We call it ContentSpinner
The CMS we use for all our sites was written in-house using php and a MySQL database. It builds the static pages on a server in the office and then uploads it to our web server. The article pages are built buy supplying the content, selecting the author and the category. The index page of WebProNews is made by flagging certain articles from within the system and the CMS generates the page from there. The index page of WebProWorld is crawled each time the WebProNews index page is built and that content goes into the right-hand column of WebProNews, and a similar process is used for the software from WebMasterFree in the left column.
By building everything on a local server, it allows us the freedom of proofing and expirimenting before we "go live" with anything.
The CMS allows for editing of everything from Author Bios, to category templates to the category structure itself. With a simple click of a button, we can update the entire site within minutes. It's not a truely dynamic site in the traditional sense because the pages are static, but it nonetheless provides the exact same flexibility.
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