Discussion and considerations

Now, we will work through the major areas of website content, devoting a section to each one. A round up of some less important aspects of content completes the discussion, leaving us ready to move on to details of implementation.

Articles, blogs, magazines, and FAQ

The most basic requirement is for text and pictures, and the simplest scheme needs little more than the standard database and a WYSIWYG editor. An extension that works at this level is illustrated later in the chapter. It is pretty much essential to have an ability to create items of this kind in an unpublished state so that they can be revised until ready for use. The state is then changed to published. Almost immediately, a further requirement arises to specify a range of publication dates, so that material aimed at a specific event can be automatically published at the appropriate time. Likewise, it is desirable to have an automatic mechanism for removing information that is no longer current, for...