[dba-Tech] Question(s) about web-site design and development

[Bryan Carbonnell]

Arthur,

In most cases, the story author doesn't need to change the "home page"
they just basically fill in an online form with their story. They can
either put a "break" in to indicate home much is shown on the home
page before the "more" link shows up. The home page then pulls the x
most recent stories and show them to the user.


Here's an image showing a Wordpress post form.
http://magazine3.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Add-New-post-visibility-.png

It really is pretty simple and straight forward.

B

On 13 October 2016 at 11:17, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
> As Homer Simpson once said, "There are no stupid questions, only stupid
> people."
>
> I confess I know next to nothing about either discipline mentioned in the
> subject, but I've been wondering about the design of numerous sites
> (ArsTechnica, NYRB, NYTimes, there's a long list) whose basic mode of
> presentation is analogous to the design of a newspaper: top-of-the-fold
> headline(s), a paragraph beneath each, and a link that takes you to the
> rest of the story.
>
> It's obvious they use a template of some sort. In some cases, the
> story-boxes are always the same size, and in other cases the size varies.
> Either way, I'm guessing there are tools to do this (WordPress seems
> popular), but what's the actual process? Do you start off with an entire
> article, snip the first paragraph and paste it into the Front Page? But
> then how do you add the link at the bottom of the story lead? Or maybe it's
> the other way around?
>
> Given the rapidity of change in such sites, I have to imagine that various
> tools are available with which to control the flow of a story from lead to
> body. I can't believe that people have to do this by hand, but also can't
> imagine how these tools might work.
>
> (Not that it's relevant to my immediate question, other than to illustrate
> my ignorance in many branches of computing, but I haven't the faintest clue
> how the software behind LucasFilm etc. works: more specifically, how do
> they make the images of Sigourney Weaver in Avatar?  I can't even imagine
> how to use such software, let alone how to write it.)
>
> --
> Arthur
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