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beewee

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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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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 Mr. Green
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I can't download your file Sad SQL error.

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I don't think it's already through the submission que
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ah, I see...
so I would guess, that it's a kind of bug that I can find the file using the search Very Happy

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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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oh, I'm not in a hurry. ... but on the other hand... Very Happy
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Thanks a lot Smile
But I have a problem, maybe I missed something?
All the links to the stories appear without $sid
like this
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http://gekow.net/article.php?story=
 


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

Around line 151 change this:
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            // pull only the stories the visitor is allowed to view
            $sql = "SELECT title, date FROM {$_TABLES['stories']} WHERE ";
 


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            // pull only the stories the visitor is allowed to view
            $sql = "SELECT title, sid FROM {$_TABLES['stories']} WHERE ";
 


So change 'date' to sid'

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

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oh wait... I didn't check my mail Smile brb
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ok, everything looks fine, now. Thanks again and greetings to NL, my dear neighbour. Big Celebration
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drshakagee

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Just curious but what does this block do that you can't do with content syndication and a portal block?
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Hey, I understand your question Smile

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 Wink )
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I gotcha, nice stuff! I just downloaded it to play with. Thanks for the efforts.
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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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This should be possible, but I don't know how . I'm no developer, so updating the block was already quite something for me. Embarassed
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Does anybody know how? I'm just staring. Banging your head
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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?
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beewee

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Did you try to change the PHP file yourself? Shouldn't be that hard..
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wish i could. don't know anything about editing scripts. have to rely on other people's generosity.
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