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blackhawk1
Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/13 23:05

  • blackhawk1

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Hey all,

I have been dwelling a lot on how to make my new xoopy site appear to any visitors. I have finally managed to iron out a few link problems and am on my way.
However I am currently using a weblog and I am wanting to make a custom block which will display the newly added blog entries on the home page.
How would I do this ?
The blog details are as follows;

Name
weBLog
Version
1.1

Description
weBLogging/Journal system

Author
Jeremy Cowgar
(http://cowgar.com/)
wellwine
(http://wellwine.zive.net)

All the best Tom.
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carnuke
Re: Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/13 23:50

  • carnuke

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You could display live content from a remote site in an iframe . Look in the FAQs under customisation there is an entry there.
How to make an iframe
Have I interpreted this question correctly ??
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blackhawk1
Re: Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/14 0:18

  • blackhawk1

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Hey Carnuke,
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately I am not one for iframes. They pose too many problems and more often than not do not function as they should.
I was trying to use php includes to display the content within a block but I am not certain that this is possible :(
If there are any other pointers you could give me I would be grateful.

All he best Tom.
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carnuke
Re: Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/14 0:25

  • carnuke

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Mmmm, Tom I don't blame you about the iframe idea.

You could look at this FAQ on including html pages. There may be a workaround here.
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blackhawk1
Re: Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/14 0:37

  • blackhawk1

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  • Since: 2004/12/29


carnuke, errr the problem is (as im sure you are well aware) the weblog I am using is generated within XOOPS and therefore only has an index.php page. Including html is not a problem as I have solved that one with something else I am displaying on my site.
However I do not seem to be able to include the php index page into a module. On the other hand it could be that the page is blank and empty but the likely hood of this is slim as i have tried using the proper link from within the main menu which does not give no results either.
I do believe there will be a solution for this little problem, it is just a matter of touching upon the correct faq file.

All the best Tom.
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carnuke
Re: Custom block content ? How do I show items ??

  • 2005/1/14 0:56

  • carnuke

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Sorry Tom, I really ought to hit the sack, its tooo late

Does the module not have a block already to display newly added blog entries? I have not used this blog module myself, but It seems like an important requirement.

If so, you can display the block on the home page and on the module page. by block settings.

If there is no block for this, sounds like you need to hack one.

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