function sf_recent_posts_sidebar($limit=5, $whichforum=0)
{
	global $wpdb, $user_ID;
	include_once 'wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/forum/sf-page.php';
	include_once 'wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/forum/sf-pagecomponents.php';
    include_once 'wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/forum/sf-forumcomponents.php';
    include_once 'wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/forum/sf-database.php';
    
	get_currentuserinfo();
	if ($whichforum > 0) {
		$whichforum = "AND wp_sfposts.forum_id = $whichforum "; 
	}
	else {
		$whichforum = "";
	}
    $peter_query = "SELECT DISTINCT wp_sfposts.topic_id, wp_sfposts.forum_id, wp_sfposts.post_id, wp_sfposts.post_index, wp_sfforums.forum_slug, wp_sftopics.topic_slug FROM wp_sfposts
LEFT JOIN wp_sfforums ON wp_sfposts.forum_id = wp_sfforums.forum_id
LEFT JOIN wp_sftopics ON wp_sfposts.topic_id = wp_sftopics.topic_id 
WHERE wp_sfposts.post_id = (SELECT MAX(b.post_id) FROM wp_sfposts as b WHERE wp_sfposts.topic_id = b.topic_id) $whichforum
ORDER BY wp_sfposts.post_id DESC LIMIT $limit";
	$sfposts = $wpdb->get_results($peter_query);
	if($sfposts)
	{
		//== DISPLAY TOPIC LIST HEADINGS
		$out = '<div id="sforum">'."\n";
		$out.= '<table class="sfforumtable">'."\n";
		$out.= '<tr><th width="45%">'.__("Forum/Topic", "sforum").'</th><th width="40%">'.__("Last Post", "sforum").'</th><th width="15%">'.__("Posts", "sforum").'</th>'."\n";
		$out.= '</tr>'."\n";
		foreach($sfposts as $sfpost)
		{
			$forum = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT forum_name FROM ".SFFORUMS." WHERE forum_id = $sfpost->forum_id");
            $stats = sf_get_combined_topic_stats($sfpost->topic_id, $sfpost->post_id, $sfpost->post_index, 0);

				//== DISPLAY TOPIC ENTRY
				$out.= '<td><a href="'.sf_build_url($sfpost->forum_slug, $sfpost->topic_slug, 0, 0, 0, $sfpost->post_id).'">'.sf_get_topic_name($sfpost->topic_slug).'</a></td>';
				$postcount = sf_get_posts_count_in_topic($sfpost->topic_id);
			    $out.= '<small>'.sf_render_inline_pagelinks($sfpost->forum_slug, $sfpost->topic_slug, $stats[0]['post_index'], 0, '', '', true).'</small></td>'."\n";				

                # Display last poster			
                $out.= '<td class="sfuserdetails">'."\n";
                $poster = sf_filter_user($stats[0]['user_id'], stripslashes($stats[0]['display_name']));
                if(empty($poster)) $poster = apply_filters('sf_show_post_name', stripslashes($stats[0]['guest_name']));
                $out.= '<p>'.mysql2date(SFDATES, $stats[0]['post_date'])."-".mysql2date(SFTIMES,$stats[0]['post_date']).'</p><p>'.__("by", "sforum").' '.$poster.sf_get_post_url($sfpost->forum_slug, $sfpost->topic_slug, $stats[0]['post_id'], $stats[0]['post_index']).'</p>'."\n";
                $out.='</td>'."\n";
				
				//== DISPLAY POST COUNT IN TOPIC
				$out.= '<td class="sfcounts">'.$postcount.'</td>'."\n";
				$out.= '</tr>'."\n";
		}	
		$out.= '</table>'."\n";
		$out.= '</div>'."\n";
	} else {
		$out.='<br /><div class="sfmessagestrip">'.__("There are No Recent Posts", "sforum").'</div>'."\n";
	}

	echo($out);
	return;
}