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6/19/2008 10:07 PM
 

Hi everyone,

Do you have some idea on whether DNN is suitable for a website publishing and manage news (Sport, economic, science, etc) ? Is there any modules available for this purpose?

Thanks!

Kelvin

 
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6/19/2008 11:01 PM
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There are plenty of modules for the purpose.. have a browse around snowcovered.com (they should freaking pay me for the number of times I send people there) and check them out.

They all vary greatly in the details and full suitability is hard to determine without writing up specific requirements and then testing them out.

I'm getting well beyond the basic question here, but one of the biggest unseen caveats is that modules tend to use what is called an "admin page" (which is otherwise just a blank page) to display article details. Or they display the details in the same place as the headline. Neither option is actually any good for a commercial site reliant on advertising and contextual content, but I've never managed to get anyone to change because of this.

The best you can do, but only with one or two available modules, is display the details on a single non-admin page, and then use multiple modules to create the illusion of having multiple and different details pages. Again, this isn't really all that flexible, but unless you are building the next TomsHardware.com, it won't matter. I also recall that something might be being done in DNN5 to better deal with this issue.

There are several modules that will do a great job. Most will recommend Ventrian.com's News Articles and so will I; but also check out Engage, DNNMasters...

Rob

 
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6/20/2008 4:18 AM
 

Hi.

DotNetNuke is suitable for such purpose. We have developed a complete news publishing system for newspapers based on DotNetNuke. It has functions like importing articles from editorial systems, complex advertising system and categories. We found that DotNetNuke was a perfect base for building such a news publishing system, with the abillity to buy external modules when needed.

Magne

 
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6/20/2008 5:07 AM
 

Ventrian systems news articles gets my thumbs up


Class Campers -The Home of the Volkswagen camper & Bus Enthusiast
Worlds Cheapest Homes - Need a Cheap Property, cant afford a home
Beeb iPlayer - Need help with the BBC's new iPlayer software
Internet Insurance Quotes - For the the information you will ever require about Insurance
 
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6/21/2008 10:19 PM
 

Thanks for all your help.

I get a much wider vision now

 
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