# LastLink 1.0 - a Links-mod for showing the most recently added link on the homepage
# Templates Version (untested in a non-templates environment, but see hint below)
# 
# All credits for this mod goes to Jerry Su aka Widgetz <jsu7785@email.com>.
# John Gotze <john@gotzespace.dk> 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]

open (DB, "<$db_file_name") or &cgierr("unable to open database:$db_file_name.\nReason: $!");
@lastlink = <DB>;
chomp @lastlink;
close DB;
@lastlink = &split_decode($lastlink[$#lastlink]);
%last = &array_to_hash (@lastlink);

[/code]

Now open site_html_templates.pl and find sub site_html_home.

For every field you want to use, you need insert code like this:

last_title => $lastlink[$db_title],

That one obviously get's the title.

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,
                                      last_title => $lastlink[$db_title],
                                      last_url => $lastlink[$db_url],
                                      last_description => $lastlink[$db_description],
                                      %globals
                            });
}

[/code]

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

Insert something like:

[code]
New link:
<a href="<%last_url%>"><%last_title%></A>
 - <%last_description%>.
[/code]

somewhere in the template. Save. 

Now Build pages. Look at your homepage. 

Is the new link there? Not? ... bullocks! (it worked for me)

<NON-TEMPLATE HINT>
Try 
$last{'Title'}
and stuff to get the info.
/Widgetz
</NON-TEMPLATE HINT>