optional recent news on homepage and config for max number to show

configs/main.js.example

@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ module.exports = {
 	//how many replies a thread needs to not get removed by early404
 	early404Replies: 5,
 
+	//how many of the most recent newsposts to show on the homepage
+	maxRecentNews: 3,
+
 	/* filter filenames on posts and banners
 		false=no filtering
 		true=allow only A-Za-z0-9_-

db/news.js

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ module.exports = {
 
 	db,
 
-	find: () => {
+	find: (limit=0) => {
 		return db.find({}).sort({
 			'_id': -1
-		}).toArray();
+		})
+		.limit(limit)
+		.toArray();
 	},
 
 	insertOne: (news) => {

gulp/res/css/style.css

@@ -1052,6 +1052,10 @@ table, .boardtable {
 		display: none;
 	}
 
+	table.newstable td:nth-child(2), table.newstable th:nth-child(2) {
+		display: none;
+	}
+
 	.modal {
 		top: 5px;
 		max-height: calc(100% - 10px);

helpers/tasks.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../db/db.js')
 	, timeUtils = require(__dirname+'/timeutils.js')
 	, uploadDirectory = require(__dirname+'/files/uploadDirectory.js')
 	, { remove } = require('fs-extra')
-	, { debugLogs, pruneModlogs, pruneAfterDays, enableWebring } = require(__dirname+'/../configs/main.js')
+	, { debugLogs, pruneModlogs, pruneAfterDays, enableWebring, maxRecentNews } = require(__dirname+'/../configs/main.js')
 	, { Stats, Posts, Files, Boards, News, Modlogs } = require(__dirname+'/../db/')
 	, render = require(__dirname+'/render.js')
 	, timeDiffString = require(__dirname+'/timediffstring.js');
@@ -195,15 +195,17 @@ module.exports = {
 	buildHomepage: async () => {
 		const label = '/index.html';
 		const start = process.hrtime();
-		let [ totalStats, boards, fileStats ] = await Promise.all([
+		let [ totalStats, boards, fileStats, recentNews ] = await Promise.all([
 			Boards.totalStats(), //overall total posts ever made
 			Boards.boardSort(0, 20), //top 20 boards sorted by users, pph, total posts
-			Files.activeContent() //size ans number of files
+			Files.activeContent(), //size ans number of files
+			News.find(maxRecentNews), //some recent newsposts
 		]);
 		const html = await render('index.html', 'home.pug', {
 			totalStats,
 			boards,
 			fileStats,
+			recentNews,
 		});
 		const end = process.hrtime(start);
 		debugLogs && console.log(timeDiffString(label, end));

views/pages/home.pug

@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ block content
 						| This is an anonymous imageboard, a type of BBS where anyone can post messages and share images.
 						| You don't need to register or provide any personal information to make a post.
 						| Choose a board below to join the discussion, or #[a(href='/create.html') create your own].
+	if recentNews && recentNews.length > 0
+		.table-container.flex-center.mv-5
+			table.newstable
+				tr
+					th(colspan=3)
+						a(href='/news.html') Latest News
+				each post in recentNews
+					tr
+						td
+							a.left(href=`/news.html#${post._id}`) #{post.title}
+						td
+							p.no-m-p #{`${post.message.raw.substring(0,50)}${post.message.raw.length > 50 ? '...' : ''}`}
+						td
+							- const newsDate = new Date(post.date);
+							time.right.reltime(datetime=newsDate.toISOString()) #{newsDate.toLocaleString(undefined, {hour12:false})}
+
 	if boards && boards.length > 0
 		include ../includes/boardtable.pug
 			each board in boards