On a site running both Drupal 6 and vB 3.8, I am seeking a means to simply display a list of recent threads in a Drupal block (with links to the threads). I have no need to do anything else in terms of bridging the two systems (e.g. no user integration).

If I use this module, what would be a good approach? Would a standard, full-blown installation be required, or is there a simpler implementation scenario available?

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#2 get-vb-posts.php_.txt2.25 KBbpirkle

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silurius commented

Should have clarified that I am familiar with vBulletin's External Data Provider.

Just wondering if this module might offer me a means of managing the displays via Drupal forms rather than via raw code in blocks. (And without adding other unneeded features such as user bridging).

Thanks in advance!

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bpirkle commented
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There may be a better way, but we wrote custom SQL for this. See attached, hope it helps. We used it from a module, but I suppose you could drop the PHP into a block if you like. You'd just want to iterate the array of posts and print whatever HTML is appropriate for your site.

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silurius commented

Bpirkle, your timing is fantastic. Just as you were posting the above, I was rolling up my sleeves and getting ready to begin work on something very similar to what you propose. Many thanks for the sample code! I am very grateful for the head start.

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If you don't want to integrate both systems, then you can go with a custom query, just like you can query anything with a custom query. Not sure how this issue is related to this module.

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silurius commented

Your question was probably meant to be rhetorical, but I think this issue "relates" in the same way that any general inquiry about any kind of product tends to relate to the product itself. Anyway, thanks to sun & bpirkle for the query suggestions.