SSI.php questions about latest posts

[JCphotog]

Hi.  I'm very excited about the SSI.php function of this forum.  I would like to post the recent posts to a specific board on a related site.  I see the Recent Posts Function: <?php ssi_recentPosts(); ?> will probably get me half way there, but is there some what to limit the recent posts to that of a specific board?

[bryan_49ers]

I'm looking for this info too

[kegobeer]

Please look at ssi_examples.php and SSI.php.  Also, read the SSI FAQs and search the forum for ssi_recentPosts.

[Kindred]

to answer your question more specifically, yes... ssi_RecentPosts can be limited to specific boards by the function call...

[crewzer]

Hey guys-

We respect you are experts at this stuff but we novices "trying" to learn.
We also respect the fact that you do this for free - and hugely appreciate that!

I have searched and searched and searched the forum for specifics on how to use these functions and found limited answers.

I have found posts that limit what is displayed by eliminating boards but is there a way to use this function to just show one board or one topic?

Doing this by specifying each board to NOT show means that every time a board is added, one has to edit this function.

Thanks...

[Kindred]

Sorry, the function, as designed only limits the boards by exclusion, not inclusion.

[JCphotog]

As an alternative to SSI.php, try RSS.  Read this topic for details.

Recent Posts (displays the most recent posts that you can see)
"Sub-action": recent
Default: Shows 5 most recent posts
Available options:
limit=x - display the "x" most recent posts (if number is less than 5, it will display 5. If number is larger than 255, it will display 255).
board=y - display only the recent posts from board "y"
Example: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=72;limit=10