News settings

This is where you customize the news block.

News settings

Display news block: Display this block on the portal.: Yes No

Compact news block style: "Yes" means use the compact style for news. "No" means use the large style (text view).: Yes No

Show all of the articles in this forum: Includes stickies.: Yes No

Number of news articles on the portal: 0 means infinite

Max length of news article: 0 means infinite

News Forums: Forum(s) we pull the articles from, leave blank to pull from all forums. If 'Exclude forums' is set to 'Yes', select the forums you want to exclude. If 'Exclude forums' is set to 'No' select the forums you want to see. Select/Deselect multiple forums by holding CTRL and clicking.

Exclude forums: Select 'Yes' if you want to exlude the selected forums from the news block, and 'No' if you want to see only the selected forums in the news block.: Yes No

Sort in order to the newest posts: When activated, the newest will be sorted in order to the newest posts. When deactivated, the news will be sorted in order to the newest topic.: Yes No

Enable the news archive system: If enabled the news archive system / page numbers will be displayed.: Yes No

Enable/disable permissions: Take forum viewing permissions into account when displaying news: Yes No

Display the number of replies and views: This setting pertains to the compact block. When Yes, the number of replies and views are shown in 2 extra columns. When No, replies and views will be shown beside the forum name. Select No if you have problems with the display of the extra columns due to the extra width required.: Yes No