Advance News 
What better way can be to let your customers learn about your new products, services or events than through a simple online news section? FME’s Advance News extension provides a striking mechanism to market your business for free by letting you create news section having plenty of great features. Now your website visitors are always aware of latest happening about your store.
Adding a news section to your website can prove to be a highly effective tool to help build credibility, market your business, and helps enhance the SEO of your website. You can put press releases in news which can be picked up by search engines.
FME's News is a step to facilitate the site owners and the customers with an attractive management and execution of the News. Now Site owners can create News with plenty of great features.This extension allows maximum hold of the admin over the management of the news.
Configuration features
- Can enable/disable the extension
- Can set URL for the extension
- Can set the layout for the extension
- Pagination for the News
- Meta Information for overall extension
- Can set Content page width
- Can set Background color for page, headings and featured News
- Can enter your own CSS for the heading and the buttons that exist in the News page
- Enable/Disable the News RSS Feature
- Feature of limiting the News Description characters on the RSS page
- Can filter the html from the description of News on RSS page
- Can Set Label for the News Video
- Can enable/disable the Video Player in general
- Can enter width and height for the player
- Can Enter the label for the gallery
- Management of the gallery
- Provides Multiple JQuery effects for the gallery
- Maximum options to handle the JQuery effects
- Rating can be set either of admin or customers for the front-end
- Customers can be allowed to rate multiple times or not
- Can sort the comments
- Can paginate the comments
- Can Enable/Disable the featured News
- Can set the Label for the featured news
- Can Select the no. of Featured News to display
- Can select the different options for JQuery effects
- Can give SEO friendly URL suffix
Front-end features
- N-Level Categories menus
- Featured news slider
- Related news
- Ajax rating feature
- Ajax commenting feature

Overview:
FRONT END DISPLAY
Advance News:
The Front End of the Advance News Extension displays the Featured News. Any news can be set to be featured from the Back End. A stylish scroller has been added which helps navigate through the featured news going through all the news which have been declared Featured. Recently Added News is showcased under the Featured News section which displays the news which are added. Most Recent are exhibited on the top showing the date it was added on. The Left Column displays the News Category Block. This Block comprises of the Categories that have been added from the Back End. The News added can be put into different categories from the Back End, which can be viewed by selecting from the Left Block. Viewers can click on the news added to the Front End which takes them to the Product Detail Page. This page displays the news in detail. Your viewers can rate news from the bottom of the page and comments can also be added.
CATEGORIES
Category Manager:
- Shows Category Title, URL Key, Status and a link to Edit the News
- Change Status or delete by selecting from the grid and selecting the action
Add Category:
General Information:
- Children of
- Title
- Store View
- URL key
- Status
- Order
META Data:
- Keywords
- Description
MANAGE NEWS
News Manager:
- Shows News ID, Thumbnail, Title, Identifier, Status and a link to Edit the News
- Change Status or delete by selecting from the grid and selecting the action
Export to CSV:
- You can Export the News to a CSV or XML file
- Select the type of file you would like to Save As and Click on Export
Add News:
News Information:
- Title
- Featured News
- Status
- SEF URL Identifier
- Size of Image
- Image Position
- Image
- Store View
- Content Editor (WYSIWYG)
Meta Data:
- Keywords
- Description
Categories:
- Shows the News ID, Title, URL Key and Status
- Select from the Categories under which the news should be added
Attach Gallery:
- Shows Image, Image Name, Sort Order, Remove and Delete options
- Integrate Gallery to News
Related News:
- Shows News ID, Thumbnail, Title, Identifier, Status
- Select related news from the grid
Media:
- Enable/Disable Media
- Choose Video Type
- Add video file to media
Rating:
- Rate news by giving stars
MANAGE NEWS BLOCKS
News Block Manager:
- Shows News Block ID,Title, Display Area, Identifier, Status and a link to Edit the News
- Change Status or delete by selecting from the grid and selecting the action
Add News:
News Block Information:
- Title
- Identifier
- Status
- Block Display Area
- Content Editor (WYSIWYG)
Related News:
- Shows News Block ID, Title and Status
- Select Related News from Grid
COMMENTS
Comments Manager:
- Shows Comments ID, Name, Email Address, News Name, Status and a link to Edit the News
- Change Status or delete by selecting from the grid and selecting the action
CONFIGURATIONS
News Page Settings:
- Enable News by editing the text field eg ‘Yes’
- Select Layout for the news by editing the text field
- Define the Page Title by editing the text field eg ‘News’
- Set the SEF URL Identifier by editing the text field
- Set the News per page by editing the text field
- Set the META Keywords by editing the text field
- Define the META Description by editing the text field
Theme Settings:
- Enter the width of Content Page by editing the text field
- Enter Color Code For whole page Background by editing the text field
- Enter Color Code For Heading Background by editing the text field
- Enter CSS Style For Heading by editing the text field
- Enter CSS Style For Buttons by editing the text field
- Enter Color Code For Featured News Background by editing the text field
RSS Settings For News:
- Enable News RSS by editing the text field
- Set the Limit of News Description by editing the text field
- Set the Filter by editing the text field
Video Player Settings:
- Enter Heading Before Player by editing the text field
- Enable Player by editing the text field
- Enter Width by editing the text field
- Enter Height by editing the text field
Gallery Settings:
- Enter Heading Before Gallery by editing the text field
- Enable gallery by editing the text field
- Define the Slider Type by editing the text field eg ‘News’
- Set the Direction by editing the text field
- Set the Effect by editing the text field
- Set the Duration by editing the text field
- Define the Interval by editing the text field
- Set the Banner Width by editing the text field
- Set the Banner Height by editing the text field
- Enable the Auto Play by editing the text field
- Show Image Title by editing the text field
Comments Configurations:
- Enable Comments Section editing the text field
- Define the Select To Sort by editing the text field
- Set the Pagination by editing the text field
Ratings Configurations:
- Enable Rating Section by editing text field
- Choose Rating by editing the text field
- Set the Rule For Viewer To Rate by editing the text field
- Enter No of Minutes by editing the text field
Featured News:
- Enter Heading Featured News by editing text field
- Enable Featured News Slider by editing the text field
- Set the No of News to display by editing the text field
- Enter No of Minutes by editing the text field
- Enable Circulate the slider by editing text field
- Enter Speed by editing the text field
- Select the Animation by editing the text field
Search Engine Optimizations:
- Set the URL Suffix by editing the text field eg ‘html’

