FEATURES:

 The News
Magazine uses PROPS which is an open, extensible Internet
publishing system designed specifically for periodicals such
as newspapers and magazines who want to publish online, either
exclusively or as an extension of their print publication

STANDARD FEATURES:

• Well-documented, robust API allowing third
  party developers to create 'plug-ins' to extend base
  functionality
• Delivery of content to multiple target
  platforms (HTML, XML/XSL, WAP/WML, text, etc)
• Readers may format a story for printing, or
  email to a friend
• Pages are presented as static URLs so that
  'spider' type search engines may crawl and index them
• Strict separation of design and content -
  designers control site look and feel by developing templates
  using standard site editing tools such as Dreamweaver,
  GoLive, BBEdit, etc., while editors manage site content via
  a web interface
• Permissions-based multiuser site management
  screens allow a PROPS site to be maintained by a distributed
  team of reporters and editors
• Will support the XML-based News Industry
  Text Format
• Will speak various XML dialects for both
  import and export, allowing syndication in both directions,
  and enabling PROPS sites to participate in distributed news
  networks
• Is targeted at mid-sized publishers serving
  fewer than one million page views daily, however will be
  architected to scale through deployment of multiple
  front-end web servers, separate image servers, etc.
• Readers will be able to access content in
  HTML or WAP/WML format. Use of XML/XSLT will allow delivery
  in other formats as standards develop. (Note: we're
  currently not using XSLT, but it should not be hard to adapt
  the software to use it in the future if any benefits to
  doing so become obvious)
• Readers will be able to view a printable
  version of all stories, or email a story to a friend. XSLT
  will also be used to generate these versions.
• Readers will be able to perform advanced
  keyword searches on archives. Archives will be free, however
  if someone wants to add paid archives capabilities, we'll
  let you.
  All pages will be presented as static URLs, so
  that 'spider' type search engines may crawl and index
  stories. This should be a configuration option, since access
  to the Apache config file is required to enable this.
• The content management screens will have an
  intuitive and consistent end user interface. Style
  guidelines will be written to ensure that 3rd-party plug-ins
  are consistent with the core system's user interface.
• Multiple users will be supported through
  ACLs or user/group privileges.
• Editors will have access to a 'web desk'
  screen listing new stories from external feeds, and stories
  that have been assigned to them by another editor.
• In addition to editing stories from the
  wire, editors will be able to enter stories into the
  database using web-based forms.
• Stories may be scheduled to publish on a
  future date.
• Photos will flow into the web desk from
  external feeds/interfaces, and may be assigned to
  stories.