I, along with another guy, have spent a lot of time hacking the news module, but there are a few last things we would like help on figuring out before we post it.

• Why is it that when someone is set to be able to post stories but not approve they cannot go back and edit that story?
• If they are given permission to access the News Module they can simply go into the permission settings themselves and change the submit/approve/edit permissions anyway. But if they don’t have admin rights to the News Module how can they post stories? Going to /modules/news/submit.php takes me to a page that does not have the body text box area, just a headline box, topic, and a preview post button. This would also mean there is still no way for posters to edit their news stories.

Currently in the new module 1.3 the topic page displays stories like this:

Topic:headline

Topic:headline

Is there anyway to get it to display the stories like:

Headline
Bodytext

I know you can easily do this in 1.2 but I have not seen a way to make this happen in 1.3

I had made a “hack” for the news module 1.2 that allows users to upload a picture with their news story. Much like the attaching file feature works you can browse your local drive and upload it upon submitting your story. This picture would appear next to your preview stories on news_block_top.html template and above the headline and story on the main story page. I can get the upload to work fine and getting it to show above the story is fine but I cannot get it to work with the block_top. The problem is in the news_top.php. In News 1.2 I wrote a database query that was able to look in the news_files table, find the image id associated with the story you are generating, and attach the right picture to the right story. This all happens before news_top generates the title and the rest of the story. But in 1.2 you had a very limited set of options to display your story, now in 1.3 there are many more and there is more then one set of values that generates the tile and the rest of the news story so I am not sure where and how many times I need to insert my database query. Below I have first listed an example of my original modification to news_top.php and a copy of the new 1.3 news_top.php to see if anyone can help me find where I need to place my code. You’ll notice the word “news” has been taken out of both and replaced. This is due to the fact the site I am making this for need a few news modules so I have cloned it a few times. One is called parks and the other cadmin.

News(parks) 1.2:

<?php
// $Id: news_top.php,v 1.8 2004/05/21 14:34:54 hthouzard Exp $
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// XOOPS - PHP Content Management System //
// Copyright (c) 2000 XOOPS.org //
// <https://xoops.org/> //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify //
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by //
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or //
// (at your option) any later version. //
// //
// You may not change or alter any portion of this comment or credits //
// of supporting developers from this source code or any supporting //
// source code which is considered copyrighted (c) material of the //
// original comment or credit authors. //
// //
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, //
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of //
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the //
// GNU General Public License for more details. //
// //
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License //
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software //
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //

function b_parks_top_show($options) {
global $xoopsDB;
$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();
$block = array();
$options_new = array_slice ( $options, 3 );
$topicpick = '('.implode ( ',', $options_new ).')';
if ( $options[3] == 0 ) {
$sql = "SELECT storyid, title, published, expired, counter, hometext, bodytext FROM
".$xoopsDB->prefix("parks")." WHERE published < ".time()."
AND published > 0 AND (expired = 0 OR expired > ".time().") AND topicid=2 ORDER BY
".$options[0]." DESC";
}
else {
$sql = "SELECT storyid, title, published, expired, counter, hometext, bodytext FROM
".$xoopsDB->prefix("parks")." WHERE published < ".time()."
AND published > 0 AND (expired = 0 OR expired > ".time().") AND topicid in
".$topicpick." ORDER BY ".$options[0]." DESC";
}
// echo "sql: $sql<br>\n";
$result = $xoopsDB->query($sql,$options[1],0);
$n = 1;
while ( $myrow = $xoopsDB->fetchArray($result) ) {
$news = array();
$storyID = $myrow["storyid"];
$sql2 = "SELECT * FROM ".$xoopsDB->prefix("parks_files")." WHERE storyid = '$storyID'";
$result2 = $xoopsDB->query($sql2,"",0);
while ($myrow2 = $xoopsDB->fetchArray($result2) ) {
$pos_image = $myrow2["filerealname"];
$mime_type = $myrow2["mimetype"];
// if ((ereg("image",$mime_type)) && ($n == 0))
if (ereg("image",$mime_type))
{
$imageID = $myrow2["fileid"];
$downloadname = $myrow2["downloadname"];
$news['image'] = $downloadname;
}
}

