Question

How can I set 20 random questions as homepage ?

Answer 1

I  don't see an option in the config, but you can do this by changing this code:

File: qa-include/db/selects.php
Function qa_db_qs_selectspec

@@ -359,5 +359,5 @@
                case 'created':
                case 'hotness':
-                       $sortsql = 'ORDER BY ^posts.' . $sort . ' DESC';
+                       $sortsql = 'ORDER BY RAND()';
                        break;

Comments

Will it affect on speed of website?

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I know ORDER BY RAND() works by generating a random number for each row and then sorts by that.  Generating that number is extra work.  Sorting by this number or by creation date would be same.  I would say ORDER BY RAND() will have an overhead.  I haven't measured the performance, so I don't know the overhead.  I tried it on my site (just a few hundred questions) and reloaded the page and didn't notice any visible delay in loading the page.

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@Zeeshan I tried this code but it didn't work for me

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It works on https://yoursite.com/questions