Chapter 9. Writing a Story

PHP-Nuke is set up so that storiesnews articles, whatever you want to call themform a central part of your site. That does not have to remain the case; if you want your site to focus primarily on downloads, then make that module (Downloads, that is) the module that appears on your site's home page and disable the News module completely. But most sites will want to have a place to post announcements, at least, and the News module is good for that, too. Plus, whatever module is in the home page must be accessible to all visitors, and you might want to restrict access to other modules to just those users who've registered with you (which is free for them) or subscribed to your site (which might cost something).

Writing a story, then, is a fundamental part of managing a PHP-Nuke site. To start, click the NEW Story link in the special Administration block (which only administrators can see). You can also click the Add Story item from the Administration menu.