eDNews - The Dynamic News Engine

Live Demo

This page includes a live demonstration of eDNews that you can use to discover what this module is capable of. You can add news and view the list of archived news.

eDNews has been installed in the modules/ folder of this website (built with eDContainer) and the following PHP code is used in this page to obtain the result you see above.

<?php
    // Check which eDNews component to display
    if ( isset( $_REQUEST['action'] ) ) { 
        $action = $_REQUEST['action']; 
    } else { 
        $action = null; 
    }
    
    // Find and display the required component
    switch( $action ) {
        case 'view':
            // Retrieve newsid if defined
            if ( isset( $_REQUEST['newsid'] ) ) { 
                $newsid = $_REQUEST['newsid']; 
            } else if ( ! isset( $newsid ) ) { 
                $newsid  = null; 
            }
            require 'modules/eDNews/eDNews_view.php';
            break;
        case 'add':
            require 'modules/eDNews/eDNews_add.php';
            break;
        case 'archive':
            require 'modules/eDNews/eDNews_archive.php';
            break;
        default:
            require 'modules/eDNews/eDNews.php';
            break;
    }
?>


The choice was here made to have all the components of eDNews displayed from a single page and the code set which component to display based on the action parameter. Here is displayed how eDNews has been configured (using its configuration file):

<?php
/**
 * eDNews - Main Configuration File
 *
 * Configure from here the parameters of your eDNews module.
 *
 * Get support: support@edreamers.org
 * The Forums: http://eDreamers.org/forums/
 */
$CONFIG = array();

/**
 * eDNews Root - This file absolute URL, 
 * ex: http://pathtoedcontainer/
 */
$CONFIG['root'] = 
    'http://edreamers.org/index.php?folder=solutions
        &file=eDNews&page=3';

/**
 * Path to the templates used for display
 */
$CONFIG['templatePath'] = './modules/eDNews/templates/';

/**
 * Path to the eDToolbox by eDreamers
 * You only need to change this value in case you have an 
 * existing installation of eDToolbox that you would like 
 * to reuse
 */
$CONFIG['edtoolboxPath'] = 'modules/eDToolbox/';

/**
 * eDNews Default Language
 * Set the default language on line 37, taken from the 
 * supported values shown in  the comments. Code from 
 * line 38 allows the language to be dynamically by the
 * page or script where eDNews is installed
 */
$CONFIG['supported_languages'] = array( 'en' );

if ( in_array( $_REQUEST['lg'], $CONFIG['supported_languages'] ) ) { 
    $CONFIG['language'] = $_REQUEST['lg']; 
} else { 
    $CONFIG['language']     = 'en';        // 'fr' | 'en'
}


/**
 * Display (true) or hide (false) the "add news" link
 */
 $CONFIG['display_add']     = false; // true | false


/**
 * News Expiration delays in days
 * News are automatically archived after this delay
 */
$CONFIG['expirationDelay']  = '60';


/**
 * Debug modes
 * Set debug to true to test eDNews (without templates) in 
 * case you need to solve some problems. Set debugTemplate 
 * to true to test templates
 */
$CONFIG['debug']            = false;         // true | false
$CONFIG['debugTemplate']    = false;        // true | false


/**
 * eDNews Application configuration
 * Database, table and fields parameters
 * If you change any name, update the following values.
 */
$CONFIG['host']             = 'hidden';  
$CONFIG['user']             = 'hidden';  
$CONFIG['password']         = 'hidden';  
$CONFIG['db']               = 'hidden';        


/**
 * Path the various components of eDNews
 * If used standalone you don't need to change these values
 * but eDNews is meant to be integrated in your web site or
 * application, inside pages that have different. URLS that
 * you can specify here
 */
$CONFIG['addURL']           = $CONFIG['root'].'&action=add';
$CONFIG['startURL']         = $CONFIG['root'].'&action=null';
$CONFIG['viewURL']          = $CONFIG['root'].'&action=view';
$CONFIG['archiveURL']       = 
    $CONFIG['root'].'&action=archive';

/**
 * You don't have to change the following values if you used
 * the news.sql script to create the news table but you still
 * have the freedom to rename the news table and fields in 
 * your database. If doing so, then update the following 
 * values to match your database
 */
$CONFIG['table']            = 'news';
$CONFIG['fld_id']           = 'newsid';
$CONFIG['fld_title']        = 'nstitle';
$CONFIG['fld_content']      = 'nscontent';
$CONFIG['fld_dateCreated']  = 'nsdateCreated';
$CONFIG['fld_score']        = 'nsscore';
$CONFIG['fld_expired']      = 'nsexpired';
?>

eDreamers Support Team is here to assist you in the setup and configuration of your eDNews installation. Post your questions and request to support@edreamers.org.

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