# LastLink 1.99 
# - a Links-mod for showing the X most recently added links on the homepage.
# Templates Version
# 
# Alex, Widgetz and oldmoney contributed to this mod.
# John Gotze <john@gotzespace.dk> just wrote these instructions.

This mod requires you to edit:
* nph-build.cgi
* site_html_templates.pl
* and the home.html template

Open nph-build.cgi and find sub build_home_page. Insert the following code after:
print "\tOpening page: $build_root_path/$build_index\n";

[code]

my $LASTX = 5;
open (DB, "<$db_file_name") or &cgierr("unable to open database:$db_file_name.\nReason: $!");
my @lines = <DB>;
close DB;
for ($i=$#lines; $i>=$#lines - $LASTX; $i--) {
  chomp $lines[$i];
  @tmp = &split_decode ($lines[$i]);
  %tmp = &array_to_hash (0, @tmp);
  $lastlink .= &site_html_link (%tmp);
}

[/code]

See the "5" in the first line? That's the X. 
Well, the perl gods interpret this so that the script will insert the _6_ (X+1) most recent 
links on your homepage. This is a minor bug, but simple calculus will do just fine, i.e., 
if you want to show 9 links, set the first line to 8, and so forth. 

Now open site_html_templates.pl and find sub site_html_home. Insert this code:

lastlink => $lastlink,

You end up with something like:

[code]

sub site_html_home {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine will build a home page. It is not meant to have any 
# links on it, only subcategories.

    return &load_template ('home.html', { 
                                      category => $category, 
                                      grand_total => $grand_total,
                                      lastlink => $lastlink,
                                      %globals
                            });
}

[/code]

OK, script editing done. Now edit your home.html template.

Insert 
<%lastlink%>
somewhere where you want to show the links. Save the template.

Now Build pages. Look at your Links homepage - there you will now see the X most recent links!

Done!