Dec 18, 1998, 7:32 PM
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Dec 18, 1998, 7:32 PM
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Here's what I did.
In html.pl, I added the following lines at the beginning of sub html_home:
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@DaysOfMonths = (31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31);
@MonthNames = ('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec' );
@time = localtime(time);
$TodayMonth = $time[4];
$TodayDay = $time[3];
$TodayYear = $time[5] + 1900;
$n = 7; #the number of days you want to include in your "What's New"
$LastDay = $TodayDay - $n;
if ( $LastDay > 0 ) { #day n was this month
$LastMonth = $TodayMonth;
$LastYear = $TodayYear;
}
else { #day n was last month
if ( $TodayMonth > 0 ) { #for all months except January
$LastMonth = $TodayMonth - 1;
$LastDay = $DaysOfMonths[$LastMonth] + $LastDay;
$LastYear = $TodayYear;
}
else { #for the month of January
$LastMonth = 11;
$LastDay = 31 + $LastDay;
$LastYear = $TodayYear - 1;
}
}
$Last = "$LastDay-$MonthNames[$LastMonth]-$LastYear"; # assuming the default date format
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Then, wherever you want your "What's New," (in the same subroutine!) add a link like:
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<a href="$db_script_link_url&date=%3E$Last&view_records=1"><$font><B>What's New</B></font></a>
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That, of course, assumes that your date field is called "date." Remember that case counts, so "date" is not the same as "Date" or "DATE." Also, I tried using date-gt=$Last, but it didn't work.
BTW, the above is not adjusted for leap years. I decided to wait until it was closer to the time to deal with it.
I have no idea about a "what's cool" feature.
Hope this helps.
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JPD
[This message has been edited by JPDeni (edited December 18, 1998).]
