How to list 5 random FEATURED sites on the front page?

[jeeplaw]

I guess that question says it all. And I'm running 3.0.4..anyone else do this kind of thing yet?

[LyndaLAX]

I'd like to know as well,
best,
Lynda

[bobby9101]

Place in index.php
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right above Content visible to registered users only.
place in main.tpl
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wherever you want them to display

if you have any problems give me a shout

[jeeplaw]

Where would be a good idea to place that code in the main.tpl? I tried placing it near the bottom, but it broke my site.

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in main.tpl line 97]: syntax error: mismatched tag {/if}. expected {/foreach} (opened line 93). (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 2286) in /home/jeeplaw/domains/dietdirectory.org/public_html/libs/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095

Also, I'm running 3.0.4

[bobby9101]

can you post me a url and your main.tpl please
what version are you using?

[jeeplaw]

www.dietdirectory.org

[bobby9101]

main.tpl and version?

[dedoo]

Great mod thanks for posting it.

One question though. Is it possible to add a different css class to these links?
i.e. show different colors for the links and linktexts?

I'm trying to show them in an addbox with a different background color than the directory itself

Danny

[dcristo]

Did anyone get this working with 3.04?

[Steven Myers]

Here you go: http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3916 Works in 3.05 as well.

Just change variables for the listings, I cannot say that this will actually display 5 for you but it will display 10.

[jerryg]

Thanks for sharing this great mod. It's work with 3.1.0. Example: {url no longer in service}
:)

[shadav]

or you can try this one...not sure if it'd work with your version but it'll display as many as you tell it to, however it only displays them in one column...i got it to do 2 columns but doing that it will sometimes show duplicate listings

Link Rotation (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9231)

[webfinity]

I'm not able to get this working

I want to display all links randomly... not just featured so I changed featured="0". Nothing shows up. :(

I'm using version 3.1.0, can this be the problem?

[shzor]

Hi, plz let me know i m using 3.2 so i need this mod as well :)

[shadav]

i'm sure it'll work on 3.2 or you can try the link that i posted, it works on 3.2

[shzor]

i tried but didnt work for me, it displays nothing on main page :(

[James]

in the index.php change the red code for the one listed
$random_link = $db->GetAll("SELECT * FROM {$tables['link']['name']} WHERE FEATURED = 1 AND STATUS=2 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5");
$tpl->assign('random_link', $random_link);

Instead of using this in the main.tpl:

{if $category.ID eq 0 and not $p and not $qu}

use this from tojo:

{if !$uid & !$search & empty($category.ID) & !$list & $scriptname == "index"}

also you need to add this to the init.php right before the ?>

$tpl->assign('scriptname' , basename($_SERVER[PHP_SELF], ".php"));

this works :)

[shzor]

Thanks alot Dawzz its working now :)

[byronbra]

Working perfectly, thanks Bobbi and Dawzz

[jackieshine]

really great, tks.

[khoking]

Hi,

This is my main.tpl file, where should I put the codes? I want to have featured links below the categories, and have title FEATURED LINKS there.

I am a newbie to php and phpld...

Content visible to registered users only.

[jeffcai]

thanks a lot, i am using the 3.1 version and got it work
http://www.directoryseo.org/