how can I achieve something like this:
- Have a predefined list of topics
- Show the amount of these topics to display (like one topic)
- Display them randomly
- Have a layout (output) similar to the boardnews block (subject, content, user, avatar, read more, etc)
Any ideas, suggestions?
Make a custom PHP block, in it make an array with all the IDs of the topics you want to show.
Randomize n number of indexes from that array (n = the number you want to display).
Load the ID from the first message from that topics. (it's a fairy easy query using $smcFunc)
There is a SSI function to load posts from an array of posts IDs.