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mrlynn

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I wanted to be able to provide a teaser item for topics that have no news submitted. Each topic should have a different teaser.

I've hacked up GL 1.3.7 index.php to display a customized "No News Yet" message based on the topic.
  1. Add a column to gl_topics, text type named emptymsg
  2. Apply this patch to index.php:
    Text Formatted Code

    --
    @@ -261,12 +261,16 @@
         $display .= COM_printPageNavigation($base_url,$page, $num_pages);
     } else {
    -    $display .= COM_startBlock($LANG05[1]) . $LANG05[2];
         if (!empty($topic)) {
    -        $result = DB_query ("SELECT topic FROM {$_TABLES['topics']} WHERE tid='$topic'");
    +        $result = DB_query ("SELECT topic,emptymsg FROM {$_TABLES['topics']} WHERE tid='$topic'");
             $A = DB_fetchArray ($result);
    -        if (!empty ($A['topic'])) {
    -            $topic = $A['topic'];
    -        }
    -        $display .= $LANG05[3];
    +       if (!empty ($A['emptymsg'])) {
    +               $display.=COM_startBlock($LANG05[1]) . $A['emptymsg'];
    +       } else {
    +               $display .= COM_startBlock($LANG05[1]) . $LANG05[2];
    +               if (!empty ($A['topic'])) {
    +                   $topic = $A['topic'];
    +               }
    +               $display .= $LANG05[3];
    +       }
         }
         $display .= COM_endBlock();
    ---
     
  3. Add content to your gl_topics table emptymsg row for each topic.

    If there is interest, I will publish the rest of the hack including a yet to be completed topic administration modification that will prompt for the "emptymsg".

    Oh yea... to the guys that created GL... Thanks for the kick@ss Free Software!

    Mike
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mrlynn

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I've completed the Hack... complete with mods to the topiceditor template.

READ MORE

Please let me know if you find any bugs or problems with this hack - it's my first. Also - is there a more formalized method for announcing hacks?

Thanks, Mike
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