Topic: Editing Board News block header

[Viken]

SMF: 2.0 RC3
SP: 2.3.2

Hi there, my SP is working perfectly except I'd like to make a small change .... I just don't know how.

The Board News block, which I have as a top block, pulls recent forum posts from specified forum boards. However, the title in the forum states the post title followed by " | date". I would like to take that date out of the heading for each post.

Also, each Board news showing has, under the header, the date of posting, the post author, number of times viewed, and number of comments. I'd like to get rid of those also.

Finally, I have the SP set to show 3 posts only, so it is only one page. At the bottom it says "Pages: [1]". I can understand that if there are multiple pages to look at, but is it possible to have that disappear and show only if there is more than one page?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

[Viken]

The Board News block, which I have as a top block, pulls recent forum posts from specified forum boards. However, the title in the forum states the post title followed by " | date". I would like to take that date out of the heading for each post.

I have managed to achieve this by editing the /sources/portalblocks.php file as follows:

FIND:

Code: [Select]

<td class="sp_middle sp_regular_padding sp_fullwidth"><a href="', $news['href'], '" >', $news['subject'], '</a> | ', $news['timeyear'], '</td>
REPLACE WITH:

Code: [Select]

<td class="sp_middle sp_regular_padding sp_fullwidth"><a href="', $news['href'], '" >', $news['subject'], '</a> ', '</td>
FIND:

Code: [Select]

                    <h3 class="catbg"><span class="left"></span>
                        <span class="sp_float_left sp_article_icon">', $news['icon'], '</span><a href="', $news['href'], '" >', $news['subject'], '</a> | ', $news['timeyear'], '
                    </h3>

REPLACE WITH:

Code: [Select]

                    <h3 class="catbg"><span class="left"></span>
                        <span class="sp_float_left sp_article_icon">', $news['icon'], '</span><a href="', $news['href'], '" >', $news['subject'], '</a> ', '
                    </h3>

That will help someone else if they ever wish to achieve this.

[Viken]

Also, each Board news showing has, under the header, the date of posting, the post author, number of times viewed, and number of comments. I'd like to get rid of those also.

I have managed to achieve this by editing the /sources/portalblocks.php file as follows:

FIND:

Code: [Select]

<span class="topslice"><span></span></span>
Just below it, FIND AND DELETE the following:

Code: [Select]

            if ($avatars && $news['avatar']['name'] !== null && !empty($news['avatar']['href']))
                echo '
                            <img src="', $news['avatar']['href'], '" alt="', $news['poster']['name'], '" width="30" class="sp_float_right" />
                            <div class="middletext">', $news['timeday'], ' ', $txt['by'], ' ', $news['poster']['link'], '<br />', $txt['sp-articlesViews'], ': ', $news['views'], ' | ', $txt['sp-articlesComments'], ': ', $news['replies'], '</div>';
            else
                echo '
                            <div class="middletext">', $news['timeday'], ' ', $txt['by'], ' ', $news['poster']['link'], ' | ', $txt['sp-articlesViews'], ': ', $news['views'], ' | ', $txt['sp-articlesComments'], ': ', $news['replies'], '</div>';