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## MOD Title: Post Exerpt
## MOD Author: Goxu < goxu@dowonders.net >
## MOD Description: Excerpts first posts and display them in the forum index. If there is an image posted, the first one will be displayed in the forum index as a thumbnail.
## MOD Version: 1.1.0
##
## Installation Level: (Easy)
## Installation Time: 5 Minutes
## Files To Edit: viewforum.php
##		  templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.tpl
## Included Files: (n/a)
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## Author Notes: My First mod :) Great Thanks to dESiLVer, who created the Mouse Hover Last Post.
## This mod is just a little sister of that mod.
##
##
## In order to change the excerpt length, just edit the $char_limit = '380'; to whatever number you want.
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## MOD History:
##
##   2006-10-15 - Version 1.0.0
##   2006-10-18 - Version 1.1.0  :picture preview is avalable
##
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## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD
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#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------
#
viewforum.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]-----------------------------------
#

      $row_color = ( !($i % 2) ) ? $theme['td_color1'] : $theme['td_color2'];
      $row_class = ( !($i % 2) ) ? $theme['td_class1'] : $theme['td_class2'];

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]-------------------------------------------
#

		$sql = "SELECT post_text FROM " . POSTS_TEXT_TABLE . " WHERE post_id=" . $topic_rowset[$i]['topic_first_post_id'];

		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
        	$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
	      	$db->sql_freeresult($result);
		$imagepreview = "";
		$excerpt_post = $row['post_text'];

		if(preg_match("#\[url=(.+)\]\[img:(.+)\](.+)\[/img(.+)\]\[/url\]#", $excerpt_post, $matches)){
		$imagepreview = "<a href=\"$matches[1]\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"$matches[3]\" alt=\"$matches[1]\" height =\"60\"></a>";
		}

     		$char_limit = '500';
		if (strlen($excerpt_post) > $char_limit)
		{
		$excerpt_post=substr($excerpt_post, 0, $char_limit) . "....";
		}

		$excerpt_post = preg_replace("/\[.+\]/iU",'',$excerpt_post);
		$excerpt_post = str_replace(array('"', '\''), array('&quote;', '\\\''), $excerpt_post);

#
#
#-----[ FIND ]-----------------------------------
#

			'LAST_POST_TIME' => $last_post_time,

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]-------------------------------------------
#

			'EXCERPT_POST' => $excerpt_post,
			'IMAGE_PREVIEW' => $imagepreview,

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------
#
templates/subSilver/viewforum_body.tpl
#
#-----[ FIND ]-----------------------------------
#

<td class="row1" width="100%"><span class="topictitle">{topicrow.NEWEST_POST_IMG}{topicrow.TOPIC_TYPE}<a href="{topicrow.U_VIEW_TOPIC}" class="topictitle">{topicrow.TOPIC_TITLE}</a></span><span class="gensmall"><br />

#
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]-----------------------------------
#
 {topicrow.TOPIC_TYPE}

#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]-------------------------------------------
#

<span style="float: right;">{topicrow.IMAGE_PREVIEW}</span>

#
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]-----------------------------------
#

 {topicrow.TOPIC_TITLE}</a></span>

#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]-------------------------------------------
#

<br><span style='font-size: 0.8em; word-break:break-all;'>{topicrow.EXCERPT_POST}</span>

#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# That's it! :)