--- __init__.py.old	Tue Aug 22 09:39:56 2006
+++ __init__.py	Tue Aug 22 10:14:07 2006
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 DATE_FORMAT     = "%B %d, %Y %I:%M %p"
 NEW_DATE_FORMAT = "%B %d, %Y"
 ACTIVITY_THRESHOLD = 0
-
+MAX_PER_CHANNEL = 10
 class stripHtml(sgmllib.SGMLParser):
     "remove all tags from the data"
     def __init__(self, data):
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@
                                                  "items_per_page", ITEMS_PER_PAGE))
             days_per_page = int(tmpl_config_get(config, template_file,
                                                 "days_per_page", DAYS_PER_PAGE))
-        
+            max_per_channel = int(tmpl_config_get(config, template_file, 
+                                                  "max_per_channel", MAX_PER_CHANNEL)) 
             activity_threshold = int(tmpl_config_get(config, template_file,
                                                 "activity_threshold",
                                                 ACTIVITY_THRESHOLD))
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@
             prev_date = []
             prev_channel = None
             for newsitem in self.items(max_items=items_per_page,
-                                            max_days=days_per_page):
+                                            max_days=days_per_page, max_per_channel=max_per_channel):
                 item_info = template_info(newsitem, date_format)
                 chan_info = channels[newsitem._channel]
                 for k, v in chan_info.items():
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@
         """Unsubscribe the planet from the channel."""
         self._channels.remove(channel)
 
-    def items(self, hidden=0, sorted=1, max_items=0, max_days=0):
+    def items(self, hidden=0, sorted=1, max_items=0, max_days=0, max_per_channel=0):
         """Return an optionally filtered list of items in the channel.
 
         The filters are applied in the following order:
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@
         items = []
         seen_guids = {}
         for channel in self.channels(hidden=hidden, sorted=0):
+            channel_items=[]
             for item in channel._items.values():
                 if hidden or not item.has_key("hidden"):
 
@@ -395,8 +397,12 @@
 
                     if not seen_guids.has_key(item.id):
                         seen_guids[item.id] = 1;
-                        items.append((time.mktime(item.date), item.order, item))
-
+                        channel_items.append((time.mktime(item.date), item.order, item))
+            channel_items.sort()
+            channel_items.reverse()
+            if len(channel_items) and max_per_channel:
+                channel_items=channel_items[:max_per_channel]
+            items=items+channel_items
         # Sort the list
         if sorted:
             items.sort()