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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: […]
22
Feb
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that our friend and industry expert Michael Cottam will be joining us on March 17th, 2023 to host a LIVE WEBINAR on SEO For Newspapers! The presentation will focus on Search Engine Optimization for news publishers and will highlight various techniques for optimizing your website’s structure and content in order to improve visibility and ranking on popular search engines. Michael will also cover several new […]
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 […]
2
Feb
As technology continues to evolve, it’s important for businesses to stay up-to-date with the latest tools and platforms. In the world of web analytics, this means making the switch from Google Analytics Universal to the new and improved Google Analytics 4. As you may already know, Google Analytics Universal is being phased out and will stop processing new data on July 1st, 2023. This means that it is essential for […]
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 […]
19
Jan
Our-Hometown’s Digital Initiative program launched in 2022, partnering with three State Press Associations and already assisting more than a dozen newspaper publications transition to a digital model that introduces a number of brand new revenue streams unavailable to print-only publications. We’re excited to see the program expand to more states and Press Associations in 2023, continuing our goal of assisting every print newspaper in the country adapt to the ever-evolving […]
19
Jan
Social media icons can display across all of your website content allowing visitors to share stories or posts they engage with to their favorite social network or via email links. However you may not want this feature available on some content. The following is a brief walkthrough on how to manage where these icons appear via your admin dashboard. Firstly the social media share icons appear in two main places: […]