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IP.Board recent topics ModuleLanguage

A very simple yet customizable module to display recent topics from your IPB-based forum in Joomla. I wasn't able to find any similar module and created one myself. Since I love when a program or script has a bunch of preferences, I tried to customize each and every possible parameter.

Settings list:
- database parameters (DB name, username and password, prefix etc.);
- number of recent topics to display;
- number of characters in topic title to display;
- date format;
- forum location (in case it's not in default 'forum' folder);
- show or hide last post date, author and forum;
- set the list of forums, which shouldn't be displayed in the module;
- show or hide first and last post text;
- fields to display anything you want above and below topics list.

Extra:
- automatic post time adjustment according to IPB settings;
- English and Russian language files;
- separate customizable CSS-file;
- Two FREE hugs from me :-)

NOTE! If you have problems with displaying non-Latin characters in the module, open mod_ipb_latest.php, uncomment all commented strings (you won't miss'em) and comment the above ones. This should solve all possible display problems. If it won't and you can't fix it yourself - feel free to contact me.

Changes in version 1.6:

- optimized for latest versions of IPB;
- added Joomla 1.6 compatibility;

Don't forget to unzip archive before install! Now it contains 2 versions of this module, not just one.

Changes in version 1.3:

- all BB-codes in posts now being stripped; this includes attachments as well.

Changes in version 1.2:

- added show/hide first and last posts of the topic feature with "Post length" and "Allowed HTML tags" parameters;
- now all elements are enclosed in DIVs, which gives you unlimited customization options;

Changes in version 1.1:

- extra settings item added - list of hidden forums;
- the way of decoding non-Latin characters changed;
- html special characters (like " for example ) now being decoded to avoid display problems;
- fixed some bugs.

P.S.: Don't forget to write a simple review or comment if you like my module. Love feedback :-)

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2010-09-12
Reviews: 4
Great job. Please create another great Joomla module that will work with the IP.Converge "converge.CheckEmail" function. We really need Joomla modules that will utilize the IP.Converge features.

Thanks Again.
Owner's reply

Would love to help, but I am not a good programmer. Can only do very simple stuff like this module :-)

2010-04-15
Reviews: 1
Nice work!!!
2010-02-20
Reviews: 2
Very nice and useful mod. I'm using both versions and sincerely the latest update is just for improve because is nothing to correct in the first revision