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14
Sep
Our-Hometown’s engineers are always working behind the scenes to improve the selection of tools we’ve made available to publishers, and this week they’ve released an update to our Metered Paywall that introduces a brand new feature: the ability to use your Metered Paywall as a Subscribe Banner in lieu of an actual countdown meter.
7
Sep
Our-Hometown is pleased to announce that we’ve added a new, more robust photo gallery plugin to our suite of tools available to customers: NextGEN Gallery!
2
Sep
Our-Hometown President and CEO Matt Larson is joined by lead engineer James Harley in this live webinar to introduce our newest feature: Integration with Naviga’s CirculationPro software! This exciting new feature will allow publishers to streamline their workflow by using just a single circulation system for managing print subscribers. Previously, publishers would have to manually add new subscribers to their circulation system as orders arrived from the website — now […]
4
Aug
Last month, we announced that we would be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on August 25th to introduce our newest feature: WordPress Integration with Naviga’s Print Circulation Software. We will be joined by a Naviga representative as we demonstrate the tool and answer questions from those in attendance. You can register for that webinar by clicking here. In the meantime, we are searching for publishers to help test the feature as […]
6
Jul
Our-Hometown is happy to announce that we’ve introduced two brand new widgets to our collection: The AJAX Articles Widget and the AJAX Slider Widget!
29
Jun
Our-Hometown recently installed several universal platform and plugin updates, some of which have changed the way that our tools look and function. The most notable change impacts the Customizer tool, which has been completely revamped to feature WordPress Blocks. You may recall that WordPress introduced Blocks several years ago with the Block Editor — a faster and more flexible editing system that allows publishers to easily include widgets and special […]
15
Jun
When it comes to sending Newsletters on the Our-Hometown WordPress Platform, one of the most frequent requests we receive is for the ability to create a custom newsletter template that a publisher can reuse time and time again, only needing to make minor edits rather than construct an entire newsletter from scratch. This feature has been absent ever since the introduction of the Drag & Drop Composer, which replaced the […]
13
Apr
Our-Hometown’s Digital Initiative partnership with the Virginia Press Association has already helped transition several Virginia newspapers to modern, mobile-friendly websites that will help increase readership and provide exciting new revenue opportunities for publishers. After testing the concept with our friends at the VPA, we’re excited to officially announce the launch of the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — now open to all Press Associations across the country! The goal of the Digital […]
30
Mar
The WordPress Block Editor, sometimes referred to as the Gutenberg editor, is a powerful but easy-to-use visual editor that allows you to create attractive Articles and Pages using a series of content-specific “blocks.” Each block has their own settings and customization options depending on which type of block is being used. Each different piece of a traditional text document — headings, paragraphs, lists, images, etc. — will have its own […]
16
Mar
The WordPress Block Editor is a revision of the WordPress word processor that aims to streamline the publishing process and simplify the act of adding content to your website. In this guide, We’ll walk you through the features of the Block Editor including Blocks, Formatting, and Publishing. Blocks The biggest advantage the Block Editor presents is that What You See Is What You Get. This means that your published article will […]
