MOD Display new links on index page

[Greg]

Mod by "Vincent Wright"

Here is a quick mod that displays new links on index page. But first, let me explain how it works. It uses the same mechanism to display a list of links that is used in any subcategory. But instead of subcategory links we substitute new links. Only slight changes are necessary to achieve the effect.

Ok, let's jump straight to the gory details.

1. Open index.php in your directory script root folder. Go to the very bottom. Right before the last two lines of code:

$gDirSmarty->display("index{$templ}.tpl");
?>

insert this snippet:

if (0 == $category['id'])
{
    $new_links =& $gDirDb->getNewLinks(0, 5);
    $gDirSmarty->assign_by_ref('links', $new_links);
    $gDirSmarty->assign('show_as_new', true);
}

The condition 0 == $category['id'] means this is ROOT category, or index page. In the block below new links are fetched. I used 5 as the number of new links to return from getNewLinks() function call. You can vary this number if you need more or less new links on index page.

The next two lines assign Smarty variables. An important variable here is 'show_as_new' -- this is a flag to differentiate between regular and new links because the same template is used to display both. Well, it's use is described below. Read on....

... but before, save changes to index.php and close the file.

2. The next step is to slightly adjust template file. Go to your template folder. By default it is templates/GreenLeaves. Open index.tpl file.

Find the piece of code that displays links. In my distribution it is line 20 and starts like this:

{if $links}
    <div class="box">
        <div class="box-caption-right">
            <div class="box-caption-left">
                <div class="box-caption">{$lang.links}</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="box-content">

The line in bold gets replaced with the line below (in bold as well):

{if $links}
    <div class="box">
        <div class="box-caption-right">
            <div class="box-caption-left">
                <div class="box-caption">{if $show_as_new}{$lang.new_links}{else}{$lang.links}{/if}</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="box-content">

You see, we only had to change one line of code in the template file to complete this mod. This line displays block title correctly -- "Links" for regular pages (subcategory pages) and "New Links" for index page.

Save changes, close the index.tpl file and give it a try!

Is it what you wanted to see? Yes? Great!

P.S.
If you have trouble implementing this mod feel free to ask.

[Vasily B.]

I have just sticked this thread. It seems to be useful

[David Marshall]

Excellent info,have just used this with version 2.0.01 and works great.........
http://linkerman.com

[Cris Santos]

Having problem with this mod in my v.2 greenleaves template.

I have the following layout :
{if $category.id == 0} my article {/if}

<div>{if $links}
{if $show_as_new}{$lang.new_links}{else}{$lang.links}{/if}
</div>


{if $category.id == 0} my 2nd article {/if}

All worked fine til i added this mod.
Now i'm getting the following error :

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in index.tpl line 94]: syntax error: unclosed tag {if} (opened line 34). (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 320) in /home/cristina/public_html/news/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095

Thing is, all {if}'s are closed...why is smarty not recognizing this?

[Dave Baker]

Hello Cris,
This modification made for version 2.0:
http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/about7600.html
Please try to check it.

[Cris Santos]

Hi Dave - The mod you mention doesnt work for me since, as explained, the links should appear in the middle of the index (between 2 articles)...


David Marshall made it work...
Anybody??

[Dave Baker]

It seems the code selected with red color is "unclosed tag"

{if $category.id == 0} my article {/if}

<div>{if $links}
{if $show_as_new}{$lang.new_links}{else}{$lang.links}{ /if}
</div>

{if $category.id == 0} my 2nd article {/if}

Maybe your code must be similar to the following:

{if $category.id == 0} my article {/if}

<div>{if $links}
{if $show_as_new}{$lang.new_links}{else}{$lang.links}{ /if}
{/if}</div>

{if $category.id == 0} my 2nd article {/if}

[Joe Boxer]

Very nice mod, thanks.

Joe

[webvivre]

How can we have this feature in v2.1?

[Shunny]

Yes this is a feature I am looking for too can someone give the details for 2.1.01