I found this:
1st PROBLEM: Settings for news system are not saved:
SOLUTION:
As deenee said, there is some data missing in the table "settings" for the news settings to be saved.
This is the SQL I used to insert the lines:
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_home_display', '1');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_nb', '2');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_nb_days', '10');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_cutoff', '5');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_html', '0');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_bbcode', '0');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_bbcodeimg', '0');
As you can see, I have assigned an initial value (the number on the right for each setting) which I thought was fine.
So copy&paste these lines in your MySQL GUI and now from the ACP you'll be able to successfully set the news settings
But I dont know how to do it... 
can some body please explain to me?
thanks
Hi Paburmester,
- you must enter into your phpmyadmin,
- then click this button
- a new window will open
- paste this code into the window
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_home_display', '1');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_nb', '2');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_nb_days', '10');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_cutoff', '5');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_html', '0');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_bbcode', '0');
INSERT INTO `settings` VALUES ('news_bbcodeimg', '0');
- click Go
