Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer - Top Five
Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Hello Top Fivers!
I wonder if this MOD can be modified so it only shows a clickable 'last active topic' in the footer of the board. I don't want it to show the rest of the information like (the five most active users and the top five latest registered users). I'm using a RTL language board in prosilver and I'm a beginner.
any help would be appreciated,
Ali
I wonder if this MOD can be modified so it only shows a clickable 'last active topic' in the footer of the board. I don't want it to show the rest of the information like (the five most active users and the top five latest registered users). I'm using a RTL language board in prosilver and I'm a beginner.
any help would be appreciated,
Ali
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Are you sure you want it in the footer? http://s30.postimg.org/fi6r25o9t/prosilver_footer.png
Or do you mean above that? Which is the index - just to be clear
With or without the border?
Or do you mean above that? Which is the index - just to be clear
With or without the border?
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
I want it to appear above "Who is Online" section and under Login area of the prosilver template.
Clickable, without border and perhaps with a customizable font size/color.
I'm sorry I'm a non-programmer so I thought the whole lower area is the footer
This is my forum: http://forum.noorpod.com/
Thanks for clarification.
Ali
Clickable, without border and perhaps with a customizable font size/color.
I'm sorry I'm a non-programmer so I thought the whole lower area is the footer
This is my forum: http://forum.noorpod.com/
Thanks for clarification.
Ali
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
The easiest way is to install the Mod and then alter it a little to how you want it; and the simplest way to install a Mod is to use Automod.
Here's the basics of Automod.
In depth:
Installing Automod
Installing MODs with AutoMOD
[kb=tools-needed-to-set-up-and-customise-phpbb]Tools needed to set up and customise phpBB[/kb]
Here's the basics of Automod.
- Download Automod, unzip it and connect with ftp to your board
- On the left, find the unzipped folder - you need to be inside the folder called root
- Upload the contents of the root folder
- Go to your forum to install - eg example.com/forum/install
- Support
In depth:
Installing Automod
Installing MODs with AutoMOD
[kb=tools-needed-to-set-up-and-customise-phpbb]Tools needed to set up and customise phpBB[/kb]
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Shock,
Thanks a lot for teaching me all this. I did right according to that. And the Top Five Mod is now installed
I now need to remove Newest users column, Top active users column and change the English 'Newest Posts' text into its equivalent Persian. Are these too much or could be done by few changes?
Thanks a lot for teaching me all this. I did right according to that. And the Top Five Mod is now installed
I now need to remove Newest users column, Top active users column and change the English 'Newest Posts' text into its equivalent Persian. Are these too much or could be done by few changes?
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Unzip the Mod you downloaded and look in root/language/en/mods you'll see a file called top_five.php
Open that file and you'll see this line
Edit
Make sure to use a good editor like notepad++ (never notepad or wordpad) - Look under "Text editor programs" in the Tools needed link (above) for why
The file containing all this is in styles/prosilver/template/top_five_body.html (take a look, it's only basic html)
I'll get back to you on what to edit, need to have a look myself
Open that file and you'll see this line
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'NEWEST_TOPICS' => 'Newest Posts',
Edit
Newest Posts
to Persian and then upload the file to language/fa/modsMake sure to use a good editor like notepad++ (never notepad or wordpad) - Look under "Text editor programs" in the Tools needed link (above) for why
I now need to remove Newest users column, Top active users column
The file containing all this is in styles/prosilver/template/top_five_body.html (take a look, it's only basic html)
I'll get back to you on what to edit, need to have a look myself
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
That's great! Thank you Shock! It worked! I also went to top_five_body.html and removed some lines by heart! The Top Five box of my forum has now only one column! Have I erased the correct lines?
So how to increase the font size of both the title and the content of the Top Five box?
And the final step: can I turn it to 1 or 2 recent posts instead of 5?
cheers,
Ali
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<div class="forabg">
<div class="inner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>
<table class="table1" cellspacing="1" id="top_five">
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="width: 50%;">{L_NEWEST_TOPICS}</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="bg2">
<td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN top_five_topic --><!-- IF top_five_topic.NO_TOPIC_TITLE-->{top_five_topic.NO_TOPIC_TITLE}<!-- ELSE --><a href="{top_five_topic.U_TOPIC}">{top_five_topic.TOPIC_TITLE}</a><br /> {top_five_topic.USERNAME_FULL} {top_five_topic.LAST_TOPIC_TIME}<br /><!-- ENDIF --><!-- END top_five_topic --></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span></div>
</div>
So how to increase the font size of both the title and the content of the Top Five box?
