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I just love this block, it's really great. But since we're all using GL1.3.10 and 1.3.11 we can change the story ID. I found out that the Stories By Topic Block now lists the wrong stories since they are sorted by story ID instead of submission date. The result is that a story with ID=zzzzzzzzz submitted ages ago will be listed as a new story while a brand new story with ID=aaaaaaaa is not listed as a new story.

How can I change that?

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

Well, I'm no developer but I succeeded in changing the sorting from 'sid' to 'date'. I've uploaded the file to GL.

BTW this should be a default GL block IMHO

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

I can't download your file SQL error.

geKow

I don't think it's already through the submission que

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

ah, I see...
so I would guess, that it's a kind of bug that I can find the file using the search

geKow

Yes, I think it's a bug. This is the second time I noticed it so I'll report it. If you're in a hurry I can mail the file if you like.

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

oh, I'm not in a hurry. ... but on the other hand...

Thanks a lot
But I have a problem, maybe I missed something?
All the links to the stories appear without $sid
like this

geKow

Oooops, , I overlooked something while copying it from my own lib-custom.php:

Around line 151 change this:

to


So change 'date' to sid'

Sorry for the mistake, I'll upload a new version right away if this change helps...

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

it IS allready written the way you said. It says sid at this point, so I guess it is something else?
Could it be sometihing on my side?

geKow

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oh wait... I didn't check my mail brb

ok, everything looks fine, now. Thanks again and greetings to NL, my dear neighbour.

Just curious but what does this block do that you can't do with content syndication and a portal block?

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Yes I am mental.

Hey, I understand your question

the difference I see is, that you can have a limited number of topics from different categories (!) merged to one list or separated by categories.

I have made an experimental install here at my sitere, you can see the block under " die letzten 3" where "gekow.news" shows the last couple of entries from all categories using a portal block.
(sorry, german )
geKow

I gotcha, nice stuff! I just downloaded it to play with. Thanks for the efforts.

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Yes I am mental.

Is there any chance of this block being able to also display the intro text for each story headline as well as just the headline?

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Clunk! Thud! Clank!

This should be possible, but I don't know how . I'm no developer, so updating the block was already quite something for me.

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

Does anybody know how? I'm just staring.

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Clunk! Thud! Clank!

I too would like to have some or all of the intro listed with the headline. did anyone come up with a way t do this?

Did you try to change the PHP file yourself? Shouldn't be that hard..

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Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net

wish i could. don't know anything about editing scripts. have to rely on other people's generosity.