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willyfi

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Hi.
I wish to show the title of the new stories in the What's New block, in the same way it is done for links and comments. Currently only it's showed the number of new stories in the last X hours, but not the titles of these stories. Is it possible? Anyone know how can it be done?

Sorry for my horrible English. Embarassed
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sammykrupa

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I don't know how it can be done but your English is better then half the people here Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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willyfi

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Nobody can help me? Can someone help me
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It's not supported, so you'd have to modify function COM_whatsNewBlock (in lib-common.php) ...

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machinari

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...or you could create a new portal block using your own site's feed. Just my two cents
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Quote by machinari: ...or you could create a new portal block using your own site's feed.

Hey, that's a clever idea Its a deal - shaking hands

And to get rid of the New Stories section of the What's New block, you can switch it off in config.php.

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willyfi

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Thanks a lot for your answers.

I'd tried with the portal block, but I had a problem with the character encoding. Although I set the character encoding to iso-8859-1 (in the website and in the feed), some characters were incorrect in the block. Do you know how to fix this?

Thx!
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Rosamunda

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...or you could create a new portal block using your own site's feed.


I´m sorry, but I´ve no idea of how can I do that.
Can you help me?

Thanks in advance!

Rosamunda
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from your admin menu > blocks > new block

now in your block editor select portal block as "block type"

under "Portal Block Options" put the url of your site's feed in the "RSS URL" field. the url of your site's feed will be http://yoursite.com/backend/geeklog.rdf. click save.

if you are not sure of the link to your site's feed or even if your site has a feed, then go to admin > content syndication and note the link (if any) displayed under the heading "feed name". If there is no link, create a new feed.

hope that helps
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Tim

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1) You can create a block that calls a custom function
2) Create the php_new_stories function and put in your lib-custom.php file.
3) This function can use the base code found in:
http://www.pigstye.net/gplugs/article.php/20041001145241777
to create a list of the 5 most recent postings.

I hope this helps...
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Has anyone come up with a way to modify the What's New block? That block would be the most attractive place to put a new stories list.

I can't get that new stories function to work as a php block because the code gives me an SQL error for some reason.

I'm using a portal block for now.
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n00b

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Hie,

Here is the situation:
Topic: Research
Story: Security
...
... story text
...
end of story

...
... list of other stories in this topic (only story names)
...

How can I achieve this?

Thanx in advance!

PS: I already checked RSS, quite OK, but still not what I wanted...

Rgds,
KJ
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n00b

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Hie,

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$test = DB_query(select * from $_tables['stories'] where tid = 'corporate');
$BB = DB_fetchArray($test);

echo $BB;


 


This is something what I wanna add to "article.php", so that it will display the other stories in the same topic.

I am able to run the sql statement, getting the results expected... but so far, couldnt identify how to get it in geeklog...

If I'm doing mistakes, please correct me... and actually help! Smile

Rgds,
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n00b

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Actually,

I want the page that you can see when you click "More on $_TOPIC_ID" link.
Which does a search, and displays the result of search with criteria "tid".

Rgds,
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you are asking for what you already have. The only difference is where the output is... Since I am procrastinating today anyway, here you go.

put this function into your lib-custom.php:
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//returns a list of articles (minus the current article) according to topic ID
function listArticlesPerTopic($tid,$sid)
{
    global $_TABLES, $_CONF;
    $retval = '';

    //query stories by tid
    //and check for same perm as what's new block
    $A = DB_query("SELECT title, sid FROM {$_TABLES['stories']}
        WHERE tid='$tid' AND sid<>'$sid'
        AND (date <= NOW()) AND (draft_flag = 0)" . COM_getPermSQL( 'AND' )
        . " ORDER BY date DESC");

    //build list    
    if (DB_numRows($A) >= 1){
        $retval = '<ul>';
        while ($B = DB_fetchArray($A)){
            $articleUrl = COM_buildUrl( $_CONF['site_url'] . '/article.php?story=' . $B['sid'] );
            $retval .= '<li>';
            $retval .= '<a href="' . $articleUrl . '">' . stripslashes($B['title']) . '</a>';
            $retval .= '</li>';
        }
        $retval .= '</ul>';
    }
    return $retval;
}


 


Insert the following into article.php around line 225 (I included the context):
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            $story_template->set_var ('whats_related', $related);
            $story_template->set_var ('story_options', $optionsblock);
            $story_template->set_var ('whats_related_story_options',
                    $related . $optionsblock);
            //********************* the following added by machinari
            $article_list = listArticlesPerTopic($A['tid'],$story);
            if(!empty($article_list)){
                $topic = DB_getItem( $_TABLES['topics'], 'topic', "tid = '{$A['tid']}'" );
                $moreblock = COM_startBlock ($LANG24[38] . ' ' . stripslashes( $topic ), '',
                    Com_getBlockTemplate ('other_stories_block', 'header'))
                    . $article_list
                    . Com_endBlock (COM_getBlockTemplate ('other_stories_block', 'footer'));
                $story_template->set_var ('other_stories_this_topic', $moreblock);
            }
            //****************** the above added by machinari

            // if (DB_count($_TABLES['pollquestions'],'qid',$story) > 0) {
            //     $display .= COM_showPoll(80,$story);
            // }

            $story_template->set_var ('formatted_article',
                                      STORY_renderArticle ($A, 'n'));


 


...and insert this template variable into layout/yourtheme/topic/article.thtml: {other_stories_this_topic}.
for example (professional theme):
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        {formatted_article}
        <table border="0" width="100%">
            <tr><td valign="top">{whats_related}</td>
                <td valign="top">{story_options}</td>
                <td valign="top">{other_stories_this_topic}</td></tr>
        </table>
        {commentbar}



 
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n00b

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Thanx a lot machinari!

Thats what I was looking for!

Now, there is another block on right-hand side which has all titles of stories (sorted by$tid).

Here we go Smile
How do I get it not as block on right/left side, but as a text below the story?
(by the way, using "Classic" theme)

But, anyway, its working OK!
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machinari

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you would just edit the template file in question (article.thtml) placing the variable to be replaced anywhere you like. for example (Classic):
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                            {formatted_article}<br>
                            {commentbar}
                            {other_stories_this_topic}
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <img src="{site_url}/images/speck.gif" height="1" width="10" alt="">
                        </td>
                        <td valign="top" width="180">
                            {whats_related_story_options}<br>
                            <img src="{site_url}/images/speck.gif" width="180" height="1" alt="">
   


 
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n00b

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machinari everything is OK, cool... working...
But for some reason I cannot get it as a PHPBLOCK...

I create a new block (php block) phpblock_listArticlesPerTopic

I got this:

Error in PHP Block. Function, phpblock_listArticlesPerTopic, does not exist.

Rgds,
KJ
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Perhaps I don't understand it, but do you know that the stories_by_topic block almost does exactly what you need? It shows the titles of the newest stories, you can set the topics you want to show and/or merge the results as well....
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machinari

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Quote by n00b:
I create a new block (php block) phpblock_listArticlesPerTopic

I got this:

Error in PHP Block. Function, phpblock_listArticlesPerTopic, does not exist.

Rgds,
KJ

you have to ensure that the function name is the same as what you put into the block editor, i.e., "listArticlesPerTopic" should be "phpblock_listArticlesPerTopic" as your error makes clear.

...and beewee makes a good point
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