Topic: a small Request plz!

Hi ! first of all i wana thank you guys for making PunBB, it simply rocks!! small weight yet powerful and in the same time minimal, just what i need. and all that for Free? Thanks alots!!! ^^

anyway after installing PunBB and then following the "How to add Mini Portal by Connorhd" i've a small problem: i want the front page where the news are exported from the first forum to look like a news system so i need to remove some stuff from the portal page when the news are displayed.

i want to remove the stuff inside the red circles:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8774/untitledqs3.png

i need them removed only from the test forum (the first forum)

i don't know anything about sql or php all i can do is follow Tutorial, plz help me ^^;

Thank you!!

2 (edited by Tenchi 2007-05-11 17:16)

Re: a small Request plz!

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:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8775/untitledbeforemt3.png

into this:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1181/untitledafterir4.png

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>
                    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent augue. Nulla facilisi. Fusce bibendum accumsan erat. Quisque sollicitudin mattis neque. Sed dapibus. Integer a lectus eu sem consequat pellentesque. Morbi rhoncus nulla. Duis adipiscing interdum velit. Fusce ante. Ut vitae enim sit amet magna sodales hendrerit. In sed tortor at sapien convallis eleifend. Proin mauris. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Ut metus. Cras ac arcu et arcu porttitor blandit. Nam vitae lectus eget mauris sollicitudin placerat. Suspendisse vestibulum. Donec varius libero. Duis velit tellus, euismod vitae, consequat sed, consectetuer ut, purus.
                    </p>
                    <p>
                    Praesent viverra venenatis magna. Etiam in dolor. Ut in justo ac nibh malesuada cursus. Duis urna arcu, aliquam vitae, consequat nec, tincidunt non, mi. Nunc lobortis. Nunc pharetra. Sed porttitor. Maecenas turpis tortor, blandit nec, dignissim in, porttitor eu, odio. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Suspendisse augue odio, ornare a, elementum ac, tincidunt varius, orci. Nulla libero ante, hendrerit ac, consectetuer eu, sollicitudin et, eros. Duis sapien. Suspendisse ornare enim sit amet dui. Donec ullamcorper diam.
                    </p>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
<?php
echo pun_news(1, 5, 0);
 
require PUN_ROOT.'footer.php';

Thank you!! ^^

Re: a small Request plz!

aww!!! Come on! someone help me please!!! sad

Re: a small Request plz!

this script has comments