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In the digital age, news portals have become a hub for information, organised in a way that makes it easy for users to navigate and find what they're looking for. This article aims to shed light on the typical sections you'll find in a news portal's structure.
News portals are usually categorised and sub-categorised to group news articles by topics. For instance, under the broad category of 'Sports', you might find sub-categories such as 'Football', 'Cricket', and 'Baseball'. This structure helps in better organising content.
Common structural elements include main categories like 'Sports', 'National', 'Politics', 'Technology', and subcategories that delve deeper into specific topics. Additionally, news portals highlight selected categories or features on their homepage and menus.
The type of news articles also varies. You'll find straight reports on current events, deeper context and analysis, commentary and perspectives, and exploratory or creative thematic stories.
When it comes to website design, news themes/templates offer multiple front sections or blocks for displaying news in various layouts. These sections correspond to logical divisions for different news content on the homepage and other pages.
Let's take a look at a specific news portal. It is divided into several sections: Politics, Crime/Courts, Public Health, Weather, World, Features, Opinion (Editorial, Columns), Business (Corporate, Economy & Trade, Stocks, Banking & Finance, Energy, Agri & Mining, IT & Telecom, Transport & Tourism, Columns), Sports (Basketball, Volleyball, Fightsports, Active, Sports Plus, Esports, Columns), Showbiz (TV & Movies, Celebrity Profiles, Music & Concerts, Digital Media, Columns), Lifestyle (Cravings, Culture & Media, Beauty & Fashion, Travel and Leisure, Shopping, Columns, Young Life, Hospitality), Spotlight, Special Pages (Technology, On the Road, Real Estate, Environment and Sustainability, Binondo, Transport, Gallery, Pets, Pop.Life).
Within the 'On the Road' section, you'll find sub-sections for Sedan, SUV, Truck, Bike, Accessories, Motoring Plus. The Special Pages section includes sub-sections for Technology, On the Road, Real Estate, Environment and Sustainability, Binondo, Transport, Gallery, Pets, Pop.Life.
Under the Technology section, you'll find sub-sections for Gadgets, Computers, Business, Tech Plus, Games. Under Gallery, there are sub-sections for Photos and Videos.
This modular structure helps organise diverse news content logically for easy user access. The exact sections available depend on the specific news website’s CMS and design.
In this modular structure of news portals, 'Politics' and 'General-News' are common sections found, with 'Politics' featuring in-depth analysis and discussions on political events, while 'General-News' encompasses a broad range of topics such as Crime/Courts, Public Health, Weather, and more.
Within the 'Technology' section, 'Gadgets' and 'Computers' sub-categories can typically be found, providing news and reviews related to technology devices and hardware.
