diff --git a/e107_files/shortcode/batch/news_shortcodes.php b/e107_files/shortcode/batch/news_shortcodes.php
index 839df3c8d..ab54ca0e8 100644
--- a/e107_files/shortcode/batch/news_shortcodes.php
+++ b/e107_files/shortcode/batch/news_shortcodes.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /*
 * Copyright e107 Inc e107.org, Licensed under GNU GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
-* $Id: news_shortcodes.php,v 1.28 2009-09-15 15:08:49 secretr Exp $
+* $Id: news_shortcodes.php,v 1.29 2009-09-27 20:07:05 e107coders Exp $
 *
 * News shortcode batch
 */
@@ -403,7 +403,121 @@ class news_shortcodes
 		//return $this->e107->ns->tablerender(LAN_NEWS_18, $info);
 		return $info;
 	}
+	
+	function sc_alt_news($news_category)
+	{
+		global $sql, $aj, $ns;
+		$ix = new news;
+		if (strstr(e_QUERY, "cat"))
+		{
+			$category = $news_category;
+			if ($category != 0)
+			{
+				$gen = new convert;
+				$sql2 = new db;
+				$sql->db_Select("news_category", "*", "category_id='".intval($category)."'");
+				list($category_id, $category_name, $category_icon) = $sql->db_Fetch();
+				$category_name = $aj->tpa($category_name);
+				if (strstr($category_icon, "../"))
+				{
+					$category_icon = str_replace("../", "", e_BASE.$category_icon);
+				} else {
+				$category_icon = THEME.$category_icon;
+			}
 
+			if ($count = $sql->db_Select("news", "*", "news_category='".intval($category)."' ORDER BY news_datestamp DESC"))
+			{
+				while ($row = $sql->db_Fetch())
+				{
+					extract($row);
+					if ($news_title == "")
+					{
+						$news_title = "Untitled";
+					}
+					$datestamp = $gen->convert_date($news_datestamp, "short");
+					$news_body = strip_tags(substr($news_body, 0, 100))." ...";
+					$comment_total = $sql2->db_Count("comments", "(*)", "WHERE comment_item_id='".intval($news_id)."' AND comment_type='0' ");
+					$bullet = '';
+					if(defined('BULLET'))
+					{
+						$bullet = '<img src="'.THEME.'images/'.BULLET.'" alt="" class="icon" />';
+					}
+					elseif(file_exists(THEME.'images/bullet2.gif'))
+					{
+						$bullet = '<img src="'.THEME.'images/bullet2.gif" alt="" class="icon" />';
+					}
+					$text .= "
+						<div class='mediumtext'>
+						".$bullet;
+
+					if ($news_allow_comments) {
+						$text .= "<a href='news.php?extend.".$news_id."'>".$news_title."</a>";
+					} else {
+						$text .= "<a href='comment.php?comment.news.".$news_id."'>".$news_title."</a>";
+					}
+					$text .= "<br />
+						".LAN_NEWS_100." ".$datestamp." (".LAN_NEWS_99.": ";
+					if ($news_allow_comments) {
+						$text .= COMMENTOFFSTRING.")";
+					} else {
+						$text .= $comment_total.")";
+					}
+					$text .= "</div>
+						".$news_body."
+						<br /><br />\n";
+				}
+				$text = "<img src='$category_icon' alt='' /><br />". LAN_NEWS_307.$count."
+					<br /><br />".$text;
+				$ns->tablerender(LAN_NEWS_82." '".$category_name."'", $text, 'alt_news');
+			}
+		}
+			return TRUE;
+		}
+
+		if ($sql->db_Select("news", "*", "news_class<255 AND (news_start=0 || news_start < ".time().") AND (news_end=0 || news_end>".time().") AND news_category='".intval($news_category)."' ORDER BY news_datestamp DESC LIMIT 0,".ITEMVIEW)) {
+		$sql2 = new db;
+		while (list($news['news_id'], $news['news_title'], $news['data'], $news['news_extended'], $news['news_datestamp'], $news['admin_id'], $news_category, $news['news_allow_comments'], $news['news_start'], $news['news_end'], $news['news_class']) = $sql->db_Fetch()) {
+
+			if (check_class($news['news_class']) || !$news['news_class']) {
+
+				if ($news['admin_id'] == 1 && $pref['siteadmin']) {
+					$news['admin_name'] = $pref['siteadmin'];
+				}
+				else if(!$news['admin_name'] = getcachedvars($news['admin_id'])) {
+					$sql2->db_Select("user", "user_name", "user_id='".intval($news['admin_id'])."' ");
+					list($news['admin_name']) = $sql2->db_Fetch();
+					cachevars($news['admin_id'], $news['admin_name']);
+				}
+
+					$sql2->db_Select("news_category", "*", "category_id='".intval($news_category)."' ");
+
+				list($news['category_id'], $news['category_name'], $news['category_icon']) = $sql2->db_Fetch();
+				$news['comment_total'] = $sql2->db_Count("comments", "(*)", "WHERE comment_item_id='".intval($news['news_id'])."' AND comment_type='0' ");
+				$ix->render_newsitem($news);
+			} 
+			/*
+			else 
+			{
+				if ($pref['subnews_hide_news'] == 1) 		This $pref no longer available
+				{
+					if ($news['admin_id'] == 1 && $pref['siteadmin']) {
+						$news['admin_name'] = $pref['siteadmin'];
+					}
+					else if(!$news['admin_name'] = getcachedvars($news['admin_id'])) {
+						$sql2->db_Select("user", "user_name", "user_id='".intval($news['admin_id'])."' ");
+						list($news['admin_name']) = $sql2->db_Fetch();
+						cachevars($news['admin_id'], $news['admin_name']);
+					}
+
+					$sql2->db_Select("news_category", "*", "category_id='".intval($news_category)."' ");
+
+					list($news['category_id'], $news['category_name'], $news['category_icon']) = $sql2->db_Fetch();
+					$ix->render_newsitem($news, "", "userclass");
+				}
+			} */
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 }
 ?>
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