I am attempting to decipher the dependancies of the functions in /class/xoopstopic.php. In particular I want to use the function &getTopicsList() to generate a list I can then use to generate a news topic menu that is a list instead of a pulldown.

I am beginning to think that this file needs to be called after a lot of stuff is loaded (included). Any help?

I would, of course, rather have a readymade block that does this, but I cannot seem to find one, so I suppose I will make one once I can find what I have to include to make the function work.

Thanks

Look at the submit form for News - this uses such a drop-down menu.