updating and archiving links thru a form instead of manually changing code?

[ninerskickass]

hi! I'm designing a football fan site, and I plan on providing my guests the latest news links from news media outlets

i was wondering if there is some type of program or script that would let me update and archive the links by just say typing it into a form instead of having to go thru the webpage code and editing it and risking messing it up?

do you guys know a program or app that might let me do that? to get a better sense of what i want here's the current website im designing... im just working ont he basic layout right now so it might not look to fresh, also i've never taken any web design classes or designed anything before, so i'm just starting it from scratch

http://74.220.207.141/~ninerski/

so basically i want to update the links on the box with the red border, i want only the most recent stories to show up on the main page, and i also want to have another page with the archive to all the recent and past stories

i also plan on having somebody help me gather and update links, so i would need him to be able to access it as well

so if anyone could point me to a program or app that would do this, even if i have to pay, i would really appreciate it

thanks!

[Pennimus]

You might want to look into RSS feeds - major sports news sites all provide them. They will automatically update your page with the latest stories without you having to do anything.

But, that won't allow you to archive the stories without considerable reworking of the server side scripting you are using. But it's certainly possible, with a suitable database and some scripting knowledge. Do you know PHP/MySQL?

A place to start - http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm

[ninerskickass]

You might want to look into RSS feeds - major sports news sites all provide them. They will automatically update your page with the latest stories without you having to do anything.

But, that won't allow you to archive the stories without considerable reworking of the server side scripting you are using. But it's certainly possible, with a suitable database and some scripting knowledge. Do you know PHP/MySQL?

A place to start - http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm

i reall dont know much about coding at all really, im just kind of learning as i go, just messing around with source code, seeing what it does. but thanks for the link, i'll look into it

my buddy does link updates for another football website and he said all he has to do is type in the links into a form and submit it and it automatically updates the front page and the archive, i'm hoping maybe somebody knows how to do something like this

rss feeds wouldnt really work for me because i'm just gathering links to stories of one specific team, so i have to gather the links from a bunch of different media sources

i did find this program called Article Manager, and it supposedly has the functions i'm looking for

http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/11811.html

but it's got a pretty hefty price of $350

actually they have a program that does just page updates for $150, but I'm also looking for something that would allow users to write their own articles and post them on my site

anyone have experience with wordpress? would that work for my needs? how's the customization in terms of appearance?

[Pennimus]

Well if you learnt PHP and MySQL you would find that that's a really simple thing to do... but of course its only simple when you know how :)

For your investment in time you may find hiring a freelancer much cheaper, just to get the links up and running.

Wordpress is totally customisable, but again only if you know how... Then you have to think about how you're going to police it, because if you allow open submissions it will be spammed to death.