show latest topics outside the forum

Chalipa

hi,

how can i show the latest topics posted from a specific category in the forum outside the forum in another php page?

VanillaFan

write mysql query and php code to display latest post

grab data from Discussion,Comment,User tables

Chalipa

@VanillaFan said:
write mysql query and php code to display latest post

grab data from Discussion,Comment,User tables

extremely new and unfamiliar with php

btw, i'm using vanilla 2.1

Bleistivt

Don't do that.

You can retrieve the data in json Format by appending .json to the controller name in the url

For example:
http://vanillaforums.org/categories.json/vanilla-2-1

Take a look at the vanilla forums wordpress plugin, which does exactly what you want:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/vanilla-forums/

If you are not using wordpress, a starting point would be to copy the contents of the function vf_widget_discussions from widgets.php and include the functions.php

Another (probably easier) option would be to create a view in vanilla that just shows the DiscussionsModule and embed this into your page.

hgtonight

If you are not using wordpress, I suggest you add Latest Post List as a plugin and pull the module into your site via AJAX.

You can request any module on your site through the module controller. Request http://forums.example.com/module/latestpostlistmodule and you will get a preformatted html string.

x00

@hgtonight said:
If you are not using wordpress, I suggest you add Latest Post List as a plugin and pull the module into your site via AJAX.

You can request any module on your site through the module controller. Request http://forums.example.com/module/latestpostlistmodule and you will get a preformatted html string.

You are probably going to want to install your plugin first

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/latestpostlist-plugin

Haha

hgtonight

@x00 thanks for the link.