What are news and blog pages?

In essence, a news page or a blog is the same thing; a section which shows the latest happenings of a company or organisation. One thing is for certain - the modern website mantras define that a well looked-after news or blog is essential to both convince users that you are an active body, and for Search Engines to know your site is dynamic and relevant.

Why use a news or blog page?

You already have the content

Chances are that you already have the material to hand for a blog or a news page. Do you send out memos, submit press releases, create flyers or e-shots? Or maybe you have an organisation that handles all this for you. Either way the basics for a good blog or news page are most likely to hand. And because Harris CMS allows any user to add content keeping a blog update is a simple task.

Scheduling

In keeping with other functions of Harris CMS, news or blog articles are hidden when first created and only made live when the user wishes. Posts can also be made to appear in the future after a certain date or can be removed from public view when an expiry date is set. So you can set up a press release to show on Monday the Friday before. The internet may be available 24 hours a day, but you are not.

Expand on simplicity

Many companies like using Harris CMS for blogs or news because it is extremely simple to use. There are other 'open source' blogs engines available such as Wordpress which do a fantastic job; but these products require a high time commitment to learn from a user's point of view. Harris CMS is straight forward - set a headline, main copy, date and save. It also has more options that can be enabled such as categories, authors, comments and an in-built RSS feed generator for those who need a little more power. A selelection of most recent posts can be featured as a module on other pages.