There are plenty of ready made modules out there that you can add to your website. These give you the ability to do different things like add shopping options, search and news items - just to name a few.
Unfortunately it's often really hard to make them fit in with a site and perform all the things that you need them to do, or they are just poorly thought through, so you waste time sifting through each one to see if it's going to be what you need.
HD Design had this issue with one of their clients sites (Athletics Essendon), where the existing news function, although reasonably good, did not quite cater for all their needs.
After some discussion, we decided that it would be best to rebuild the news module from scratch and have been pleased with the result.
The new news module is database driven and allows the adminstrator to easily create and manage news items for their site.
Some of the features include...
You can view the news module in action at Athletics Essendon
It has been a nice project to work on and we are really pleased with the result.
Have a great weekend,
David
Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006
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