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19
Jul
The Newsletter Plugin included with Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform is a powerful tool for e-mail marketing, customer outreach, and simply sharing your newest and most interesting articles with your readers. But did you know that you can include more than just Articles in your stylish newsletters? The Extended Composer Blocks update that was released last year includes a useful “block” named the Custom Post Type (CPT) Block. This block let’s you select any of the […]
15
Jul
Our-Hometown is happy to introduce a small but important new feature to help websites on our platform comply with GDPR and CCPA Regulations: the Privacy Policy Popup! The Privacy Policy Popup is a popup bar that docks to the bottom of a visitor’s screen with a message informing the reader that by continuing to use the site, they are thereby accepting the Privacy Policy. Two options are presented for the […]
12
Jul
Sticking to our recent theme of Optimizing Your Workspace, we have another tip this week for improving your efficiency with WordPress. Did you know that you can arrange the plugins and other items listed on the menu on your WordPress Dashboard to customize the order to your liking? While hardly a major innovation, the ability to organize your Dashboard menu can pay dividends when it comes to working quickly and […]
12
Jul
On June 30th, The United States Senate passed legislation that extended the application deadline of the Paycheck Protection Program, the Small Business Association’s loan program designed to offer financial incentives to small businesses that keep their employees on payroll throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. The new deadline is August 8th, 2020, and the program officially began accepting new applications as of July 6th, 2020. What is the Paycheck Protection Program? The […]
8
Jul
In today’s Publisher Interview, Our-Hometown CEO Matt Larson is joined by Tom Lappas and Tara Gray of the Henrico Citizen to take a deeper dive into the world of Podcasting! Tom and Tara have worked together to launch three podcasts under the Henrico Citizen brand, each with a slightly different goal in terms of delivering content for listeners. The Henrico News Minute, as discussed in a previous interview, is a short five-minutes-or-less round-up of […]
8
Jul
Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing platform comes fully loaded with all of the tools you’ll need to boost visitor engagement, including the ability to run Polls and Contests! Polls are a great way to collect valuable market information by gauging the opinion of readers, which can help to identify trends and see which way the community is leaning on important topics or issues. Contests like sweepstakes and giveaways are useful tools for collecting leads, […]
5
Jul
For those who aren’t yet familiar with it, we thought we’d introduce you to a handy little WordPress tool: The Screen Options Tab! The Screen Options tab is a pull-down tab available at the top of nearly every page of your WordPress Dashboard that allows you to customize your workspace with page-specific settings. The options available will vary depending on what kind of content you’re viewing, but at minimum you’ll be […]
1
Jul
Newspapers using Our-Hometown’s publishing platform have long been able to offer Free Online Access to their offline print subscribers using our Print Upgrade Membership system, which allows readers who already receive the mailed print edition to take advantage of the digital content on the website at no charge once their subscription is verified. While this solution works in most cases, we have had several requests over the years for a system that […]
1
Jul
As a digital publication (or a print publication with an online presence), one of the most important sources of revenue available to you is Advertising. Fortunately, the AdRotate Pro plugin included with our service makes creating and managing online advertisements a breeze, and because our websites are fully responsive for both desktop and mobile devices, distributing ads throughout your layout is straightforward and easy to understand. When a new customer […]
29
Jun
Our support team is often asked about the default Archives page that is available on all of our websites, usually by a customer that is unable to find a particular article or by a customer that wonders why the archive dates don’t always correspond with the dates your editions were published. In light of these questions, we thought it would be worthwhile to explain the Archives page and how it works. […]