Using OpenPublish for a newspaper site and finding a UK host

I found a U.K. host and emailed them about the server setup and OpenPublish's system requirements.
This is the response I got:

"Yes except we dont run these

• PostgreSQL 8.3 (or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/).
• SQLite 3.4.2 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/)."

Can I still run OpenPublish on their servers even though they don't run PostgreSQL and SQLite?

You will need to add modules or use an API. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do, but this functionality is not available out of the box in Drupal.

You will need a view for your most recent stories and I recommend using a module like Fivestar to allow authenticated users to rate modules. You will then need to change your view to sort the stories by rating.

Does this help answer your questions?

You will need a view for your most recent stories

Basically, what you need to do is go in and edit views for your articles. There will be a default views and various derivative views. Different views are used by different blocks. You may have to figure out exactly which version of the view you are using.

Then, you can adjust the parameters of the view. Basically, a view defines how to create a list of articles (or resources, or events, etc.). So you will want to adjust the parameters affecting the order in which those resources are displayed. You can sort them by user rating, date, weight, etc. You can also apply a filter to a view. This will allow you to select a subset of all articles.

It's a very powerful system but I haven't seen it really documented anywhere. If anyone knows of documentation, a link would be useful. Otherwise, you'll have to play with it by feel, as I have been doing.