This module requires the bulletin board software Simple Machines to be
installed local to your Joomla! installation. When setup properly,
it will display the name of the topic which was last posted or replied
in which will be linkable. I can display other bits of
information which can be usefull and is described below.
INITIAL SETUP
Two things are REQUIRED for this module to work properly. The
most obvious, of course, is that the module is to be installed as any
other through your Administration Panel. The second is that the
following code is needed to be placed BEFORE the first html tag.
It also must be edited to reflect the correct path on your server.
Below are examples to help demonstrate what needs to be added to your template.
The easiest way to get the exact code to add to your template is to edit the following url to reflect your site:
www.yoursite.com/yourforum/ssi_examples.php
There you will see the exact code needed to add in your template.
CONFIGURATION
Now that it is installed properly you will need to, of course, publish it
in the desired location and setup the different parameters to give the
desired look. Below we discuss the different parameters and what
they do.
Link To Forum
Here you can select to show or hide a linkable title to the forum of
which the topic resides in. This can be usefull if there is one
or more topics with the same name that are very active. Turning
it off can allow it to fit better within your site and it's design.
Parameters
Overview
Post Information
Here you can select to show or hide the date and time of the post or
most recent reply. Good information for the users of your main
site. Turning it off can allow it to fit better within your site and it's design.
Parameters
Overview
Posted By
Here you can select to show or hide the users that posted or
replied. Again this can be usefull to your users or can be turned
off to fit better within your site.
Parameters
Overview
Limit Number of Recent Posts
Here you can set the maximum number of topics you want to be displayed
as being posted in or replied to recently. 5 - 10 are good
recommended numbers. In the overview below you can see that there are only five topics displayed.
Parameters
Overview
Exclude Forums
Here you can exclude forums from being listed on your site as having a
recent post or reply. This is very usefull if you have mambers
only forums or forums that are not considered relative to your
site. To exclude a forum you will need to know the number of the
forum. To get this you will need to visit this forum and then
look in the address bar. See the example below.
Example
Here you will notice that the highlighted area says "board,1.0" so the board number is 1.
Now that you have the forum numbers that you want to exclude, just enter them in any order seperated by commas.
Parameters
Using any combination of the above parameters will allow you to
customize this module to best fit your site's style or necessary space
constraints that you may have.
DOWNLOAD
If you would like to download this module you may do so here.
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