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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 […]
31
Aug
Last week, our friend and industry expert Mr. Kevin Slimp hosted a webinar alongside Vicki Whiting from Kid Scoop News focused on helping news publications find funding via government, corporate and foundation grants. During the session, Kevin identifies several different types of grants that may be available to newspapers and offers advice for applying based on his own experiences working alongside publications who have done so in the past. In […]
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 […]
4
Aug
The Kansas Newspaper Foundation has officially launched a Digital Initiative in the state of Kansas, allowing members the opportunity to apply for a brand new website on Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform. The modern, mobile-friendly websites come equipped with several tools for generating digital revenue immediately, including Digital Subscriptions with adjustable Paywalls, customizable Web Advertisements, and even a Newsletter and Social Media Autopost Tool to help with sharing your content and […]
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 […]
22
Jun
Last month, Our-Hometown teamed up with the Virginia Press Association to host a Virtual Conference highlighting the Digital Initiative program that launched in Virginia earlier this year. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson joined Steve Weddle of the Virginia Press Association, along with Billy Coleburn of the Courier-Record and Lisa Watson McCarty of the Scott County Virginia Star — two of the first publishers to take full advantage of the […]
1
Jun
The Digital Initiative program is growing! Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the Illinois Press Association to expand our Digital Initiative to the state of Illinois, bringing modern websites and digital revenue tools for papers in need of an upgrade.
