Chapter 11. Building a News Web Site

With the rapid spread of the Internet, news has become an essential resource, readily available at your fingertips. With the click of a search engine, it is possible to expose yourself to both general and niche news that covers virtually any subject.

Although the design may seem complex at first, news sites are fundamentally simple database-driven Web sites. News stories and categories are typically stored in a database, and this information is formatted and presented to readers in a usable and attractive way.

In this chapter you will create your own news site, one that is craftily constructed to satisfy a few core goals. This chapter aims to

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