User:Meman1188/Bester News

Bester News is primarily a RSS driven syndicated news site, updated continually with content from several hundred sources. On top of the available news sections, the site also has a customizable home-page portal known as My Front Page. This lets individuals create home pages that display the news and content that interests them.

History
Bester News was started by Brady Emerson in the summer of 2006 (originally Global News Now) to provide a one stop site for news and information. The goal of the site is to create a recognized source to get breaking news from around the world. The site is developed with PHP5 and uses MySQL for the backend database. The frontend is displayed using a custom XHTML/CSS template and JavaScript/AJAX.

The site you see now is actually the second version of site (complete rewrite of original code that occurred in the 4th quarter of 2006), and since then many files have undergone hundreds of minor revisions as new features are added.

Mobile Version
The mobile version of the site was launched in spring of 2007 to provide a mobile portal for up-to-date news, weather, traffic, and stock quotes. The mobile site uses the same backend as the main site, however is restricted to sources designed for mobile devices.