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emcher
News vs. Articles
  • 2008/5/5 2:46

  • emcher

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I'm a new user. Got a site installed. Have news and AMS installed.

What determines which one, if not both, you should use? What is the difference between news and articles in the XOOPS world?

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Anonymous
Re: News vs. Articles
  • 2008/5/5 9:17

  • Anonymous

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In my own mind (and therefore on my site!), I use a content module (e.g. article, SmartSection, etc) for categorised information/pages.

I use the News module for, well, News The News module is used to display items/article chronologically and sequenitally within categories.

Having said that, I know that many sites use their content module for both functions. However, I decided to use separate modules for flexibility, e.g. if I found a content module that I preferred then News would be unaffected if I changed.

HTH

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emcher
Re: News vs. Articles
  • 2008/5/5 14:14

  • emcher

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Thanks John. That did help. However, what's your thoughts on something like the AMS module, where it says it's a direct replacement for the News module?

Sorry if you think you answered that.

Ron

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Anonymous
Re: News vs. Articles
  • 2008/5/5 15:05

  • Anonymous

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Hi again,

I've not used the AMS module myself, so I'm probably not best placed to comment.

I use News 1.56 and SmartSection 2.13 on my site (Http://www.llanmon.org.uk/) - take a look and see if that combination "floats your boat"

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Peekay
Re: News vs. Articles
  • 2008/5/5 19:40

  • Peekay

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News is great, but for some reason, the developer recently changed the way the news archive works. Skenow's hack - mentioned in this thread - 'un-does' the change and makes it work the way most news editors will expect it to.

I only mention this because the archive feature is one of this module's strengths IMHO.

I use the hack in News 1.54 but check before you apply it to any later versions as things may well have changed again.
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