News for more than merely news

[EsquireX]

Hello,

How do I use the different categories of news for different features of my site?  For example, I wish to use a Announcements category for Site Announcements but not display it under News.  Also, I wish to use a Blog category for my blog and not displayed it under News.  I guess what I'm wanting to do is use each category as a section or page of it's own. It shouldn't be displayed under News unless it's categorized as news or general.  Is this possible?

(I hope this is comprehensible)

[Ted]

Yes, this is possible.

The category field is broken if you use the News content type in 0.10.x.  However, if you use a content page with {cms_module module='news' category='announcements'} in it, it should work like you want.

[calguy1000]

K wishy, along these lines, I would like to a

in the news, be able to display the n most recent articles in all but certain categories....... i.e:  Everything but blog, etc, etc.

and would it be possible to add a permission in such that only people authorized can add/edit/or view articles in certain categories?

[EsquireX]

Thanks Wishy!

I'm using the beta because I was having db problems with the 0.10.2 release.

What is this called? --> {cms_module module='news' category='announcements'}

How do I find more of these to customize my page?

If I did use the News content type, isn't "News" displayed as the Title or Header?

[Ted]

calguy: I think we're going to have to revamp the security system in order to do stuff like your second request.  It's just not flexible enough at this point.  Excluding categories is a good idea, though.  We should definitely do that.

EsquireX: That's a module tag.  If you look at the News Help page under Extensions->Modules, you'll see a list of paramaters that can be put in that tag.

[EsquireX]

EsquireX: That's a module tag.  If you look at the News Help page under Extensions->Modules, you'll see a list of paramaters that can be put in that tag.

On my main page, I would like to use a small section to list 3-5 "Blog" entries as links (depending on the room it takes up). When an entry is clicked, it should take the user to the "Blog" page displaying the "Blog" emtry that was clicked.
Keeping the above in mind, I would like to know how can I list the "Blog" entries (using News Category "Blog" as my blog) on the left side of my page while showing the entire, selected, entry on the right side? I know I will have to use divs to divide the space and that's alright.

[brass]

Is there a way to make the news module to display author?  I would like to use this to blog with more than one author.  ie, my brother and I.    so, it would be nice, if the news entry also displayed the author/submitter of the news.