Newsblog Extension

Yes, I did read a lot here and searched hours to find an answer. Sorry in advance if I bother anyone with this question. I know this has been discussed often before.

Would it be very hard to get some kind of simple newsblog extension done, which allows the following:

1. Admin can write news which are displayed chronically at an extra page
2. Users may add comments
(3. categorisation of news)

I thought of two different ways:
First, one category in vanilla which has an extra layout which would give the according discussions a look of a newsblog. The discussin would needed to be excluded from the discussions page.
Second, setting up to forums in a different style (one forum, one newsblog) and merge user tables to allow user to comment on news.

As you might imagine, I would prefer the first way. This would mean, one category needs independent attributes to make it look like a newsblog.

Is here anyone who would like to help me get this accomplished? I am not able to do the coding as I am only able to do the HTML and CSS stuff. I would be willing to compensate helpers however it is possible.

Thanks for thinking about it,
Tex

russlipton

There is an extension done, I think, by Wallphone, that supports chronological order of discussions, so that could help towards this.

Tex

Thanks for the hint!
If this could be forced on one category only, together with excluding of this category's discussions from the discussions page it would be done.

Tex

Has anybody realised this yet: removing a category from discussion list?

Maybe with the help of the Category Roles extension, it would be possible to apply another style/theme to one category?