$title = $myts->makeTboxData4Show($myrow["title"]);
if (strlen($title) > $options[2]) {
$title = xoops_substr($title,0,$options[2]+3);
}

$news['title'] = $title;
$sample = $myrow['bodytext'];
$final_sample = "";
if (strlen($sample) > 185)
$final_sample = substr($sample, 0, 185). "...";
else
$final_sample = $sample;
$news['sample'] = trim($final_sample);
// $news['sample'] = $myrow['hometext'];
$news['order'] = $n;
$news['id'] = $myrow['storyid'];
if ( $options[0] == "published" ) {
$news['hits'] = formatTimestamp($myrow['published'],"s");
$tdate = formatTimestamp($myrow['published'],"s");
$tdate = split("/",$tdate);
$date = "$tdate[1]/$tdate[2]/$tdate[0]";
$news['hits'] = $date;
$news['date'] = formatTimestamp($myrow['published'],"s");
} elseif ( $options[0] == "counter" ) {
$news['hits'] = $myrow['counter'];
$news['date'] = $myrow['counter'];
}

$n++;
$block['stories'][] = $news;
}
return $block;
}

function b_parks_top_edit($options) {
global $xoopsDB;
$form = ""._MB_NEWS_ORDER."&nbsp;<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";
$form .= "&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_DISP."&nbsp;<input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[1]."'/>&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_ARTCLS."";
$form .= "&nbsp;<br />"._MB_NEWS_CHARS."&nbsp;<input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[2]."'/>&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_LENGTH."";
$form .= "<br /><br /><br /><select id='options[]' name='options[]' multiple='multiple'>";
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/class/xoopsstory.php";
$xt = new XoopsTopic($xoopsDB->prefix("parks_topics"));
$alltopics = $xt->getTopicsList();
$alltopics[0]['title'] = "All topics";
ksort($alltopics);
$size = count($options);
foreach ($alltopics as $topicid => $topic) {
$sel = "";
for ( $i = 2; $i < $size; $i++ ) {
if ($options[$i] == $topicid) {
$sel = " selected='selected'";
}
}
$form .= "<option value='$topicid'$sel>".$topic['title']."</option>";
}
$form .= "</select>";
return $form;
}
?>


News (cadmin) 1.3

<?php
// $Id: news_top.php,v 1.21 2004/09/01 17:48:07 hthouzard Exp $
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
// XOOPS - PHP Content Management System //
// Copyright (c) 2000 XOOPS.org //
// <https://xoops.org/> //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify //
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by //
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or //
// (at your option) any later version. //
// //
// You may not change or alter any portion of this comment or credits //
// of supporting developers from this source code or any supporting //
// source code which is considered copyrighted (c) material of the //
// original comment or credit authors. //
// //
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, //
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of //
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the //
// GNU General Public License for more details. //
// //
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License //
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software //
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/modules/cadmin/class/class.newsstory.php";
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/modules/cadmin/class/class.newstopic.php";

/**
* Notes about the spotlight :
* If you have restricted topics on index page (in fact if the program must completly respect the permissions) and if
* the news you have selected to be viewed in the spotlight can't be viewed by someone then the spotlight is not visible !
* This is available in the classical and in the tabbed view.
* But if you have uncheck the option "Restrict topics on index page", then the news will be visible but users without
* permissions will be rejected when they will try to read news content.
*
* Also, if you have selected a tabbed view and wanted to use the Spotlight but did not choosed a story, then the block
* will switch to the "most recent news" mode (the visible news will be searched according to the permissions)
*/
function b_news_top_show($options) {
global $xoopsConfig;
global $xoopsDB;
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/cadmin/include/functions.php';
$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();
$block = array();
$displayname=getmoduleoption('displayname');
$tabskin=getmoduleoption('tabskin');

if (file_exists(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/cadmin/language/'.$xoopsConfig['language'].'/main.php')) {
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/cadmin/language/'.$xoopsConfig['language'].'/main.php';
} else {
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/cadmin/language/english/main.php';
}

