PRES (the Press Release System) is a simple content management system, essentially targeted at producing a news and information site. Managing a PRES system is designed to be simple. However, presentation is sophisticated and flexible. An elementary knowledge of IT would be useful but expertise in designing and managing websites is not a requirement. PRES can be used for anything from private 'blogging' to corporate news systems.


Features

Flexible Presentation
All content is generated as XML which is styled at server side with XSL-T stylesheets to provide the final look and feel of your pages. This permits an almost infinite variety of presentations. Furthermore, different XSL-T transforms can be associated with different 'categories', allowing you to have different styling for different parts of your site.

Caching
Content is generated on request, but in order to limit the computational load on busy sites all content is cached for a limited period (by default twenty minutes).

Subscription
PRES allows users to 'subscribe' to 'categories' - effectively sections of the site. When new stories are posted to a section you're subscribed to, you will automatically get email with a link to the story.

Syndication
PRES makes its headlines available as a syndication feed, using both RSS 0.91 and RSS 1.0. This allows other news sites to automatically incorporate live headlines from a PRES site into their content.

Threaded Discussion
PRES optionally allows registered users to add comments to stories in a threaded manner, similar to sites like Slashdot.

Moderation
PRES optionally allows registered users to 'moderate' other users' comments.