content
<{$xoops_url}>/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=<{$itemid}> = Article Link
<{$image}> = Article Image
<{$votes}> = Article Votes
Sample: 
Download: https://erenyumak.com/modules/TDMDownloads/singlefile.php?lid=12