$block['displayview']=$options[8];
$block['tabskin']=$tabskin;
$block['imagesurl']=XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/images/';

$restricted=getmoduleoption('restrictindex');
$dateformat=getmoduleoption('dateformat');
$infotips=getmoduleoption('infotips');
$newsrating=getmoduleoption('ratenews');
if($dateformat=='') {
$dateformat='s';
}


// Try to see what tabs are visibles (if we are in restricted view of course)
if($options[8]==2 && $restricted && $options[14] != 0) {
$topics2=array();
$permittedtopics=MygetItemIds();
$topics = array_slice($options, 14);
foreach($topics as $onetopic) {
if(in_array($onetopic,$permittedtopics)) {
$topics2[]=$onetopic;
}
}
$before=array_slice($options, 0,14);
$options=array_merge($before,$topics2);
}

if($options[8]==2) // Tabbed view ********************************************************************************************
{
$defcolors[1]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','#F90','#C60','#999'); // Bar Style
$defcolors[2]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','#F90','#AAA','#666'); // Beveled
$defcolors[3]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','','#789','#789'); // Classic
$defcolors[4]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','','',''); // Folders
$defcolors[5]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','#CCC','inherit','#999'); // MacOs
$defcolors[6]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','#FFF','#DDD','#999'); // Plain
$defcolors[7]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','','',''); // Rounded
$defcolors[8]=array('#F90','#FFFFFF','#F90','#930','#C60'); // ZDnet

$myurl=$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
if(substr($myurl,strlen($myurl)-1,1)=='/') {
$myurl.="index.php";
}
$myurl.='?';

foreach($_GET as $key => $value) {
if($key!='NewsTab') {
$myurl.=$key.'='.$value.'&';
}
}
$block['url']=$myurl;

$tabscount=0;
$usespotlight=false;

if(isset($_GET['NewsTab'])) {
$_SESSION['NewsTab']=intval($_GET['NewsTab']);
$currenttab = intval($_GET['NewsTab']);
} elseif(isset($_SESSION['NewsTab'])) {
$currenttab = intval($_SESSION['NewsTab']);
} else {
$currenttab=0;
}

$tmpstory = new NewsStory();
$topic= new NewsTopic();
$topicstitles=array();
if($options[4]==1) { // Spotlight enabled
$topicstitles[0]=_MB_NEWS_SPOTLIGHT_TITLE;
$tabscount++;
$usespotlight=true;
}

if($options[5]==0 && $restricted) { // Use a specific news and we are in restricted mode
$permittedtopics=MygetItemIds();
$permstory = new NewsStory($options[6]);
if(!in_array($permstory->topicid(),$permittedtopics)) {
$usespotlight=false;
$topicstitles=array();
}
unset($permstory);
}

$block['use_spotlight']=$usespotlight;

if (isset($options[14]) && $options[14] != 0) { // Topic to use
$topics = array_slice($options, 14);
$tabscount+=count($topics);
$topicstitles=$topic->getTopicTitleFromId($topics,$topicstitles);
}
$tabs=array();
if($usespotlight) {
$tabs[]=array('id'=>0,'title'=>_MB_NEWS_SPOTLIGHT_TITLE);
}
if(count($topics)>0) {
foreach($topics as $onetopic) {
if(isset($topicstitles[$onetopic])) {
$tabs[]=array('id'=>$onetopic, 'title'=>$topicstitles[$onetopic]['title'], 'picture'=>$topicstitles[$onetopic]['picture']);
}
}
}
$block['tabs']=$tabs;
$block['current_is_spotlight']=false;
$block['current_tab']=$currenttab;
$block['use_rating']=$newsrating;


