With WebNews you can add web access to enhance your current news
solution, allowing users to access news via the web in addition to using their existing
news client software.
You can also provide a full featured web based news solution completely
removing the need for users to install and configure any traditional news client software
at all. This can provide a news solution that better meets the needs of users and reduces
administration costs.
WebNews is a complete web based news package which allows all news
processing to be handled via a web browser rather than from a news client package. WebNews
allows users to intermix access via a normal news client and access via the web. This can
eliminate all news client installation and setup issues in one go. WebNews allows users to
access internet news from any web browser on any machine and provides a simple
customizable news client interface for all your users. This is the web news solution for
ISP's corporations and other geographically extended enterprises.
Key Features
- Smooth integration with current news system.
- Completely customizable - add your own banner ads, logos or anything to any page the
user will see.
- Easy installation for service provider. No installation required for clients.
- Supports authentication of users via POP3 or IMAP mail servers, News Servers,
Local accounts or Cookies.
- Images are automatically viewable in news items. Non image attachments can be easily
saved.
- News posts can be checked for spelling.
- News articles can be sorted by date, subject, etc.
- MIME support for both incoming and outgoing articles.
- Files can be easily attached to posted articles.
- A pick list of recently used News groups is provided for each user to simplify
viewing.
- Easily customized - everything the user sees can be modified to match the look and feel
of your own web site. Templates are used for all pages so you can totally customize the
look and feel, this includes the ability to add your own advertising, company logos etc...
WebNews works by interacting with a normal NNTP NEWS server, this means you can
configure it to work with your current news server in a matter of minutes. It also means
that messages read via these gateways are still available to be downloaded into your users
normal news client package. We recommend the use of our DNews server with WebNews but it can be
used with any standard News servers.
WebNews consists of a set of template html pages and a special CGI for processing these
pages and interacting with the NEWS servers. There are template pages for:
- Allowing a news user to login to their news account
- Providing a list of new news groups or items and processing articles
- Posting news items
- Reading a news article
- Configuration user preferences and event processing
- Sysadmin User management pages.
All of these can be customized if required, although a number of fully working example
templates are provided. For examples and more detailed information please select one of
the following links:
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