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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
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 […]
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 […]
30
Nov
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that the new MemberPress Gifting Add-On is now available for customers on our WordPress Publishing Platform, allowing readers to easily purchase and monitor digital Gift Subscriptions for a friend or family member through the website. The MemberPress Gifting Add-On replaces our existing Gift Subscriptions feature, offering a more streamlined and user-friendly approach that includes a direct integration with the MemberPress software. Setting up Gift Subscriptions […]
8
Nov
It’s that time of the year again — the season of giving! If you’re looking for some simple options to offer savings to new or existing subscribers this holiday season, Our-Hometown has got you covered! Strap on your Santa boots and spread some holiday cheer with Coupon Codes and other special promotions! Our-Hometown customers have several options for offering savings to their readers, the simplest and most effective being Coupon […]
2
Nov
Our-Hometown’s engineers have released a small update to our Top Stories widget, adding the option to showcase the top performing stories of the past year. Previously, the widget was limited to a more immediate timeframe and only able to display the most popular articles of the past week, two weeks, one month, three months, or six months. Check out an example of the Top Stories widget in action on SignalsAZ […]
25
Oct
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that our friend, partner and frequent guest-contributor Mr. Kevin Slimp has agreed to offer our publishers the opportunity to meet with him for a FREE consultation on ways to improve their newspaper product! Kevin is well-known in the newspaper industry for his wide array of expertise across various stages of the newspaper production process — everything from writing effective headlines and designing effective advertisements to […]
5
Oct
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that our Audio Articles premium add-on is being offered to customers at a special discounted price! For a limited time, we are waiving for $250 Setup Fee associated with your first-time Audio Articles configuration! Audio Articles converts the text content published on your website into narrated audio files and tailored playlists that a reader can listen to in lieu of reading each article individually. Not […]
10
Aug
The Daily Catch of Red Hook, NY was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s “Rough Translation” podcast last week, receiving praise for their tremendous reporting on the war in Ukraine thanks in-part to a unique partnership with eastern Ukrainian journalist, Pavel Kuljuk. The Daily Catch is a free-to-read, digital-only news website launched by founder Emily Sachar on Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform in June of 2021. Emily has worked hard over […]
