News Manager

[yojoe]

Basically I did similar things but I got rid of encoding into entities for excerpt and title, as basically I do not intend to use html tags in both input/textareas.

I attach an archive with my own version (html5 ready), but those who'd like to use this plugin have to translate to their own language on their own.
The file contains couple minor improvements (like "go back" link in whole news content), and utilise css.
Change below styles to your taste (add colours to text), as some blocks inherit styles from parents in mine css.

Code:

/********
    news
*********/

div.article {
  margin-top:10px;
}
h3.article_title {
  float:left;
  margin:0 0 10px -5px;
  width:82%;
  overflow:hidden;
  font-size:11pt;
  }
h3.article_title a{
  display:block;
  margin:0 !important;
  padding-left:10px !important;
  text-align:left !important;
  line-height:20px !important;
}
div.article span.article_date {
  display:block;
  float:right;
  padding:0 !important;
  font-weight:bold;
  font-size:14px !important;
  line-height:24px !important;
}
div.article_content {
  display:block;
  margin-left:10px;
  margin-bottom:20px !important;
  clear:both;
}
div.article_content p {
  font-size:12px;
  line-height:18px;
}
div.article_content p.return-to-news-list {
  margin-top:10px;
}
div.article_content p.read-more {
  margin:0;
  margin-top:-20px;
  margin-bottom:10px;
  padding-right:30px;
  text-align:right;
}
div.article_content p.read-more a{
border:none !important;
padding:4px 8px !important;
}

PS: do not overwrite your existing version of plugin, as this one has a different file name pattern, thus your already existing news may stop working.