Notify a new post on another site page (Technics)
Hi Jean-Michel,
2) by getting the info from the MLF database. But then, access must be granted to a third party.
Why? Given what you stated in your post I assume that you run the site (say example.org) and the forum either in a subdirectory (example.org/forum) or subdomain (forum.example.org). Where does a third party come into play here?
Examples from my site:
- Example 1
In the left column of the main site a list of the last fifteen top-level posts (id == tid
) of the forum – which is located in a subdomain.
- Example 2
In the subdomain a list of the latest twenty posts. List items are styled in such a way that one can distinguish between top-level posts and replies. This is the page people generally bookmark if they don’t use the RSS-feed.
In your case query the DB limiting to one (the latest) result within the last two days. Suggestion: In the main-page write sumfink like <?php include('foo.inc.php'); ?>
. Within foo.inc.php
query the database and style the result accordingly: "New!" with "visibility:hidden;"
if there is nothing new or with "visibility:visible;"
otherwise. More elegantly, if you have respective classes in a CSS.
3) by retrieving a certain predefined flag on the forum home page. This does probably not exist today.
Yep.
What is the easiest way to get this info ?
Maybe I’m biased but I would opt for 2).
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Cheers,
Alfie (Helmut Schütz)
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