Front Page News

[pszilard]

I have a dedicated News Page, which works fine.

I would like to be able to pickup the latest "x" number news items to show on my Home Page. Is this easily doable? I tried searching the forums but could find an answer, but if this is already discussed somewhere, please give me a pointer. Ta.

[albatros]

Hi,

yes it is possible. Have a look on "any news" http://addons.websitebaker.org/pages/modules/code-snippets.php

hth

Uwe

[stinkywinky]

Another easy option is to put the next code inside your template:

Code:

<ul> 


<!-- NEWS READER -->

<?php
$group = 3; // Specify the Group(id) you want to read the news from

global $database;

$query = "SELECT *, DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(posted_when), '%d/%m/%Y') AS datum_nl
FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."mod_news_posts
WHERE group_id = $group
ORDER BY post_id
DESC LIMIT 0,3;"; 
// This limits the results to max 3, so if you want it to be 10, make it LIMIT 0, 10.
// The first number defines the starting point, and the second the max/end of the results

$content = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error() .'<BR>'. $query);

while ($data = mysql_fetch_array($content))

{
  $id = $data[post_id];
  $link = $data[link];


  $query_comments = $database->query("SELECT title,comment,commented_when,commented_by FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."mod_news_comments WHERE post_id = '".$id."'");
  $comments_count=$query_comments->numRows();

?>

<li><? echo $data[datum_nl];  ?>-<a href="<?php echo WB_URL.PAGES_DIRECTORY.$link.PAGE_EXTENSION;?>"><?php echo $data[title]; ?></a>
<br /><a class="nieuws" href="<?php echo WB_URL.PAGES_DIRECTORY.$link.PAGE_EXTENSION;?>">lees het volledige bericht</a>
</li>


<?php
}
?>

<!-- END NEWS READER -->

[pszilard]

Stinkywinky, how do I use this code? I tried inserting it into a Code section, but it wouldn't save. I also tried insert it into a WYSYWIG as Source and that didn't work either.

[stinkywinky]

Just put the code inside your template!

[marathoner]

Be aware that if you put this into your template that is will appear on every page and not just your front page...unless you use logic that only includes it if $pageid =0 (or whatever your front page is). I would prefer using Any News snippet (as albatros mentioned to you) and including it into a section on whatever page I want it to include it.

[Hans]

You could also use two templates, one with the code for the frontpage, an one without the code for pages  without news.
Hans

[pszilard]

I got it working by creating a Code Section with "display_news_items(4,20,150,0);" inside it.

Thanks for the pointers.