There are numerous ways of integrating the news system into your own design. The prefered method is to use the PHP include function which will allow you to easily display the news in your current design. To use the PHP include function use the following code

<?php 
include 'path/to/news/index.php'; #example 'news/index.php';
?>

You can also add some other variables to the above code to further control how your news is displayed. If the following variables are set before the include function has been declared then the news script will display only the news articles which follow the specifications you specify.

<?php
$author = 'Chris';
#if specified then only articles for this author will be shown
$template = 'Template1';
#if specified this template will be used, if not the default will be used
$cat = 'category1';
#if specified this category will be used, if any posts that have not been assigned a category will be displayed
#you can also show all categories by using $cat = 'all';
include 'path/to/news/index.php'; #example 'news/index.php';
?>

Note that when displaying news. Only posts which have been approved will be shown. You can approve posts (or change the Access level setting to automatically approve) by selecting that post and choosing 'Change approval' from the dropdown box.

To control the design/layout of your news articles use the Options>Templates section. To use a specific template click on the Select link for that template. Further information about Templates is in the Help > System Options > Templates

An alternative to using the PHP include function is to use an iframe. An iframe can be useful if you have a layout which you don't want to break or you would like to have your news restricted to a certain height/width within your design.

<iframe src="path/to/news/index.php">anything put here is only visible if for whatever reason the user can't see iframes however unlikely this is</iframe>

Short Story - When displaying your news if you want to have a short story/description of it to be displayed, so that a user can then click a link and read the full article, use this option. When adding/editing news use the Toggle short story checkbox.

Also note that to display a link to read the full posts you need to do so by editing the Template you're currently using and add [readmore] & [/readmore] tags.

Accounts & Access levels are the most important sections within the system. The Access level controls all the privileges for a user. An Account is simply a way of logging into the system.

By default when you install the system you're givin 3 Access levels (Gods, Mods, Member). Each of these levels has different privileges that determine which sections of the system an Account using that Access level can access.

Templates

System Config