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Is it possible to get any of the content in my UBB.threads database to display outside of my UBB.threads installation? For example, I really like the newspal in IIP, and I wish I could use that elsewhere on my Web site. It would be nice to have the same news posted on my start page of my main web site. Include files commands don't work, of course, and I'm not sure what else to try. Anyone have any ideas?
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Why not use the ubbtnews.php file in your ubbthreads/addons directory.
Edit the php file and then place this link somewhere on the page you want it making sure you edit the path to where the file is located
<?
include "path/to/ubbtnews.php";
?>
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Thanks, Chuck! I tried it but it didn't work, so I must have misunderstood. Here's what I did:
1. Created a blank file with a .php extension
2. Put this text in the file:
<?
include "D:/users/passport/inetpub/wwwroot/ubb/pals/newspal.php";
?>
3. Saved it and uploaded it.
But that doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
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Okay for one that is because you are trying to call the newspal. Now I have been able to call the newspal but that is with a mock up almost identifical to variables found in the index.php file What I posted above was the addon found under your ubbthreads addon directory called ubbtnews.php. It was designed to pull content from the database and display on another page. Here is an example I drew up. http://www.reeftalk.com/news.phpIf you go back to my first post you will see I stated to set the variables in the ubbtnews.php file and then you can use the include statement in whatever page you want. Now the posts are not formatted in nice little boxes but that can be done with a little html work  If you need help and get stuck just PM me.
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I figured it out, thanks! I just wasn't familiar with the ubbtnews.php add-on -- I hadn't even looked in the addons folder! Silly me.
Anyway, I got it working. Am I correct in assuming that include code will only work on a file with a .php extension? And if so, do you know how to put a redirect script into a php file? I want to put this news list on the default page for my main web site, and it is an .ASP page with a redirect in it that forces people who type in "http://www.passporterboards.com" directly to my threads installation. It looks like this:
<%
Dim HTTPHost
HTTPHost= Lcase(Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST"))
If HTTPHost = "www.passporterboards.com" then
Response.Redirect("http://www.passporterboards.com/ubb/index.php")
End If
%>
Thanks!
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well you can use an include statement in a html document with the
<?
include
?>
brackets around it.
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I tried it in an HTML document without luck. Here's the link to the file with the <? include ?> statement: http://www.passporterboards.com/ubb/newstest3.htmIt's HTML is: <html> <head> <title>News Test</title> </head> <body> News: <? include "D:/users/passport/InetPub/wwwroot/ubb/addons/ubbtnews.php"; ?> </body> </html>
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Yes some peoples servers are not set up to parse php in an html file
Now on to redirects
<?php
// Require the library
require ("main.inc.php");
header("Location: {$config['phpurl']}/ubbthreads.php");
?>
This simple redirect will redirect all people who visit your main page to the forum page
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Ok, so I guess my server doesn't parse PHP in an HTML file then. Is there some way to turn on this ability? The redirect works, thanks, but it redirects everyone. What I need is a way to redirect ONLY people who typed a particular URL (i.e., http://www.passporterboards.com), and not redirect all others.
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okay what exactly are you trying to do what url to what url
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