Case Study - Public News

Application: News Portal 
 
Industry: Information and Media 
 
Aim: To design a website that has multimedia features to display the current affairs and information about the hot topics. The site should contain features that would help people to surf through important news and also news related to their interests. 
 
Background: Our client approached us with the concept of launching a website with multimedia features so that they could tell news stories to their website visitors with more than just text. The client wanted an extended coverage of their services, moving ahead of the blog format. We had to integrate a comprehensive Content Management System into the website to enable full management of the site by the client. The requirement was of a website design with unlimited number of feature categories like top stories section, breaking news section, advance search option, photo gallery, video uploads etc. 
 
Objectives: Some of the objectives our development team had to accomplish were:
 
Solution: Analyzing our client's needs and specifications, we designed a custom news portal with enhanced multimedia features and table less css layout for quick loading. The system design is feature rich with custom modules like top stories section, breaking news section, advance search option, photo gallery, video uploading services etc. and offers enhanced usability and functionality to the site visitors. The website designed by us has an easy-to-use admin panel. Majority of site can be managed from the admin section provided in content management system. A person having basic knowledge of Microsoft office can also manage the site very efficiently. 
 
Technical Background:
PHP and MySql on the server-side
HTML and Javascript on the client-side 
 
Features: The design and theme of the website has a wide range of custom modules. Some of its features are mentioned below :
  1. Content Management system allows the site administrator to manage the site themselves.
  2. Majority of site can be managed from the admin section provided in content management system. 
  3. Unlimited category tree system for adding news stories and special features
  4. Top & Bottom Menu can be controlled from the admin section