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24
Mar
The WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) represents a significant evolution in content creation, offering particular advantages for newspaper publishers looking to streamline their digital operations. At a time when publishing speed and visual presentation are paramount, the Block Editor provides tools that can transform your newsroom’s productivity and content quality. Our newspaper clients who have made the switch are reporting remarkable improvements in their publishing workflows and reader engagement metrics. The […]
20
Mar
An often overlooked item on the admin dashboard is the Screen Options tab that appears at the top right of several pages. It allows the user to toggle the visibility of individual items in the interface. For instance you may want to hide unused columns in a table listing or infrequently used panels in the Article editor. Let’s take a look at where the Screen Options are available and what […]
17
Mar
New Front-End Optimization Features Improve Site Performance Our engineering team has been hard at work on a new performance enhancement to the Our-Hometown publishing platform that will help your website load faster and run more efficiently. This update focuses on smart plugin management and improved front-end optimization. What’s New? We’ve implemented intelligent plugin loading that activates features only where they’re needed. This means your website will load faster because it’s […]
13
Mar
In this post we’ll take a look at often-used Layout blocks and some of the new feature and interface updates. Layout Blocks Group Block The Group block brings together other blocks inside one container so that you can set a background color, adjust spacing, and organize different page sections. In addition to being able to choose between the four different Group layouts when you initially add a Group block, you can also […]
10
Mar
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Our-Hometown’s original founder, Stephen Larson (December 10, 1953 – February 27, 2025). We invite you all to join us in celebrating Steve’s life and his revolutionary contributions to the news publishing industry. Steve founded Our-Hometown, Inc. in the late 1990s with the goal of helping communities leverage new technologies to share their local news online and establish an online […]
10
Mar
Text Blocks There are several new options in the right sidebar for styling and handling typography in text-containing blocks: Each panel in the right sidebar now has a 3-dot menu allowing you to toggle additional controls for that particular text block: Table Block Table creation has been limited to the tools in the Classic Paragraph block (similar to the classic article editor itself), however we now have a dedicated Table […]
6
Mar
Text Blocks There are several new options in the right sidebar for styling and handling typography in text-containing blocks: Each panel in the right sidebar now has a 3-dot menu allowing you to toggle additional controls for that particular text block: Table Block Table creation has been limited to the tools in the Classic Paragraph block (similar to the classic article editor itself), however we now have a dedicated Table […]
12
Feb
Getting API keys from major AI service providers is essential for integrating their powerful models into your projects. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to obtain API keys from the most popular providers: OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Anthropic (the Claude series).
11
Feb
On February 6, 2025, Our-Hometown hosted a webinar demonstrating their new AI-powered tools designed to help journalists and publishers efficiently summarize and report on public meetings. The presentation focused on showing how their technology can transform lengthy YouTube videos of government meetings into structured, time-stamped summaries with key discussion points and decisions. Led by Matt (President/CEO) and Christopher (Marketing/AI Development), with attendance from Scott of the Gaffney Ledger, the webinar […]
3
Feb
Our-Hometown invites you to join us on Thursday, February 6th at 3PM Eastern for a LIVE WEBINAR on using AI Tools to Summarize Public Meetings. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to leverage Our Hometown’s new AI tools to efficiently summarize lengthy YouTube transcripts of public meetings, such as city council or school board sessions. We’ll demonstrate how to create time-stamped summaries that highlight key discussion points and decisions, providing […]
