Test Site for Article Manager

This would be the front page of your website.  The latest headlines from your news section

would be syndicated back to this page.
 

Navigation Links Here Maybe

Your Site Menu
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Brief Instructions for Submitting News Articles

First, a brief overview as to how the system works.  The system allows a relatively inexperienced  computer user to enter/edit news articles into the website news system   The system consists of three major components

The Article Editor - News Admin Menu Item
  This is the means by which persons with permissions may enter, edit, or delete articles.  The software is installed on the website server and is accessable from any computer with access to the internet using Internet Explorer version 5.50 or later browser.  Older IE browsers, Netscape, Firefox, and others will work but the Article Manager HTML editors have limited functionality with these browsers.
  The articles, images, and documents are stored on the website server and dynamically displayed in categories and subcategories for easy viewing. 

The Article Interface - Actual Newspaper Menu Item
  Articles are organized by the article interface just as a newspaper is organized into sections,  categories, and subcategories.  The index is displayed on a news "Front Page" and all articles are linked from there.  The latest few headlines and their summaries for any selected category are displayed in the center of the Front Page.  If a website is based almost entirely on the dynamic content of news, the Front Page could actually be the website Home Page.  In this demo, the latest headlines are displayed on the Home Page by syndication.  The reader has the choice of going to the Front Page by clicking on the Actual Newspaper link or on each of the articles in the Syndication section labeled "Latest Happenings". (See next section below)
 
The Article Syndication Manager.- News Syndication Menu Item
  News Syndication (Also referred to as webfeeds) allows for displaying articles from one website to one or many others.  You may have seen side panels on a site with news headlines that are clickable links to articles on MSNBC or CNN or other news sources.  The Infusion Webfeed in the right side panel is an example of a money matters syndication from contentinfusion.com and is a free service.
  News from your site can be displayed on other websites by having the site webmaster use the Syndication Wizard to generate the code necessary to create the display on the target site.  As the content of your news changes, it is dynamically updated on all sites with syndication.
  In the same manner, the news headlines can be syndicated back to any page on your own website, thus being able to display the headlines on any or all pages of your site.  In this demo, I have displayed it on the Home Page so that all the latest news is the first thing a visitor sees.
To log in to the Article Manager, click on News Admin in the left menu.  (Note: Usernames and passwords used are ficticious and simplified for demo simplicity.  The ARE case sensative)

To log in as a writer only:
Log in using the username events and password events  You will see that you are restricted to only one subcatagory Events under Guest Articles category.  Any article you enter as a writer must be approved by an Editor or Administrator before it can be published.

To log in as Editor:
Log in using the username editor and password editor  You will notice that you have access to all articles submitted under the Guest Articles category and any of it's subcategories.  You (and any administrator) would be responsible for approving articles submitted by writers under your jurisdiction.

To log in as administrator:
Log in using the username admin and password admin  You will notice that you have total access to all categories and all aspects of management including setup options. (Please be careful with these options since you could cause damage to the data by changing values.)
 
Feel free to enter a some test articles ... you may copy any existing text and paste it into the Contents Editor if you want.  You will notice that when you Log Off, you will be returned to the Home Page of the test site, and that the article you entered is at the top of the syndication headlines.  They are reverse sorted by date so the most recent are at the top.
There is extensive documentation for this software, but this is probably enough to get one familiar with the features and functionality.
 
Sites using this system: Happy Trails Farm   St Mary's Parish
Questions ... call me and I will help you.


Below is an example of Syndicated Content from another website
Infusion Webfeed
 

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