A database of news articles

I'd like to set up a database of articles and how to's, that people could
submit themselves. I would also like to be able to send an email of recent
postings, perhaps once a week or once a month.

What is the best way for me to do this? Should I set up a Discussion Web?
How would I pull together the links of recent postings into an email? Would
I have to manually do this or can it be automated?

Also when I set up the Discussion web (having not done one before), does it
capture emails and can I some how automate the sending of emails and allow
people to subscribe and unsubscribe?...or would I set up the email list
separately?

You will need to learn server-side script and use a database to accomplish this based on what is
supported by your web host.

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"bond" <bond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA1CB2B1-DBED-49B5-80C7-4DB437662CE9@microsoft.com...
> I'd like to set up a database of articles and how to's, that people could
> submit themselves. I would also like to be able to send an email of recent
> postings, perhaps once a week or once a month.
>
> What is the best way for me to do this? Should I set up a Discussion Web?
> How would I pull together the links of recent postings into an email? Would
> I have to manually do this or can it be automated?
>
> Also when I set up the Discussion web (having not done one before), does it
> capture emails and can I some how automate the sending of emails and allow
> people to subscribe and unsubscribe?...or would I set up the email list
> separately?

"bond" <bond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA1CB2B1-DBED-49B5-80C7-4DB437662CE9@microsoft.com...
> I'd like to set up a database of articles and how to's, that people could
> submit themselves. I would also like to be able to send an email of recent
> postings, perhaps once a week or once a month.
>
> What is the best way for me to do this? Should I set up a Discussion Web?
> How would I pull together the links of recent postings into an email?
> Would
> I have to manually do this or can it be automated?
>
> Also when I set up the Discussion web (having not done one before), does
> it
> capture emails and can I some how automate the sending of emails and allow
> people to subscribe and unsubscribe?...or would I set up the email list
> separately?

The dicussion web as you describe above is not that complex - it simply has
a form that people enter their post on, click submit, and it displays on an
HTML page.

If you need something with user-signons and so forth try www.phpbb.com and
www.yabb-forum.com (or any other to suit your hosting environment).

Your host may even provide such a feature (discussion forum/bulletin board)
as part of your hosting account which can be turned on/installed through
your hosting control panel (e.g. CPanel).