category id's. help.

[deko]

ok sorry to sound like a n00b but i dont have a clue what category id's are. i go through everything in admin and generate code and it gives me this.


<?php include_once("/home/deko/public_html/forum-news/news.php");
$forum_obj = new EP_Dev_Forum_News();
$forum_obj->display_News("", "1", "0", "0"); ?>

i put that in a basic php page and i get this


No posts found in selected forum category.

my page where i want the page displayed is. http://gtagames.southsidedesigns.net/new.php

my forums are at http://gtagames.southsidedesigns.net/forums.

thanks.



if you could consider taking a look yourself post and ill pm you details. thanks a lot.

[Patrick]

I used the word category ID because almost everyone ( ;) ) who uses a forum knows what a category refers to. In your case, the category may be called a forum or something similar. I look on your forum and the link to your site news forum is:
http://www.gtagames.southsidedesigns.net/forums/index.php?showforum=4

See the bolded text above? The 4 is your category id. Either set the default category id in the control panel under Forum Settings or specify it when you go to generate code on the Generate Code page.

[deko]

ok cool. thanks. im kinda just learning. ill try it.

[Patrick]

Oh, do not forget that you probably still have caching enabled. If you are testing this stuff out I suggest you turn it off until you get the layout and all the way you want. Otherwise your news will only update every x minutes (where x is your cache time setting).

Go to Script Settings page of Control Panel and set caching time to 0.

[deko]

ok thanks. it works like a dream. thanks a lot.

now all i have top do is change the templates and im done. thanks.