$result = $db->sql_query("SELECT sid, s.catid, s.aid, s.title, s.time, s.hometext, s.bodytext, s.comments, s.counter, s.topic, s.acomm, s.score, s.ratings, c.title, t.topicid, t.topicname, t.topicimage, t.topictext FROM ".$prefix."_stories AS s LEFT JOIN ".$prefix."_stories_cat AS c on (s.catid=c.catid) LEFT JOIN ".$prefix."_topics AS t on (s.topic=t.topicid) $qdb $querylang ORDER BY s.time DESC LIMIT $offset, 3");

."<option value='5'";
    if ($storyhome == "5") echo " selected";
	echo ">"._STORIESHOME." - 5</option>"
	."<option value='10'";
    if ($storyhome == "10") echo " selected";
	echo ">"._STORIESHOME." - 10</option>"

	."<option value='2'";
    if ($storyhome == "2") echo " selected";
	echo ">"._STORIESHOME." - 2</option>"
	."<option value='3'";
    if ($storyhome == "3") echo " selected";
	echo ">"._STORIESHOME." - 3</option>"
	."<option value='4'";
    if ($storyhome == "4") echo " selected";
	echo ">"._STORIESHOME." - 4</option>"