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8
Apr
Interface Updates Default Dashboards We’re thrilled to announce an exciting update to our newsletter plugin! This update brings a fresh, intuitive interface designed to streamline your workflow and unlock new possibilities for engaging your subscribers. In this blog post, we’ll take you on a tour of the updated interface, highlighting the key improvements and comparing it with the legacy version. Get ready to discover how these changes can elevate your […]
13
Mar
Our-Hometown invites you to join us on Thursday, March 28th at 3PM EDT for a LIVE WEBINAR introducing the newest feature available on our platform: Author Profiles! The new Author Profiles feature creates a profile page on the website for each author where visitors can read a short biography and find links for the author’s social media profiles. Importantly, the Author Profile page acts as a hub listing other articles […]
15
Feb
Welcome to a quick tutorial from Our-Hometown. We recently revamped the design of a customer newsletter page to include a Google map with pins representing the featured publishers in the region. The publisher wanted to include this map highlight in the email version of the newsletter, so we decided to create an animated GIF showcasing each publisher as a teaser to engage readers. Today, I’ll guide you through creating your […]
7
Feb
Attention Our-Hometown customers, If you’re using the online payment gateway Stripe to process payments through your website, please be aware that you may be required to verify or update your business and/or account ownership information in order to continue using Stripe. We urge you to take a few minutes to login to your Stripe Dashboard and check for any notifications from Stripe requesting this information. In addition to the dashboard […]
29
Jan
We have sad news about a longtime member of the Our Hometown family. Teri Marie McLaren, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, after a short and courageous battle with cancer, went to meet Jesus on January 25, 2024. We all knew Teri as the matriarch at Our Hometown. She was passionate about her vital role as production manager and brought a positive energy to every interaction. Ever since Teri started with […]
4
Jan
Headlines from the past remind me that 2024 could be a great year The following is a guest column from our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp! Making bold predictions is easy. This year, I’ve paid close attention to forecasts by respected sportswriters in national print and online publications to see how my football bowl predictions match up against their predictions. Some of you probably did the same thing. I […]
12
Dec
Attention, Our-Hometown customer! The holiday season is officially in full swing, and we need your help to make sure that we have the resources available to handle any holiday-related requests such as early publishes, late publishes, or extra special sections that need to be posted online between now and the new year. If you are currently utilizing our PDF to HMTL Extraction Service, please LET US KNOW if there will be any changes to […]
4
Oct
Kevin shares what he learned while critiquing papers in Colorado The following is a guest post contributed by our friend and partner, Kevin Slimp! A funny thing happened to me in Denver a few days ago while I was in town to speak at the Colorado Press Association Convention. I had just finished my fourth presentation of the weekend. The topic was “Designing a Better Newspaper.” Most of the folks […]
30
Aug
The following is a Guest Column contributed by our friend and colleague Kevin Slimp ahead of our September webinar, “Combining the Power of Photoshop & InDesign” on the 15th! Younger readers might not know what I’m writing about when I mention Facebook “memories.” Still, most of you are familiar with those daily reminders that pop up each morning to remind you of what you were doing one, two, or even […]
28
Aug
Introduction The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about a myriad of opportunities and challenges, especially for newspaper publishers who are increasingly moving their operations online. One of the most pressing issues is the protection of copyrighted content from AI web crawlers like OpenAI’s GPTBot. In this blog post, we’ll explore the current landscape, how publishers are responding, and what you can do to safeguard your content. The Current […]
