most recent post from multiple categories?

[greenparrot]

I'm starting to put together a site for the Association of Fire Investigation Dog Handlers http://www.fidogs.co.uk/temp/index.htm

I have set it up so that each handler has their own login and can only post to their own category. On the home page i would like to show the most recent headline from each handler, with a link to the full article. Can i achieve this with a profile? if so how?

Thanks

Roy

[InSAnE NiNjA]

create a profile for most recent, highlight all the categories you wish to use

[greenparrot]

I created a profile called most_recent, but couldn't get it to display just the most recent post from each category. Is there a setting in the profile admin i should be using. Filter by number = 1, just displays 1 post, leaving blank returns all.

Thanks

Roy

[Parahead]

I created a profile called most_recent, but couldn't get it to display just the most recent post from each category. Is there a setting in the profile admin i should be using. Filter by number = 1, just displays 1 post, leaving blank returns all.

NiNjA's suggestion works if you whish to present the X number of freshest news independent on which category the news has been submitted to. I think that what you whish to do is present *one* fresh newsitem from each category, correct?

In order to do that you should leave the filter by number blank and place this small codesnippet at the top of your style that you use to create this freshest list:

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<PerlCode>
next PROFLOOP if($MostRecentNews{"$ProfileName-$Category"});
$MostRecentNews{"$ProfileName-$Category"} = 1;
</PerlCode>

Having the sort order the default would be essential, but you could also use the Sort Orders addon to sort by two fields, timestamp and then Category to get the order of the categories the same each time, if that is desirable of course.

Let us know how it works out...

[greenparrot]

Thanks

That mod worked perfect. I have installed the sort addon but don't see a datestamp to sort by in drop down.

http://www.fidogs.co.uk/temp/index.shtml

Thanks
Roy

[Parahead]

Thanks

That mod worked perfect. I have installed the sort addon but don't see a datestamp to sort by in drop down.

Hmmm... You are quite right, I was so sure there was an option for timestamp that I didn't checked it out before posting. Is it a problem for you that you don't have it or can you live with only being able to sort by timestamp, not timestamp => category? Actually, come to think about it, you should be able to specify only Category, since the newsitems are sorted by timestamp in the newsdatabase, so that order would all ready be set. Try it out and let me know...