| rostra |
description |
ROSTRA is a web-based news and content management tool written in PHP. Through the
use of templates, it can be customised to fit into existing website designs, or act
as a stand-alone website. Article submission is via a simple web form and can be accompanied
by a wide variety of media including still images, movies (QuickTime, Windows Media,
or FlashBlog), Word and Excel documents and PDF files. Images are resized automatically
on the server to save bandwidth. Templates have been created so that ROSTRA can present
material in blog formats and/for webcasting. All content is categorised and is fully
searcheable. Posting can be done by authorised users or by guests, in which case the
system supports message moderation by email. email digests of postings can be created
automatically and stories can have permalinks. Certain templates allow authorised
users to comment on postings. ROSTRA supports a heirarchical structure allowing sub-ROSTRA
to feed into a master ROSTRA. In 2004, ROSTRA was adopted (as 'Making The News') for
hundreds of schools across England by the East of England Broadband Consortium. |
