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Thanks for reading. What I'd like to do is display multiple "topic" lists (from different forums) on a single page.
I'm not sure if something like this exists already as an extension or as a question already answered. A search for this didn't return any results but I find it hard to believe nobody has asked this before.
In theory it should be as easy as duplicating an existing code block and popping in new forum IDs, but... phpbb is quite compartmentalized.
There are already several ways to list posts in phpbb. But with something like "active topics" or "recent topics" the posts are all gathered together into one dialog (results) box. I'm envisioning several results (topic lists) boxes on the same page.
The "active topics" box is one example of a topic list.
ACTIVE TOPICS (from all forums)
TOPIC 1 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 5
TOPIC 3 FORUM 9
Another way phpbb does this is on every forum is a list of topics.
TOPIC LIST (from this forums)
TOPIC 1 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 1
TOPIC 3 FORUM 1
What I'd like to construct is a page that shows something like this:
(several topic list boxes from different forums, on one page)
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 1
TOPIC 9 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 1
TOPIC 3 FORUM 1
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 2
TOPIC 4 FORUM 2
TOPIC 1 FORUM 2
TOPIC 7 FORUM 2
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 3
TOPIC 6 FORUM 3
TOPIC 8 FORUM 3
TOPIC 2 FORUM 3
Thanks a lot for any insight or suggestion for this.
If I have to, I can hard code a front page that shows several lists of topics. It's really important to present a full and diverse page at the start or I will lose viewers. (You know what they say, you lose them in 2 seconds if your site is slow or unhelpful.)
Just hoping there's a way to automate this inside phpbb so it would carry the same format.
I see several promising code blocks in viewforum_body.html, and I could probably mock up some php to pull the right data. But I'm not sure how to put it all together.
Thanks for reading. What I'd like to do is display multiple "topic" lists (from different forums) on a single page.
I'm not sure if something like this exists already as an extension or as a question already answered. A search for this didn't return any results but I find it hard to believe nobody has asked this before.
In theory it should be as easy as duplicating an existing code block and popping in new forum IDs, but... phpbb is quite compartmentalized.
There are already several ways to list posts in phpbb. But with something like "active topics" or "recent topics" the posts are all gathered together into one dialog (results) box. I'm envisioning several results (topic lists) boxes on the same page.
The "active topics" box is one example of a topic list.
ACTIVE TOPICS (from all forums)
TOPIC 1 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 5
TOPIC 3 FORUM 9
Another way phpbb does this is on every forum is a list of topics.
TOPIC LIST (from this forums)
TOPIC 1 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 1
TOPIC 3 FORUM 1
What I'd like to construct is a page that shows something like this:
(several topic list boxes from different forums, on one page)
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 1
TOPIC 9 FORUM 1
TOPIC 5 FORUM 1
TOPIC 3 FORUM 1
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 2
TOPIC 4 FORUM 2
TOPIC 1 FORUM 2
TOPIC 7 FORUM 2
ACTIVE TOPICS from forum 3
TOPIC 6 FORUM 3
TOPIC 8 FORUM 3
TOPIC 2 FORUM 3
Thanks a lot for any insight or suggestion for this.
If I have to, I can hard code a front page that shows several lists of topics. It's really important to present a full and diverse page at the start or I will lose viewers. (You know what they say, you lose them in 2 seconds if your site is slow or unhelpful.)
Just hoping there's a way to automate this inside phpbb so it would carry the same format.
I see several promising code blocks in viewforum_body.html, and I could probably mock up some php to pull the right data. But I'm not sure how to put it all together.
Statistics: Posted by pxdetroit — Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:53 am