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May
All major payment gateways, including those supported by Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform (Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net) require that your website has established an official Terms of Service or Terms of Sale document outlining the products/services being sold on your website and how the consumer can access them. These Terms of Service need to be publicly accessible on your website, and subscribers should be required to Agree to these terms before they are able […]
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Apr
Our-Hometown, Inc. and the Virginia Press Association teamed up earlier this year to launch Our-Hometown’s first Digital Initiative. The Digital Initiative is a program aimed at helping traditional print newspapers transition to a modern digital model, complete with a new mobile-friendly website that introduces several new opportunities for generating revenue. Newspapers that are members of the Virginia Press Association are eligible to enroll in the program, which offers Our-Hometown’s WordPress […]
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Apr
Our-Hometown’s Digital Initiative partnership with the Virginia Press Association has already helped transition several Virginia newspapers to modern, mobile-friendly websites that will help increase readership and provide exciting new revenue opportunities for publishers. After testing the concept with our friends at the VPA, we’re excited to officially announce the launch of the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — now open to all Press Associations across the country! The goal of the Digital […]
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Feb
Through its participation in the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — Virginia Press Association partnership, the Courier-Record has been able to build upon a large Facebook following, with the launch of a new website powered by our fully customized WordPress platform. The award-winning Courier-Record is a weekly news publication in Blackstone VA. Serving Nottoway, Lunenburg and surrounding counties, the Courier-Record newspaper has a weekly circulation of 6,150. With a reputation for honest […]
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Sep
With support from the Virginia Press Association Digital Initiative, the Scott County Virginia Star has launched a new modern website powered by Our-Hometown’s fully customized WordPress platform. In 1993, Rex and Lisa McCarty purchased the newspaper and reaffirmed the focus of the newspaper as a community-based publication. They have been proud residents of Scott County since that time and consider themselves fortunate to be a part of the community. To […]
9
Aug
Our-Hometown is excited to announce the latest enhancement to our popular Audio Articles feature: the Playlist! Audio Articles Playlist is a centralized hub on your website where a reader can listen to any of several preset playlists of Audio Articles published on the website. These preset playlists include a dedicated playlist for each traditional article category on the website, as well as more refined Collections such as the self-explanatory “This […]
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Jun
Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to announce that the Virginia Press Association has launched their brand new website on our WordPress Publishing Platform, catering to publishers, newspapers & association members throughout Virginia. The Virginia Press Association reached out to us in search of a new website provider once the contract with their previous vendor expired last month. After a quick tour of our platform and a demonstration of some of our […]
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Nov
CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY — Our Hometown’s Google Docs Add-On allows authorized users to publish articles to their WordPress website directly from Google Docs. The tool aims to simplify the standard newsroom workflow by giving content producers full control over an article’s status – from an outline, to a draft, to a published article – without ever leaving Google’s popular word processing suite. Recent updates have further improved the convenience and […]
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Aug
Many publishers ask me which features other newspapers are using to generate digital revenue, engage with readers, and reduce operational costs. In response, I have put together the following list of features currently available with Our Hometown: Revenue Opportunities Unlimited Web Ad Options Simple to Manage Business Directory Customizable Advertiser Profiles Bulk Print Ad Upload and Automatic Profile Generation New Classified Directory Real Estate Listings Coupons and Daily Deals Sell […]
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Jul
New York – Our Hometown, Inc. has launched its first client newspaper website in New Zealand. The Post of Franklin & North Waikato. The Post is a free weekly community paper, distributed every Tuesday. The Post is the only locally owned and operated community newspaper in the area, distributing 26,000 copies weekly in and around Franklin & North Waikato, reaching over 50,000 people weekly. This includes the Waiuku, Pukekohe, Karaka, […]