And the final step: can I turn it to 1 or 2 recent posts instead of 5?
cheers,
Ali
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
The amount of topics is in the file includes/top_five.php
Find
Change the 5 to.....well you get the idea
You still have a border right? And is it where you want it?
If you open template/index_body.html you will see
The line can be moved up or down in the file, refresh templates after moving.
For font size try
Find
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$result = $db->sql_query_limit($db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_ary), 5);
Change the 5 to.....well you get the idea
You still have a border right? And is it where you want it?
If you open template/index_body.html you will see
<!-- INCLUDE top_five_body.html -->
The line can be moved up or down in the file, refresh templates after moving.
For font size try
<font size="4">{top_five_topic.NO_TOPIC_TITLE}</font>
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Worked great Sir!
I just can't figure out where to put the font size code, in the top_five_body.html, in order to see its effect.
I just can't figure out where to put the font size code, in the top_five_body.html, in order to see its effect.
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
This would change the title
Remember to refresh templates afterwards. You may have to delete your browser cache too.
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<font size="3">{top_five_topic.TOPIC_TITLE}</font>
Remember to refresh templates afterwards. You may have to delete your browser cache too.
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Queries will still be run that don't need to be if not using top posters and newest posters.
deprecated, use instead change the 20
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_css.asp
<font size="3">{top_five_topic.TOPIC_TITLE}</font>
deprecated, use instead
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<span style="font-size:20px;">{top_five_topic.TOPIC_TITLE}</span>
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_css.asp
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Could this be removed to stop the extra queries?
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// grab users with most posts
$sql = 'SELECT user_id, username, user_colour, user_posts
FROM ' . USERS_TABLE . '
WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('user_type', $ignore_users, true) . '
AND user_posts <> 0
ORDER BY user_posts DESC';
$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 5);
while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
{
$user_posts[$row['user_id']] = array(
'user_id' => $row['user_id'],
'username' => $row['username'],
'user_colour' => $row['user_colour'],
'user_posts' => $row['user_posts'],
);
}
$db->sql_freeresult($result);
// cache this data for five minutes, this improves performance
$cache->put('_top_five_posters', $user_posts, 300);
}
foreach ($user_posts as $row)
{
$username_string = get_username_string('full', $row['user_id'], $row['username'], $row['user_colour']);
$template->assign_block_vars('top_five_active',array(
'S_SEARCH_ACTION' => append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}search.$phpEx", 'author_id=' . $row['user_id'] . '&sr=posts'),
'POSTS' => $row['user_posts'],
'USERNAME_FULL' => $username_string)
);
}
// newest registered users
if (($newest_users = $cache->get('_top_five_newest_users')) === false)
{
$newest_users = array();
// grab most recent registered users
$sql = 'SELECT user_id, username, user_colour, user_regdate
FROM ' . USERS_TABLE . '
WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('user_type', $ignore_users, true) . '
AND user_inactive_reason = 0
ORDER BY user_regdate DESC';
$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 5);
while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
{
$newest_users[$row['user_id']] = array(
'user_id' => $row['user_id'],
'username' => $row['username'],
'user_colour' => $row['user_colour'],
'user_regdate' => $row['user_regdate'],
);
}
$db->sql_freeresult($result);
// cache this data for ever, cache is purged when adding or deleting users
$cache->put('_top_five_newest_users', $newest_users);
}
foreach ($newest_users as $row)
{
$username_string = get_username_string('full', $row['user_id'], $row['username'], $row['user_colour']);
$template->assign_block_vars('top_five_newest',array(
'REG_DATE' => $user->format_date($row['user_regdate']),
'USERNAME_FULL' => $username_string)
);
}
}
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Re: Only the Last Active Topic in the Footer
Thanks again Shock and Rich for your comments. You guys are really helpful.
I followed your comments and the Mod is accomplished! (at least from my viewpoint).
So if there was anything technical that I should edit or etc, I'll be more than glad to.
I followed your comments and the Mod is accomplished! (at least from my viewpoint).
So if there was anything technical that I should edit or etc, I'll be more than glad to.
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