if($currenttab==0 && $usespotlight) { // Spotlight or not ?
$block['current_is_spotlight']=true;
if($options[5]==0 && $options[6]==0) { // If the story to use was no selected then we switch to the "recent news" mode.
$options[5]=1;
}

if($options[5]==0) { // Use a specific news
$tmpstory->NewsStory(intval($options[6]));
} else { // Use the most recent news
$stories=array();
$stories=$tmpstory->getAllPublished(1,0,$restricted,0,1,true,$options[0]);
if(count($stories)>0)
{
$firststory=$stories[0];
$tmpstory->NewsStory($firststory->storyid());
} else {
$block['use_spotlight']=false;
}
}
$spotlight = array();
$spotlight['title'] = $tmpstory->title();
if ($options[7] != "") {
$spotlight['image'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$tmpstory->storyid(),$myts->displayTarea($options[7], $tmpstory->nohtml));
}
$spotlight['text'] = $tmpstory->hometext();
$spotlight['id'] = $tmpstory->storyid();
$spotlight['date'] = formatTimestamp($tmpstory->published(), $dateformat);
$spotlight['hits'] = $tmpstory->counter();
$spotlight['rating'] = number_format($tmpstory->rating(), 2);
$spotlight['votes'] = $tmpstory->votes();
if(strlen(xoops_trim($tmpstory->bodytext()))>0) {
$spotlight['read_more']=true;
} else {
$spotlight['read_more']=false;
}

$spotlight['readmore'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$tmpstory->storyid(),_MB_READMORE);
$spotlight['title_with_link'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$tmpstory->storyid(),$tmpstory->title());
if($tmpstory->votes()==1) {
$spotlight['number_votes']=_NW_ONEVOTE;
} else {
$spotlight['number_votes']=sprintf(_NW_NUMVOTES,$tmpstory->votes());
}

$spotlight['votes_with_text']=sprintf(_NW_NUMVOTES,$tmpstory->votes());
$spotlight['topicid'] = $tmpstory->topicid();
$spotlight['topic_title'] = $tmpstory->topic_title();
// Added, topic's image and description
$spotlight['topic_image']=XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/images/topics/'.$tmpstory->topic_imgurl();
$spotlight['topic_description']=$myts->displayTarea($tmpstory->topic_description,1);

if($displayname!=3) {
$spotlight['author'] = sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$tmpstory->uname());
$spotlight['author_with_link'] = sprintf("%s <a href='%s'>%s</a>",_POSTEDBY,XOOPS_URL.'/userinfo.php?uid='.$tmpstory->uid(),$tmpstory->uname());
} else {
$spotlight['author'] = '';
$spotlight['author_with_link'] = '';
}
$spotlight['author_id'] = $tmpstory->uid();

// Create the summary table under the spotlight text
if (isset($options[14]) && $options[14] == 0) { // Use all topics
$stories = $tmpstory->getAllPublished($options[1],0,$restricted,0,1,true,$options[0]);
} else { // Use some topics
$topics = array_slice($options, 14);
$stories = $tmpstory->getAllPublished($options[1],0,$restricted,$topics,1,true,$options[0]);
}
if(count($stories)>0) {
foreach ($stories as $key => $story) {
$news = array();
$title = $story->title();
if (strlen($title) > $options[2]) {
$title = xoops_substr($title,0,$options[2]+3);
}
$news['title'] = $title;
$news['id'] = $story->storyid();
$news['date'] = formatTimestamp($story->published(), $dateformat);
$news['hits'] = $story->counter();
$news['rating'] = number_format($story->rating(), 2);
$news['votes'] = $story->votes();
$news['topicid'] = $story->topicid();
$news['topic_title'] = $story->topic_title();
$news['topic_color'] = '#'.$myts->displayTarea($story->topic_color);
if($displayname!=3) {
$news['author']= sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$story->uname());
} else {
$news['author']= '';
}
if ($options[3] > 0) {
$news['teaser'] = xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()), 0, $options[3]+3);
} else {
$news['teaser'] = "";
}
if($infotips>0) {
$news['infotips'] = ' title="'.xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()),0,$infotips).'"';
} else {
$news['infotips'] = '';
}

