I was thinking that we need to do a little bit more work on the extent of the functionality on some of the screens. here is a mock-up of a new article manager that I would like to discuss.
There are a couple of important points that need explanation. First, we should make a call as to whether or not we want to display images if they form all or part of the headline. This strikes me as a messy thing to allow, but I'm happy leaving it in.
Second, we should talk about what field we want to make free-form editable here. In the mockup, I only made provisions to make the authorname free-form editable, but there's no real reason why we couldn't include the date and headline as well...
Lastly, we should also include a "Change Number of Listed Articles" button at the top or make the drop down number of articles to display form field a self-invoking form (no submit required). There should also be an article search function at the top of the screen as well - not sure whether or not we have the technology to do this - or the time to implement it, so we might want to put this on the future-feature list.
Will call shortly.