Tutorial
New forum post headlines can be displayed on a navigational column by addding a cf tag to a category.
Steps to Take to Display Most Recent Forum Posts
Follow the steps below to display the most recent forum posts in your navigational bar.
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Category
The forum posts can be added to a navigational panel by choosing Content Categories Add Category
Script for this Category
Under the 'Category Script' section, paste the following cf tag in the Script for this Category box.
<cf_mgrecentposts forum="cfmbb">
Select the Nav
Under the Category settings choose to display the forum posts on the right and/or the left navigation panels.
Display the Most Recent Posts from a Specific Forum
The most recent posts from any one specific forum can be displayed by placing the Forum ID in the code:
Example Forum URL:
https://www.yoursite.com/members/cfmbb/threads.cfm?forumid=133A400E-14-1DE9-EDC1A9E2545DA
The Forum ID is "forumid=133A400E-14-1DE9-EDC1A9E2545DA"
The code to pull headlines from one single forum, would be as follows:
<cf_mgrecentposts forum=cfmbb forumid="133A400E-14-1DE9-EDC1A9E2545DA">
Display the Most Recent Posts from a Specific Conference
The most recent posts from any one specific conference can be displayed by placing the Conference ID in the code:
Example Conference URL:
https://www.yoursite.com/members/cfmbb/admin/conferences_edit.cfm?id=1338A162-1422-1DE9-ED9FEC7378662479
The Conference ID is "id=1338A162-1422-1DE9-ED9FEC7378662479"
The code to pull headlines from one single conference, would be as follows:
<cf_mgrecentposts forum=cfmbb conferenceid="1338A162-1422-1DE9-ED9FEC7378662479">
Adjust the number of posts that show
Add the attribute posts="10" where "10" can be the number of posts to show.
<cf_mgrecentposts forum="cfmbb" posts="10">