Last new Item

George7a · **Last new Item -** 09-06-2010, 04:03 PM

Hello,

I would like to show my last news item on my main news page.

How can I do that?

For example, I have added 5 new articles, I want the last one to be shown automatically in my main news page.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

- George

Leder678 · 09-06-2010, 05:15 PM

Do you allready have a news script, but want to fix it to limit 5 articles in the correct order, or do you need a new script?

George7a · 09-06-2010, 05:49 PM

I guess I do not have a script.

I am going to my admin page, and add a news (item) there.

I would like the last one to appear in the main news page.

What script do I need, where can I find it?

Leder678 · 09-07-2010, 06:07 AM

A simple blog script would do the work, but however, you could try looking for a script at hotscripts

Code:

http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/news-publishing/

Anyway, wordpress would probably work fine

drums · 09-07-2010, 11:31 AM

Hi George,

Because you're using the free website builder, as far as I know, there's no easy way to set it to just display the most recent article. I think it will only display the full list (most recent first). You need to click on an item to display the particular article, and because there's no way to know what the most recent article ID is, there is no easy way to get it to always show the most recent on on your news page.

The scripts mentioned by leder won't work in conjunction with the free web-site builder (they will have separate admin interfaces, etc).

drums

George7a · 09-07-2010, 05:26 PM

Thanks for letting me know.

drums · 09-08-2010, 03:50 AM

There are workarounds if you REALLY want to do it..

The quickest one is to just have the home page set to display a particular news article, and everytime you add a new article, then just change the article id. For example: Your most recent article at the moment is:

Code:

index.php?news&nid=11

You could set up the home page to show this article, and then when you add a new article, change the 11, to 12. You could add the page using the iframe method (1 way to do it).

It's not the "neatest" way, but it will get you the result you want and might prompt you to have an idea for a better way of doing it!

drums

George7a · 09-08-2010, 04:05 PM

How can I set a certain page to show another one?