$news['title_with_link'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'%s>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$story->storyid(),$news['infotips'],$title);
$spotlight['news'][] = $news;
}
}

$block['spotlight'] = $spotlight;
} else {
if($tabscount>0) {
$topics = array_slice($options, 14);
$thetopic=$currenttab;
$stories = $tmpstory->getAllPublished($options[1],0,$restricted,$thetopic,1,true,$options[0]);

$topic->getTopic($thetopic);
// Added, topic's image and description
$block['topic_image']=XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/images/topics/'.$topic->topic_imgurl();
$block['topic_description']=$topic->topic_description();

$smallheader=array();
$stats=$topic->getTopicMiniStats($thetopic);
$smallheader[]=sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/index.php?storytopic='.$thetopic,_MB_READMORE);
$smallheader[]=sprintf("%u %s",$stats['count'],_NW_ARTICLES);
$smallheader[]=sprintf("%u %s",$stats['reads'],_READS);
if(count($stories)>0) {
foreach ($stories as $key => $story) {
$news = array();
$title = $story->title();
if (strlen($title) > $options[2]) {
$title = xoops_substr(strip_tags($title),0,$options[2]+3);
}
if ($options[7] != "") {
$news['image'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$story->storyid(),$myts->displayTarea($options[7], $story->nohtml));
}
if($options[3]>0) {
$news['text'] = xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()), 0, $options[3]+3);
} else {
$news['text'] = '';
}

if($story->votes()==1) {
$news['number_votes']=_NW_ONEVOTE;
} else {
$news['number_votes']=sprintf(_NW_NUMVOTES,$story->votes());
}
$topic->getTopic($story->topicid());
if($infotips>0) {
$news['infotips'] = ' title="'.xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()),0,$infotips).'"';
} else {
$news['infotips'] = '';
}
$news['title']=sprintf("<a href='%s' %s>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$story->storyid(),$news['infotips'],$title);
$news['id'] = $story->storyid();
$news['date'] = formatTimestamp($story->published(), $dateformat);
$news['hits'] = $story->counter();
$news['rating'] = number_format($story->rating(), 2);
$news['votes'] = $story->votes();
$news['topicid'] = $story->topicid();
$news['topic_title'] = $story->topic_title();
$news['topic_color'] = '#'.$topic->topic_color();
if($displayname!=3) {
$news['author'] = sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$story->uname());
} else {
$news['author'] = '';
}
$news['title_with_link'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'%s>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$story->storyid(),$news['infotips'],$title);
$block['news'][] = $news;
}
$block['smallheader']=$smallheader;
}
}
}
$block['lang_on']=_ON; // on
$block['lang_reads']=_READS; // reads
// Default values
$block['color1']=$defcolors[$tabskin][0];
$block['color2']=$defcolors[$tabskin][1];
$block['color3']=$defcolors[$tabskin][2];
$block['color4']=$defcolors[$tabskin][3];
$block['color5']=$defcolors[$tabskin][4];

if(xoops_trim($options[9])!='') {
$block['color1']=$options[9];
}
if(xoops_trim($options[10])!='') {
$block['color2']=$options[10];
}
if(xoops_trim($options[11])!='') {
$block['color3']=$options[11];
}
if(xoops_trim($options[12])!='') {
$block['color4']=$options[12];
}
if(xoops_trim($options[13])!='') {
$block['color5']=$options[13];
}
} else { // ************************ Classical view **************************************************************************************************************
$tmpstory = new NewsStory;
if (isset($options[14]) && $options[14] == 0) {
$stories = $tmpstory->getAllPublished($options[1],0,$restricted,0,1,true,$options[0]);
} else {
$topics = array_slice($options, 14);
$stories = $tmpstory->getAllPublished($options[1],0,$restricted,$topics,1,true,$options[0]);
}

