well, a better choice might be to use the existing SSI function ssi_recentTopics
create a new php page in your forum root directory
<?php
require_once('SSI.php');
global $user_info;
$num = 20; //set this to the number of topics that you want listed
$inc_boards= array(2,3,4,5); // comma separated list of the board IDs which you want this list to pull from
if $user_info['is_guest'] {
echo 'Please log in to see this content';
} else {
ssi_recentTopics($num, null, $inc_boards, 'echo');
}
?>
Then you can set Board 1 to be a redirect board which points to the URL of the above page
the nice thing about this method is that it is portable between versions and does not involve ANY changes to core code
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