News Publisher version 1.06 is freely available for download below. It may only be downloaded in one format, .zip. So if you don't have a program that can unzip it, I suggest you get Win Zip. Please note that both versions of News Publisher require SSI or PHP to display the news on your web pages.

Download 1.06 (59.0 KB)

News Publisher version 2.0.0 Beta 4 is freely available for download below. PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS FOR BETA TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT USE IN A PRODUCTION SITE.

Download 2.0.0 Beta 4 (74.4 KB)

Script In Action
If you would like to see web sites that use this program, click on the link below.

List of Sites

Features
The following is a list of the features that are in News Publisher:

• Update News from the Web
• One News Story per Page
• or Multiple News Stories on a Page
• Add, Edit, and Delete News
• Preview News Before Posting
• Add, Edit, and Delete Authors
• Create Unlimited Authors
• Add, Edit, and Delete Autolinks
• Customize HTML Output
• Auto-Archiving
• Monthly or Weekly Archives
• Easy Administration via a Web Based Form
• Allow Visitors to Post Comments
• Create Multiple Categories of News
• Multiple Levels of Administration

History
Here is a complete history list of News Publisher:

• v1.06
  • added 'all' category support for all add-ons
  • added byline feature
  • added 'no date' feature to news
  • added flock on/off ability [Thanks to Christian Land]
  • added delete comments feature
  • fixed the category limit bug

• v1.05b
  • fixed another bug with categories

• v1.05a
  • fixed bug with categories

• v1.05
  • fixed y2k problem
  • fixed edit story error
  • added menu defaulting [Thanks to Gunslinger(GDI)]
  • added categories

• v1.04a
  • released the comments script

• v1.04
  • released the automated archiving script
  • centralized the configuration of all scripts
  • added source fields
  • fixed time offset
  • added a new date format
  • preview stories before posting
  • news now able to show a set number or a set number of days
  • added headlines to the single news story viewer

• v1.03
  • added previous/next buttons to 'view all stories' section
  • added weekly or monthly news archives
  • added time adjustment
  • headlines able to show a set number or a set number of days
  • released single news story viewer

• v1.02
  • added menu to top
  • stay logged in
  • 3 different levels of access
  • organized configuration screen
  • added more options to the headlines
  • made some variables optional in the configuration
  • optimized the code more

• v1.01
  • minor bug fixes
  • authors can view autolinks
  • released search engine script
  • optimized the code

• v1.00
  • uses SSI to display news
  • password protected
  • unlimited authors
  • individual author passwords
  • authors only have access to stories they created
  • edit author's information
  • delete authors
  • add news stories
  • edit any news stories
  • delete any news stories
  • add autolinks
  • delete autolinks
  • edit autolinks
  • admin has access to all stories
  • news headlines
  • customize HTML output
  • configure via a web-based form
  • configure the number of news to show
  • automatic archiving of news
  • monthly news archives
  • released