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New postings as extension?

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Eivind Marienborg

Friday 15 April 2005 5:24:23 am

I'm running an older version of Exponential (3.4.0), but can't upgrade right now. Still, I'd really like having the New postings function on my site.

Is it somehow available as an extension for older versions, or something like that? (Is this at all possible..?)

Łukasz Serwatka

Monday 18 April 2005 4:31:14 am

Hi Eivind,

You can do this using standard Exponential functionality. You will have to set your classes ids for fetch function if you using custom and replace NODE_FORUM_DIR with your own.

This example is for:

NODE_FORUM_DIR
|
|- - - Forum 1
|- - - Forum 2

{let page_limit=20
     list_items=array()
     list_count=0
     time_filter=array( array( 'modified_subnode', '>=', $last_visit_timestamp ) )}

{set list_items=fetch( content, tree, hash( parent_node_id, NODE_FORUM_DIR,
					    depth, 2,
                                            offset, $view_parameters.offset,
                                            attribute_filter, $time_filter,
					    class_filter_type, 'include',
					    class_filter_array, array( 'forum_message' ),
                                            sort_by, array( array( 'modified_subnode', false() ) ),
                                            limit, $page_limit ) )
     list_count=fetch( content, tree_count, hash( parent_node_id, NODE_FORUM_DIR,
			 			  depth, 2,
                                                  offset, $view_parameters.offset,
						  class_filter_type, 'include',
     						  class_filter_array, array( 'forum_message' ),
						  sort_by, array( array( 'modified_subnode', false() ) ),
                                                  attribute_filter, $time_filter ) )}

{section name=Child loop=$list_items}
   {$item.name}
{/section}

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Eivind Marienborg

Monday 18 April 2005 5:17:54 am

Hi Lukasz, thanks for your reply.

It doesn't work, I can't get any timestamp from the $last_visit_timestamp.

Come to think about it, I'm almost certain I've read some place that this timestamp is a new feature in 3.5, requiring both kernel and database updates. But then again, I'm not completely sure..