PHPbb forum help

RSStites · August 6th, 2005, 11:37 PM

Hello all, I'm new to forums and could use a little help. I just started advertising my site's forum and am starting to get registered users. I've noticed that when people add posts or reply to other posts the old one stays at the top and the new posts go underneath. How can I set it up so the new posts appear above the older posts?

Thanks for any help you can give. The address to the new forum is http://www.heroesofgaming.com/forums/ if that helps.

benbramz · August 7th, 2005, 01:16 PM

well isnt that good? i mean, when you read you work your way down. so it would make sense. why would you want to make the forum go the opposite, when it would just confuse people. i dont think (correct me if im wrong) you have an option to change that in phpbb anyway. so theres not much you can do

Rob · August 7th, 2005, 01:28 PM

Actually if you are new to programming this will be a very tall undertaking with phpbb.

Personally I would not feel comfortable about a forum that operated in this way as it's just so not what I am used to. I feel many people would be uncomfortable with it.

Webforumz Staff · August 7th, 2005, 04:04 PM

Sorry to correct Rob, but this modification is quite simple.

However I too don't think it's a good idea! I wouldn't like to read a forum backwards. If you're worried that members are having to trudge to the end of a topic just to be able to read the latest post, then remember that members can click on the 'most recent post' icon when viewing the new posts list, or when in any forum view.

If you want to make the modification:
Open up viewtopic.php
Assuming your file is not modified, go to line 394:

Code:

	ORDER BY p.post_time $post_time_order

Simple change $post_time_order to read DESC:

Code:

	ORDER BY p.post_time DESC

Save the file and you're done!

RSStites · August 7th, 2005, 08:55 PM

Thanks guys, as always I appreciate the advice and the help.

I like the way this forum (webforumz) lists its new topics in the order of the newest posts to the oldest. And then it has the messages in chronological order from the first one to the last.

That is where my problem is, everything is listed from oldest to newest. Also to top it off my forum doesn't have a drop down menu at the bottom of the pages letting the member chose the order that the posts and messages are displayed. I think the best bet may be to switch templates, but my members (even though there aren't many) like the look of the forum. I'm just worried about how easy it will be to use when it has thousands of posts.

RSStites · August 7th, 2005, 09:10 PM

That was the problem. I uploaded a new template, and modified it to look like my current template. Everything's working great now. Thanks for the help and advice everybody.