if(!count($stories)) {
return '';
}
$topic= new NewsTopic();

foreach ($stories as $key => $story) {
$news = array();
$title = $story->title();
if (strlen($title) > $options[2]) {
$title = xoops_substr($title,0,$options[2]+3);
}
$topic->getTopic($story->topicid());

//if spotlight is enabled and this is either the first article or the selected one
if (($options[5]==0) && ($options[4] == 1) && (($options[6] > 0 && $options[6] == $story->storyid()) || ($options[6] == 0 && $key == 0))) {
$spotlight = array();
$visible=true;
if($restricted) {
$permittedtopics=MygetItemIds();
if(!in_array($story->topicid(),$permittedtopics)) {
$visible=false;
}
}

if($visible) {
$spotlight['title'] = $title;
if ($options[7] != "") {
$spotlight['image']= sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$story->storyid(),$myts->displayTarea($options[7], $story->nohtml));
}

$spotlight['text'] = $story->hometext();
$spotlight['id'] = $story->storyid();
$spotlight['date'] = formatTimestamp($story->published(), $dateformat);
$spotlight['hits'] = $story->counter();
$spotlight['rating'] = $story->rating();
$spotlight['votes'] = $story->votes();
$spotlight['topicid'] = $story->topicid();
$spotlight['topic_title'] = $story->topic_title();
$spotlight['topic_color'] = '#'.$topic->topic_color();
// Added, topic's image and description
$spotlight['topic_image']=XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/images/topics/'.$story->topic_imgurl();
$spotlight['topic_description']=$myts->displayTarea($story->topic_description,1);
if(strlen(xoops_trim($story->bodytext()))>0) {
$spotlight['read_more']=true;
} else {
$spotlight['read_more']=false;
}

if($displayname!=3) {
$spotlight['author'] = sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$story->uname());
} else {
$spotlight['author'] = '';
}
}
$block['spotlight'] = $spotlight;
} else {


$news['title'] = $title;
$news['id'] = $story->storyid();
$news['date'] = formatTimestamp($story->published(), $dateformat);
$news['hits'] = $story->counter();
$news['rating'] = $story->rating();
$news['votes'] = $story->votes();
$news['topicid'] = $story->topicid();
$news['topic_title'] = $story->topic_title();
$news['topic_color'] = '#'.$topic->topic_color();
if($displayname!=3) {
$news['author']= sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$story->uname());
} else {
$news['author']= '';
}
if ($options[3] > 0) {
$news['teaser'] = xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()), 0, $options[3]+3);
$news['infotips'] = '';
} else {
$news['teaser'] = "";
if($infotips>0) {
$news['infotips'] = ' title="'.xoops_substr(strip_tags($story->hometext()),0,$infotips).'"';
} else {
$news['infotips'] = '';
}
}
$block['stories'][] = $news;
}
}

// If spotlight article was not in the fetched stories
if (!isset($spotlight) && $options[4]) {
$block['use_spotlight']=true;
$visible=true;
if($options[5]==0 && $restricted) { // Use a specific news and we are in restricted mode
$permittedtopics=MygetItemIds();
$permstory = new NewsStory($options[6]);
if(!in_array($permstory->topicid(),$permittedtopics)) {
$visible=false;
}
unset($permstory);
}

