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well that could be done....but for some reason that didn't seem to work either, I probably need to set the start page to news....which is not what I want.
Here're my files in their current form:
*remember you'll need to update the news module from the config pages.*
news_block_top.html
new_top.php
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Here're my files in their current form:
*remember you'll need to update the news module from the config pages.*
news_block_top.html
<{foreach item=news from=$block.stories}>
<div class="itemHead"><span class="itemTitle">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/article.php?storyid=<{$news.id}>"><{$news.title}></a>
</span></div>
<div class="itemBody">
<p class="itemText"><{$news.text}></p>
</div>
<div class="itemFoot"><span class="itemPermaLink">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/article.php?storyid=<{$news.id}>"><{$news.comments}></a>
</span></div>
<{/foreach}>
new_top.php
<?php
// $Id: news_top.php,v 1.1 2004/01/29 14:45:49 buennagel Exp $
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function b_news_top_show($options) {
global $xoopsDB;
$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();
$block = array();
$sql = "SELECT storyid, title, hometext, comments, published, expired, counter FROM ".$xoopsDB->prefix("stories")." WHERE published < ".time()." AND published > 0 AND (expired = 0 OR expired > ".time().") ORDER BY ".$options[0]." DESC";
$result = $xoopsDB->query($sql,$options[1],0);
while ( $myrow = $xoopsDB->fetchArray($result) ) {
$news = array();
$title = $myts->makeTboxData4Show($myrow["title"]);
if ( !XOOPS_USE_MULTIBYTES ) {
if (strlen($myrow['title']) >= $options[2]) {
$title = $myts->makeTboxData4Show(substr($myrow['title'],0,($options[2] -1)))."...";
}
}
$news['title'] = $title;
$text = str_replace("n", "<br />", $myrow['hometext']);
$news['text'] = $text;
if( $myrow['comments'] != 0 ){
$news['comments'] = (string)$myrow['comments']." comment(s). Read More...";
} else{
$news['comments'] = "Post Comment/Read More...";
}
$news['id'] = $myrow['storyid'];
if ( $options[0] == "published" ) {
$news['date'] = formatTimestamp($myrow['published'],"s");
} elseif ( $options[0] == "counter" ) {
$news['hits'] = $myrow['counter'];
}
$block['stories'][] = $news;
}
return $block;
}
function b_news_top_edit($options) {
$form = ""._MB_NEWS_ORDER." <select name='options[]'>";
$form .= "<option value='published'";
if ( $options[0] == "published" ) {
$form .= " selected='selected'";
}
$form .= ">"._MB_NEWS_DATE."</option>n";
$form .= "<option value='counter'";
if($options[0] == "counter"){
$form .= " selected='selected'";
}
$form .= ">"._MB_NEWS_HITS."</option>n";
$form .= "</select>n";
$form .= " "._MB_NEWS_DISP." <input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[1]."' /> "._MB_NEWS_ARTCLS."";
$form .= " <br>"._MB_NEWS_CHARS." <input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[2]."' /> "._MB_NEWS_LENGTH."";
return $form;
}
?>
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