Big story of the week/month

Malke · Hangin' Around Joined: May 14, 2006 Posts: 25

I would like to change the "Big story of today" block to a block that shows the "big story of the week" or "Big story of the month" as we do not post news every day.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

jakec · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:49 pm

You could use the Last 5 Articles block, but reduce to just show 1, or 2 articles.

spasticdonkey · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:53 pm

I'm pretty sure "Big Story of Today" displays the "Most Read" story of that day, and how often you post news doesn't have any effect on what the block displays...

Malke · Hangin' Around Joined: May 14, 2006 Posts: 25

Yep but it would just show the last article, right? Not the "top story", which I'm assuming means the one with the most views.

Malke · Hangin' Around Joined: May 14, 2006 Posts: 25

Yes but if there is no post made today there can not be a most read story of today, right? So if I post news 2-3 times/week, most days will have no top story. If the block displays the top story of the week or even month, there will always be a top story.

Guardian2003 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:10 pm

If you look at the code for that block, it is pretty simple, so take a stab at it Wink

Malke · Hangin' Around Joined: May 14, 2006 Posts: 25

So I'm guessing this is what I'll have to change?

$today = getdate();
$day = $today["mday"];

and

(time LIKE '%$tdate%')

or what?