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3
Apr
Reverse publishing at the basic level is the process of creating and managing all of your content directly on your website, including articles, blogs, galleries, advertising, e-editions and so forth. Any of this content can then be exported as needed for use in a page layout application, such as Adobe InDesign. This method uses common XML to structure and tag your content simplifying the import process.
30
Mar
Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform uses the AddToAny plugin to add social sharing functionality to all Articles, Pages, Events and other Custom Post Types (when enabled). Each piece of content will feature a series of sharing icons that allow a reader to quickly share the content on their favorite social media networks, or via SMS and Email. The AddToAny icons are enabled on our websites by default, so you’ve likely seen […]
27
Feb
Copy Ad File Path Each user will need to set the local path to the folder that holds the Ad image files on your local computer. Instructions for finding and copying the path of your ad PDFs for each platform are below: Save Ad Path Into Your Profile Once you have the file path copied, log into your personal WordPress account (shared accounts will not work). From the WordPress admin […]
23
Feb
The Our-Hometown web platform utilizes the All in One SEO plug-in to provide a convenient interface to manage many aspects of the search engine optimization for your website. All in One SEO Setup All in One SEO provides a convenient wizard to guide you through the initial setup process, prompting for information about your website, including metadata, contact information, social links, and search appearance. All in One SEO Dashboard Step-by-Step: […]
17
Feb
Below we provide an overview of article creation on your website, managing images, ads, and reverse publishing content to Adobe InDesign. Video Guide 00:21 – Article Creation — Overview 01:24 – Common Block Types and Panels 06:43 – Advanced Layouts 08:10 – Media Library and NextGEN Galleries 12:23 – Reverse Publishing — Articles 17:07 – Reverse Publishing — Display Ads 18:37 – Reverse Publishing — Classifieds Article Creation Advanced Layout […]
8
Feb
The following guest column was contributed by our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp! Don’t miss Kevin’s LIVE webinar on “Advanced Skills in Photoshop” next Thursday, February 16th at 3PM EST. It is available to Our-Hometown customers free as part of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series! Earlier this month, I traveled about an hour from my home to conduct focus groups for a weekly newspaper in Tennessee. Focus groups come […]
30
Jan
In this walkthrough we will demonstrate how to include display ads in your Reverse Publishing export for layout and pagination in Adobe InDesign. From your website’s dashboard look for Reverse Publishing in the listing on the left. As you hover your mouse a submenu will appear then click on Reverse Publishing. Here is where your website’s article content can be exported for a particular edition and filtered by category. In […]
26
Jan
In this walkthrough we will demonstrate a method for exporting classifieds submitted via a form on your website for import into Adobe InDesign and pagination. From your site’s dashboard go to Forms and then the sub-item Forms where you will see all those being used on the website. Here we have a Classified Order Form with the submitted entries. You can click on Entries to view the individual submissions. To […]
26
Jan
At Our-Hometown, Inc. we understand the challenges that newspaper publishers face in today’s digital landscape, having assisted in combating these hurdles for over two decades. This experience has helped us to develop revolutionary features like our Reverse Publishing tool, which allows news publishers to easily compile, edit and publish their articles on the web before exporting them to InDesign or other layout software to prepare the print edition. Our Reverse […]
25
Jan
In this support session, Our-Hometown’s lead CSR Vera Lemonovich walks Emily Sachar of the Red Hook Daily Catch through building an info box as a sidebar within an article using the WordPress Block Editor. Topics covered include using the Columns block, adding colors, and article layout. Walkthrough Info boxes or callout content are great tools to lay out article content in such a way to make it stand apart from […]
