HowTo Display Latest Active Threads on ANY normal HTML page

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############# Install Instructions
## THIS WILL DISPLAY THE LATEST 10 ACTIVE THREADS ON ANY NON VBULLETIN HTML PAGE

## Requires vBulletin version 3.5.0 stable.

## Admin Control Panel > vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > Admin Control Panel Options > Use External Data Provider:
YES - type = JavaScript

## At any location in your custom .html page, add this code:

<table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<a href="search.php?do=getnew">Latest Active Threads</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
 
<td width="100%">
 
<div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="external.php?type=js"></script> 
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (var x in threads)
{
document.writeln("<a href=\"showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"\">"+threads[x].title+"</a> (Posted By: "+threads[x].poster+")<br />");
}
//-->
</script></div>
 
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- show latest active threads -->
</table>
<br />

## Save the html file, upload it, and you're done.

Note: Don't forget to turn on the External Feed options here:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider

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To limit the amount of threads shown

In the code above, exchange:

for (var x in threads)

with

for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)

exchanging 10 with the amount of threads you want displayed.


To limit the output to the latest threads in one or more specific forums

In the code above, exchange this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="external.php?type=js"></script>

with this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="external.php?forumids=95,96,97,98&type=js"></script>

The bold part is added, and the blue numbers, seperated by commas, are the forumid numbers of the forums you want to fetch the latest threads from.

The forumid number of a forum can be found by editing a forum in the AdminCP. It's listed at the top, next to the forum name.