I really like how this works on the front page:

$forum_id = 1;

$forum_one_topics = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE forum_id = $forum_id ORDER BY topic_time DESC LIMIT 0,10")

foreach($forum_one_topics as $topic) :

?>

but would like to use this for the whole site. Is it possible to make this the logic of the entire site loop?

[@jenz Member 16 years, 8 months ago]

Just for some more clarification – I would like my forum to show the most recent topics first – not the most active. Is there some easy way to set this up?

[@jenz Member 16 years, 8 months ago]

I figured it out and wanted to share. This code goes at the top of my forums.php file (template).

<?php

$forum_id = 1;

$limit = bb_get_option('page_topics');

$offset = ($page-1)*$limit;

$forum_one_topics = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE forum_id = $forum_id AND topic_status = 0 ORDER BY topic_id DESC LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset")

?>

My posts loop:

<?php

foreach($forum_one_topics as $topic) : $forum_one_topic_posts = get_thread( $topic->topic_id); ?>

Works like a charm

[@tomdebruin Participant 15 years, 10 months ago]

$forum_one_topics = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE forum_id = $forum_id AND topic_status = 0 AND topic_sticky = 0 ORDER BY topic_id DESC LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset");

updated to leave out sticky posts from the second loop (added AND topic_sticky = 0 to query).

If you leave out ‘$forum_id = 1;’ it will work on multiple forums.

I’ve done this so that my front page summary shows latest active posts, but my specific forum pages list by topic order.