if($options[5]==0) { // Use a specific news
if($visible) {
$spotlightArticle = new NewsStory($options[6]);
} else {
$block['use_spotlight']=false;
}
} else { // Use the most recent news
$stories=array();
$stories=$tmpstory->getAllPublished(1,0,$restricted,0,1,true,$options[0]);
if(count($stories)>0) {
$firststory=$stories[0];
$spotlightArticle = new NewsStory($firststory->storyid());
} else {
$block['use_spotlight']=false;
}
}
if($block['use_spotlight']==true) {
$spotlight = array();
$topic->getTopic($spotlightArticle->storyid());
$spotlight['title'] = xoops_substr($spotlightArticle->title(),0,($options[2]-1));;
if ($options[7] != "") {
$spotlight['image'] = sprintf("<a href='%s'>%s</a>", XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/article.php?storyid='.$spotlightArticle->storyid(),$myts->displayTarea($options[7], $spotlightArticle->nohtml));
}
$spotlight['topicid'] = $spotlightArticle->topicid();
$spotlight['topic_title'] = $spotlightArticle->topic_title();
$spotlight['topic_color'] = '#'.$topic->topic_color();
$spotlight['text'] = $spotlightArticle->hometext();
$spotlight['id'] = $spotlightArticle->storyid();
$spotlight['date'] = formatTimestamp($spotlightArticle->published(), $dateformat);
$spotlight['hits'] = $spotlightArticle->counter();
$spotlight['rating'] = $spotlightArticle->rating();
$spotlight['votes'] = $spotlightArticle->votes();
// Added, topic's image and description
$spotlight['topic_image']=XOOPS_URL.'/modules/cadmin/images/topics/'.$spotlightArticle->topic_imgurl();
$spotlight['topic_description']=$myts->displayTarea($spotlightArticle->topic_description,1);
if($displayname!=3) {
$spotlight['author'] = sprintf("%s %s",_POSTEDBY,$spotlightArticle->uname());
} else {
$spotlight['author'] = '';
}
if(strlen(xoops_trim($spotlightArticle->bodytext()))>0) {
$spotlight['read_more']=true;
} else {
$spotlight['read_more']=false;
}
$block['spotlight'] = $spotlight;
}
}
}
$block['lang_read_more']=_MB_READMORE; // Read More...
$block['lang_orderby']=_MB_NEWS_ORDER; // "Order By"
$block['lang_orderby_date']=_MB_NEWS_DATE; // Published date
$block['lang_orderby_hits']=_MB_NEWS_HITS; // Number of Hits
$block['lang_orderby_rating']=_MB_NEWS_RATE; // Rating
$block['sort']=$options[0]; // "published" or "counter" or "rating"
return $block;
}

/**
* Function used to edit the block
*/
function b_news_top_edit($options) {
global $xoopsDB;
$tmpstory = new NewsStory;
$form = ""._MB_NEWS_ORDER."&nbsp;<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>";
$form .= "<option value='rating'";
if ( $options[0] == "rating" ) {
$form .= " selected='selected'";
}
$form .= ">" . _MB_NEWS_RATE . "</option>";
$form .= "</select>\n";

$form .= "&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_DISP."&nbsp;<input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[1]."'/>&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_ARTCLS."";
$form .= "&nbsp;<br /><br />"._MB_NEWS_CHARS."&nbsp;<input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[2]."'/>&nbsp;"._MB_NEWS_LENGTH."<br /><br />";

$form .= _MB_NEWS_TEASER." <input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[3]."' />"._MB_NEWS_LENGTH;
$form .= "<br /><br />";

$form .= _MB_NEWS_SPOTLIGHT." <input type='radio' name='options[]' value='1'";
if ($options[4] == 1) {
$form .= " checked='checked'";
}
$form .= " />"._YES;
$form .= "<input type='radio' name='options[]' value='0'";
if ($options[4] == 0) {
$form .= " checked='checked'";
}
$form .= " />"._NO.'<br /><br />';

$form .= _MB_NEWS_WHAT_PUBLISH ." <select name='options[]'><option value='1'";
if ($options[5] == 1) {
$form .= " selected";
}
$form .= " />"._MB_NEWS_RECENT_NEWS;
$form .= "</option><option value='0'";
if ($options[5] == 0) {
$form .= " selected";
}
$form .= " />"._MB_NEWS_RECENT_SPECIFIC.'</option></select>';

