function fd_hot_list($type = '', $timescale = 'today', $offset = 0, $length = 5, $cat = '') {
	$time_start = ''; $time_end = time();
	switch($timescale) {
		case 'today': $time_start = $time_end - (60 * 60 * 24); break;
		case 'week': $time_start = $time_end - (60 * 60 * 24 * 7); break;
		case 'month': $time_start = $time_end - (60 * 60 * 24 * 30); break;
		case 'ever': $time_start = '';
	}
	if($time_start != '') $time_start = fd_dt2sql($time_start); $time_end = fd_dt2sql($time_end);
	
	if($type = 'hits') {
		$top_hits = fd_hot_tophits($time_start, $time_end, $offset, $length, $cat);
		echo "<ul>";
		foreach($top_hits as $post_id => $counts) {
			echo "<li><a href='".get_permalink($post_id)."'>".get_the_title($post_id)."</a> ($counts views)</li>";
		}
		echo "</ul>";
	}
}

function fd_hot_tophits($time_start = '', $time_end = '', $offset = 0, $length = 5, $cat = '') {
	global $wpdb; $tbl = $wpdb->prefix.'hot_hits';
	
	$timescale = "'1'";
	if($time_start != '') {
		$timescale .= " and date > '$time_start'";
	}
	if($time_end != '') {
		$timescale .= " and date < '$time_end'";
	}

	$query = "SELECT post_id FROM $tbl WHERE $timescale";
	$results = $wpdb->get_col($query);
	foreach($results as $result) { $hitcounts[$result] = $hitcounts[$result] + 1; }	arsort($hitcounts); //$sorted_ids = array_keys($hitcounts);
	if($length > count($hitcounts)) $length = count($hitcounts);
	return array_slice($hitcounts, $offset, $length, true);
}