This hack will allow you to filter the news by the first letter.

Automatically Generated, be sure to be very precise on tabs and spaces.

Replace this:

    if(isset($category) and $category != ""){

With:

// Filter by First Character v1.0 - changeblock - Old
  //     if(isset($category) and $category != ""){
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - changeblock - New
  // Delete Block
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - End changeblock

Automatically Generated, be sure to be very precise on tabs and spaces.

Replace this:

	}else{ $count_all = count($all_news); }

With:

// Filter by First Character v1.0 - changeblock - Old
  // 	}else{ $count_all = count($all_news); }
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - changeblock - New
  // Delete Block
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - End changeblock

Automatically Generated, be sure to be very precise on tabs and spaces.

Add this:

// Filter by First Character v1.0 - addblock
if ($first_letter and strtolower($first_letter) != strtolower($news_arr[2][0])) {
	continue;
}
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - End addblock

Between:

$news_arr = explode("|", $news_line);

And:

			if($requested_cats and $requested_cats[$news_arr[6]] == TRUE){ $count_all ++; }

Automatically Generated, be sure to be very precise on tabs and spaces.

Add this:

// Filter by First Character v1.0 - addblock
if ($first_letter and strtolower($first_letter) != strtolower($news_arr[2][0])) {
	continue;
}
// Filter by First Character v1.0 - End addblock

Between:

if($category and $requested_cats[$news_arr[6]] != TRUE){ continue; }

And:

        if(isset($start_from) and $start_from != ""){

The syntax to use this hack is either the following in your include code:

$first_letter = 'x';

You can also add use this through the url: page.php?first_letter=x