Sorry for the double post ^^:
i figured out how to do that, isn't that amazing especially for someone php/sql illeterate ^^v
i've another request:
i need to change the news portal from this:
into this:
where when you click on comment you go to the appropriate topic and the number is the number of replies.
here is the index.php
<?php
define('PUN_ROOT', './');
define('PUN_QUIET_VISIT', 1);
require PUN_ROOT.'include/common.php';
$page_title = pun_htmlspecialchars($pun_config['o_board_title']);
define('PUN_ALLOW_INDEX', 1);
require PUN_ROOT.'header.php';
require PUN_ROOT.'include/parser.php';
function pun_news($fid='', $show=15, $truncate=1)
{
global $lang_common, $db, $pun_config, $db_prefix;
$max_subject_length = 30;
$show_max_topics = 50;
$fid = intval($fid);
$order_by = 't.posted';
$forum_sql = '';
// Was a forum ID supplied?
if ( $fid ) $forum_sql = 'f.id='.$fid.' AND ';
$show = intval($show);
if ($show < 1 || $show > $show_max_topics)
$show = 15;
$saveddate="";
// Fetch $show topics
$result = $db->query('SELECT t.id, t.poster, t.subject, t.posted, t.last_post, f.id AS fid, f.forum_name FROM '.$db_prefix.'topics AS t INNER JOIN '.$db_prefix.'forums AS f ON t.forum_id=f.id WHERE f.id='.$fid.' AND t.moved_to IS NULL ORDER BY '.$order_by.' DESC') or error('Unable to fetch topic list', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());
$show_count = 0;
if ( !$db->num_rows($result) ) return $output;
while ( ($show_count < $show) && ($cur_topic = $db->fetch_assoc($result)) ) {
$temp = '';
if ($pun_config['o_censoring'] == '1')
$cur_topic['subject'] = censor_words($cur_topic['subject']);
if (pun_strlen($cur_topic['subject']) > $max_subject_length)
$subject_truncated = trim(substr($cur_topic['subject'], 0, ($max_subject_length-5))).' ...';
else
$subject_truncated = $cur_topic['subject'];
$newsheading = '<a href="'.$pun_config['o_base_url'].'/viewtopic.php?id='.$cur_topic['id'].'&action=new" title="'.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_topic['subject']).'">'.pun_htmlspecialchars($subject_truncated).'</a> - <em>Posted by '.$cur_topic['poster'].' at '.date('h:i A', $cur_topic['posted']).'</em><br>';
// Group posts by date
$thisdate = date('l, d F Y', $cur_topic['posted']);
if ($thisdate != $saveddate)
{
if ($saveddate)
{
$temp .= "</div></div>";
}
$temp .= '<div class="block"><h2><span>'.$thisdate.'</span></h2><div class="box"><div class="inbox"><p>';
$saveddate = $thisdate;
}
else {
$temp .= '<div class="inbox"><p>';
}
$temp .= $newsheading.'</p><p>';
$id = $cur_topic['id'];
$msg = $db->query('SELECT id, poster, poster_id, poster_ip, poster_email, message, posted, edited, edited_by FROM '.$db_prefix.'posts WHERE topic_id='.$id.' LIMIT 1') or error('Unable to fetch post info', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());
if ( !$db->num_rows($msg) ) continue;
$cur_post = $db->fetch_assoc($msg);
// Display first paragraph only (comment out next four lines to turn off)
if ($truncate == 1)
{
$paragraph = preg_split("/s*n+/", $cur_post['message']);
if (isset($paragraph[1])) {
$cur_post['message'] = $paragraph[0] . "...";
}
}
$cur_post['message'] = parse_message($cur_post['message'], 0);
$temp .= $cur_post['message'];
$temp .= "</p></div>";
if (isset($output)) {
$output .= $temp;
}
else {
$output = $temp;
}
++$show_count;
} // end of while
$output .= "</div></div>";
return $output;
}
?>
<div class="block">
<h2><span>Welcome</span></h2>
<div class="box">
<div class="inbox">
<p>
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</p>
<p>
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</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php
echo pun_news(1, 5, 0);
require PUN_ROOT.'footer.php';
Thank you!! ^^