Include Features On Other Pages

[afrederc +]

Is it possible to include say featured listings on a page outside of the classifieds section? I would like on the front page of my main site to maybe have a section where featured listings are and then clicking on them takes someone into the classifieds.

Does the ability to do this already exist in version 4.01 or is this a mod that would have to be made?

Thanks for the help!
Adam

[Maffo +]

If your homepage is made in php then it shouldnt be too difficult to incorporate. Else you would have to convert your homepage to php.

[philoo +]

i would suggest you have to include in your remote page a little PHP code that call Featured ads in the 68C database ... it looks like basic SQL query and PHP code.

[Eric Barnes]

You can also use the external file to create an rss feed and use a parser to show the ads on the home page.

[cwp +]

If the page isn't a php page you can always parse it by editing your .htaccess which will make your .htm / .html pages read php.

[afrederc +]

I didn't even know about the external.php file. That makes that part easier and now that I am thinking of calling the individual files via php calls, that will help too. This has helped tremendously so far, so thanks to everyone.

I do have one more question though, I am trying to call the featured listings file. When I call "toplistings.php", it includes essentially the whole template. When I call "toplistings.php?pg=featured" then I get the below error:

Warning: require_once(toplistings.php?pg=featured) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/eclass/public_html/upload/test.php on line 10

Just so you know, line 10 is <?php require_once('toplistings.php?pg=featured'); ?>

Any thoughts?
Thanks again!
Adam