Re: Independent Online Newspaper RSS Feeds

["Pavel Kalinov" <pavka14@yahoo.com>]

> This implies that the sites will be based on a db, perhaps an 
> obvious assumption to you

Well yes, without a database this whole thing is suicide.
You mentioned a number of news sites, meaning lots and lots of texts -
you can't just generate static html's forever, you need a CMS and then
let the editors enter stuff.

> no sense starting from scratch if something can be found.

Usually, yes.
Depends on what you want though. For a small site, and if you are
happy with a ready-made system that comes with features that somebody
else planned - OK. But if you intend to have unique features, if you
want to customize, if you are in any way different than the standard
case... maybe you should start from scratch.
Depends on your long-term plans, and of course your budget.

> Obviously that won't show me the script, will it?

Well no, but you see the end results, so you know what your script
should generate.

> I mean when I  think of scripts I think
> of PHP or ASP that get executed before it gets to my browser.  
> Right?

Yep, that's the one.

> So, again, I don't mind recommended reading, hopefully some web 
> sites that might illumniate things, perhaps the XMLSpy book might 
> help.

Hm... I don't know, I haven't looked for such info so can't recommend
anything :-(

Best regards
Pavel
http://feedz.info/