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I basically want a box that has the most recent topics listed. I want it for my homepage NOT my forums homepage.

Hey man.. me again -_-

Is there any way I can limit the amount of letters that can be used? For instance, I have an option "age" but people are putting "18 all the way" Is there any way I can just limit this to 2 characters?

EDIT: In the mysql I'v managed to limit the total amount so for instance if I limit it to 2 it will limit all the feilds to 2 and not just the age.

Well what seems to be happening to me is, I cannot find

result = $db->query('SELECT u.email, u.title, u.url, u.location, u.use_avatar, u.signature, u.email_setting, u.num_posts, u.registered, u.admin_note, p.id, p.poster AS username, p.poster_id, p.poster_ip, p.poster_email, p.message, p.hide_smilies, p.posted, p.edited, p.edited_by, g.g_id, g.g_user_title, o.user_id AS is_online FROM '.$db->prefix.'posts AS p INNER JOIN '.$db->prefix.'users AS u ON u.id=p.poster_id INNER JOIN '.$db->prefix.'groups AS g ON g.g_id=u.group_id LEFT JOIN '.$db->prefix.'online AS o ON (o.user_id=u.id AND o.user_id!=1 AND o.idle=0) WHERE p.topic_id='.$id.' ORDER BY p.id LIMIT '.$start_from.','.$pun_user['disp_posts'], true) or error('Unable to fetch post info', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error()); // This was made buffered for !! Easy Profile Fields !!

Altho I am kinda new to php I have added other mods onto my forum before. 
My forums www.rodneymullen.net/boards/

Thanks for the fast reply