Need major help

[Cheezymadman]

So, here's the plan.

I've got a site lined up. Well, it's a template. (http://1cd.freehostia.com/)

What I want to do is activate the login fields in the top right, make the "registered users" and "online users" stats actually work without having to manually update them, and have the "current roster" display avatars of the people who are online. Another plan is to have the "recent threads" actually show threads from the forums.

So, how would I do all of this?

[bpat1434]

registered members is a simple COUNT(*) of the users table

As for the "who's online" and avatars, you'd need to make sure you're using database driven sessions and define an "inactive" time-limit for users who don't do anything (like sit and read one thread for an hour) so they're considered "inactive". Typically, 15 minutes is enough.

For the avatars, you'd need to read the current users online, then grab their avatar path from the database and add it as the src to the <img> tag in the HTML.

As for the "recent threads" on the forums, you'd have to query the threads (or topics) table of the forum and order them DESC by timestamp and grab the XX most recent threads (5 to 10 should be enough).

[Cheezymadman]

I should have stated in the first post, I guess... I know little to nothing beyond simple HTML. Even tables are pretty much beyond my grasp. All of the sites I've ever made are by editing templates, and this is the first that required something like this.

[ManWithNoName]

... however the comical effect wouldn't have been as hilarious.

I would recommend that you look in the manual for the "template" that you are using, visit their forum or contact the maker of the template, or such.

The name of the template is "ClanTemplates", no? Sure seems like a name that has a active community that could give support.