Skinning Help

[coryb12]

Ok, I am currently making a new skin for my VA, but I have almost no experience with php ect., and am wondering if anyone can give me a little breakdown of exactly how the php and js files are plugging in info like Recent Pireps ect. I have the php code on the homepage of the skin for plugging in the info, and Dreamweaver recognizes it and puts a php symbol where info from the php code will be plugged in, but haven't yet found out how to get that to work after a while of testing. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[simpilot]

Can you post the piece of code you are trying to use, I will take a look 

[coryb12]

Well, I'm not really trying to modify code to work, I just want to know what code I need for it toretreive the latest news, pireps, and pilots. Thanks!

[Nabeel]

One of the video tutorials above goes over some of it. But, if you open those template files (frontpage_*.tpl), you'll see the code. It's just one line for most of those

[simpilot]

They are all on the production frontpage_main.tpl file

for news

<?php  MainController::Run('News', 'ShowNewsFront', 5); ?>

for pireps

<?php MainController::Run('PIREPS', 'RecentFrontPage', 5); ?>

for new pilots

<?php MainController::Run('Pilots', 'RecentFrontPage', 5); ?>

[coryb12]

hmmm...I do have that code in, not sure why it isn't working.... and Nabeel, just a heads up, all 3 of the skinning tutorials are not showing up when I click on the links, looks like the videos are not there anymore or something

[TennShadow]

and Nabeel, just a heads up, all 3 of the skinning tutorials are not showing up when I click on the links, looks like the videos are not there anymore or something

Hi,

The videos are there as I'm watching them now.  Do you have the latest flash player installed?  The videos require flash to work.

[coryb12]

oh yes, looks like it doesn't work with IE8, but it does work with Google Chrome, watching them now