[HACK] List Categories

Name: List categories
Author: unknown
CuteNews Compatibility: 1.3.6 - * (no incompatibility reported yet)
Description: Add a list of categories on your site. Each category will link articles from that category.
Instructions:

make a file. Call it "list_cats.php" and put it in the CuteNews root directory.
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/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Configurations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */

// If it is set to FALSE, the categories wont be displayed
// after a visitor click some category to see the news from it
  $display_categories_when_showing_news = TRUE;
$display_news_under_list = TRUE;

/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Main Part (Do not edit below)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
$cutepath =  __FILE__;
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'\\\list_cats\.php'", "", $cutepath);
$cutepath = preg_replace( "'/list_cats\.php'", "", $cutepath);

require_once("$cutepath/inc/functions.inc.php");

if(($show_cat != "" and $display_categories_when_showing_news == TRUE) or $show_cat == ""){
    $cat_lines = file("$cutepath/data/category.db.php") or die("Can not open $cutepath/data/category.db.php");
    foreach($cat_lines as $cat_line){
        $cat_arr = explode("|", $cat_line);
        echo "[url=]{$cat_arr[1]}[/url]
";
    }
}
if(isset($_GET['show_cat']) && preg_match('/^[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,}$/', $_GET['show_cat'] && $display_news_under_list)){
    $category = $show_cat;
    include("$cutepath/show_news.php");
}
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After making this file, add the following code so the list of categories may appear on your site

<?php
include( 'path_to_cutenews/list_cats.php' );
?>

now use the following code for your CN include code if you don't want a list of articles in  the chosen category to appear under the category list, but shown instead of regualr news.

if(isset($_GET['show_cat']) && preg_match('/^[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,}$/', $_GET['show_cat']))
{
$category = $_GET['show_cat'];
}
elseif(!isset($request['subaction']))
$category = DEFAULT_CATEGORY_HERE;

and change the value from true to false.

$display_categories_when_showing_news = TRUE;