PHP news publishing script

[galahad2]

I urgently need to find a simple PHP script that will act as a news publishing system and will slot nicely into the client's CMS (MODx) without any problems- i.e something that's purely code-based, doesn't have any security or login system of its own and can be used as follows:

Grabs a certain number of lines or characters of content, including images, from a backend article page, and displays it on the front news page. i.e an editable bit of code that pulls the specified content from the specified page.

Allows a user to archive an article on the backend article page. The article then gets moved to another page, and a link to that "archive" page appears at the bottom of the "live" article page. The user can then create a new article by typing away, and that article will be picked up by the code on the front page, which will auto-show the new typed article.

Does anyone know of a simple script that will do this and can do so within the context of the look and feel of the client site? i.e it shouldn't particularly have its own look and feel, or if it does then we can quickly get rid of it.

Above all else it needs to be really and I mean really simple to use- the content managers are apparently either unable or unwilling (or both) to spend any time learning how to use it.

So any ideas / pointers / recommendations would be gratefully received.

Thanks

[dreamcatcher]

Can`t think of anything offhand, so it might be a case of going through a lot of the free scripts on Hotscripts.com or Sourceforge. You might be able to tweak something for what you need. Failing that, have you thought about writing your own?

dc