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1. Add News
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You've already added news, right?
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2. The Coranto Database
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And the news is waiting patiently in the Coranto Database.
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3. ViewNews/SearchNews
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This is where VN and SN differ from the usual way Coranto works. Usually it's you - the administrator - who chooses when web-content gets generated from the Coranto Database (by clicking 'Build'), but with VN/SN it's the end-user who instigates a build by clicking a link on your web site. The link - whether it's a ViewNews URL or a SearchNews form - gets the news items it needs directly from the Database.
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4. Styles
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It then builds the chosen news items using the configured Style.
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5. Templates
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And then places the built-news into a template page. Unlike regular Coranto news, Templates are required with VN/SN.
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6. Display Results
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Also unlike regular Coranto news, news items viewed with VN/SN are rendered directly to the screen; there are no files built in your News directory.
ViewNews is great for linking from Headlines to full News items on small web sites, but if you have a large news database (newsdat.txt) and/or a lot of daily hits then the constant re-building severely taxes the server. For Headline links on big sites, a safer solution is the Maginot Line addon.
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