Web Log (Blog)

A News Publication or Blogging System

General Functionality

  • Create News Story (Post) via an online CMS module.
  • Stories are posted on the News/Blog front page in reverse chronological order
  • The story frontpage displays only the first X lines (custom defined) of the story. User can 'read more' to view full article in dedicated article page with a permant URL
  • Older stories (as defined by either date or number of entries) are viewable via a "more news" tab
  • More news page: a page of 25 news story headlines. If more than one page, then a Page 1 of X link allowing the user to navigate through a history of stories (also useful for Search Engine Optimisation)
  • Stories can be searched or navigated by Category or Author (see below)

Creating News Stories

  • Full HTML Editor for posts
  • Ability to upload / display images via web editor interface
  • Define / edit publication date (forward or backward)
  • Story is assigned to a category
  • Story can be tagged as 'live' or 'invisible'

Comments

  • Allow users to post a "comment" to a news/blog item
  • Only registered members can make comments to news items
  • Comments are moderated - only published when one of the
  • Authors reviews/approves comment

Categories & Authors

  • Ability to define unlimited news Categories
  • Ability to define a MineTalk member as an authors (only Admin can do this)
  • When authors publish news it displays the author name automatically

Search Functionality

  • News/Blog system includes a search function with the following features:
    • search all articles by keywords 
    • categories / author list to filter articles by