$form .= "<br /><br />"._MB_NEWS_SPOTLIGHT_ARTICLE."<br />";
$articles = $tmpstory->getAllPublished(200,0,false,0,0,false); // I have limited the listbox to the last 200 articles
$form .= "<select name ='options[]'>";
$form .= "<option value='0'>"._MB_NEWS_FIRST."</option>";
foreach ($articles as $storyid => $storytitle) {
$sel = "";
if ($options[6] == $storyid) {
$sel = " selected='selected'";
}
$form .= "<option value='$storyid'$sel>".$storytitle."</option>";
}
$form .= "</select><br /><br />";

$form .= _MB_NEWS_IMAGE."&nbsp;<input type='text' id='spotlightimage' name='options[]' value='".$options[7]."' size='50'/>";
$form .= "&nbsp;<img align='middle' onmouseover='style.cursor=\"hand\"' onclick='javascript:openWithSelfMain(\"".XOOPS_URL."/imagemanager.php?target=spotlightimage\",\"imgmanager\",400,430);' src='".XOOPS_URL."/images/image.gif' alt='image' title='image' />";
$form .= "<br /><br />"._MB_NEWS_DISP."&nbsp;<select name='options[]'><option value='1' ";
if($options[8]==1) {
$form .= 'selected';
}
$form .= '>'._MB_NEWS_VIEW_TYPE1."</option><option value='2' ";
if($options[8]==2) {
$form .= 'selected';
}
$form .= '>'._MB_NEWS_VIEW_TYPE2."</option></select><br /><br />";

$form .= "<table border=0>\n";
$form .= "<tr><td colspan=2 align='center'><u>"._MB_NEWS_DEFAULT_COLORS."</u></td></tr>";
$form .= "<tr><td>"._MB_NEWS_TAB_COLOR1 . "</td><td><input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[9]."' size=7></td></tr>";
$form .= "<tr><td>"._MB_NEWS_TAB_COLOR2 . "</td><td><input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[10]."' size=7></td></tr>";
$form .= "<tr><td>"._MB_NEWS_TAB_COLOR3 . "</td><td><input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[11]."' size=7></td></tr>";
$form .= "<tr><td>"._MB_NEWS_TAB_COLOR4 . "</td><td><input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[12]."' size=7></td></tr>";
$form .= "<tr><td>"._MB_NEWS_TAB_COLOR5 . "</td><td><input type='text' name='options[]' value='".$options[13]."' size=7></td></tr>";
$form .= "</table>\n";

$form .= "<br /><br />"._MB_SPOTLIGHT_TOPIC."<br /><select name='options[]' multiple='multiple'>";
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/modules/cadmin/class/class.newstopic.php";
$topics_arr=array();
include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH . "/class/xoopstree.php";
$xt = new XoopsTree($xoopsDB->prefix("cadmin_topics"), "topic_id", "topic_pid");
$topics_arr = $xt->getChildTreeArray(0,"topic_title");
$size = count($options);
foreach ($topics_arr as $onetopic) {
$sel = "";
if($onetopic['topic_pid']!=0) {
$onetopic['prefix'] = str_replace(".","-",$onetopic['prefix']) . '&nbsp;';
} else {
$onetopic['prefix'] = str_replace(".","",$onetopic['prefix']);
}
for ( $i = 14; $i < $size; $i++ ) {
if ($options[$i] == $onetopic['topic_id']) {
$sel = " selected='selected'";
}
}
$form .= "<option value='".$onetopic['topic_id']."'$sel>".$onetopic['prefix'].$onetopic['topic_title']."</option>";
}
$form .= "</select><br />";
return $form;
}
?>

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Nevermind, thanks for the help!

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Story three

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