NextGen Gallery Pro is a powerful WordPress plugin that enhances the functionality of the NextGen Gallery plugin with eCommerce capabilities. In this tutorial series, we will explore the eCommerce features provided by NextGen Gallery Pro and learn how to use them effectively.

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 […]

Reverse publishing at the basic level is the process of creating and managing all of your content directly on your website, including articles, blogs, galleries, advertising, e-editions and so forth. Any of this content can then be exported as needed for use in a page layout application, such as Adobe InDesign. This method uses common XML to structure and tag your content simplifying the import process. From your website’s dashboard […]

As the industry continues to shift to a digital-first mindset, many publishers are prioritizing the digital product and spending less time on print. The Our-Hometown Reverse Publishing tool addresses this approach by allowing you to draft, edit, and publish content directly to your website first, and then export a single article, a category, section or an entire edition for quick and easy import into an Adobe InDesign document for print layout. After setting up a few […]

By default, GeoDirectory Listing Images utilize the first image uploaded to the post as the “Featured Image”, and this image is expanded so that it cover the entire background-area of the listing image area. However, this can result in images or logos being cut off; so many customers prefer to contain the entire image within this area instead. This requires adding some CSS: .geodir_category_list_view li .geodir-post-img .geodir_thumbnail { background-position: 50% […]

Email to Post is made possible by the plugin Postie. This plugin allows you to easily publish news on your website by simply sending an e-mail to a specified addressed containing the Title in the Subject and the Article content itself within the body of the e-mail. You can even include photos and images. You can also assign your article to different categories by including the desired category within brackets in […]

Here is how it works from the beginning of the customers point of view. This assumes that the Print Upgrade plugin has been enabled by OHT and the Print Upgrade membership has been properly configured with the custom Print Upgrade Payment Gateway and a price of $0.01 of higher. — 1. Adjust the Print Upgrade Settings  Navigate to Memberpress -> Print Upgrade Settings Default Area Code is used to help in […]

Any time someone clicks play it will record an “Event” in Google Analytics. There are two places to see the events: Realtime Realtime will give you today’s events. Make sure to click Events (last 30 minutes). If you click the category it will show you the article plays. Events Overview For a better overview over time, you can click “Behavior -> Events -> Overview.” Please note that this will take […]

Locating Advertisement Stats Stats for your website advertisements are available within the same plugin we use to create the ads: AdRotate Pro. Find AdRotate Pro on your Dashboard. You’ll find that there is a Statistics link listed as a sub-menu item, but this page is more of a site overview. To find statistics for a specific advertisement, you’ll want to navigate to the Manage Adverts page. Here, you’ll see all […]

Below we will demonstrate how to configure a Metered Paywall for Free Memberships. This is useful for sites who do not use a traditional pay-to-read model with an active paywall. It allows readers to view “X” amount of stories each month, then prompts them to register for a free account for unlimited access. Creating a free account adds them to a e-mail mailing list and collects their contact information to […]

Many advertisers will want a performance report with some basic stats for their ad. Fortunately, AdRotate allows us to do this quite easily on an ad-by-ad basis. First, navigate to your “Active Ads” under AdRotate Pro -> Adverts. Next to the ad’s Name, you’ll see a link titled “Stats” if stat-tracking has been enabled for this ad. Click this link to view the stats for the ad. Once on the stat page, look […]

Setting up Auto Renewing Memberships in MemberPress Setting up Auto Renewals, also known as Automatically Recurring Memberships, in Memberpress is quite easy and can be achieved in just a few minutes. There are a few important rules you need to follow: Never edit an existing “One-Time” membership to update it to an Auto Renewal membership, or vice versa. You will want to start fresh and create a brand new auto […]

Our Hometown’s WordPress platform makes it easy to customize the layout and styling of your homepage with just a few clicks. One example we’d like to highlight is the “Edit Order” tool, which allows you to easily adjust the order in which articles appear in a given Article Widget on the homepage. We all know first impressions can be a big deal, and your homepage represents your “first impression” to […]

There is a tool in our plugin directory called Memberpress Export that should be used for our customers to export a list of their subscribers, including profile fields such as address and phone number. Once enabled, you can access the plugin from the Dashboard under Memberpress -> Member Export On this page, you select the memberships you’d like to export a list of users for. You can select multiple memberships by holding […]

If you want to set a specific edition to Free Access, you can do so by tagging these articles with the “Free” paywall. ARTICLES: Once the edition is published, go to Articles -> All Articles. From the “Edition” drop down, select the date of the edition you are trying to make Free. This will return all articles that belong to that edition. It is best to adjust the “Screen Options” […]

With Leads Extension for The Newsletter Plugin you can add a popup modal box to your website with a couple of clicks and offer your visitors a simple way to subscribe to your newsletters. You can also setup a fixed subscription bar at the bottom or at the top of the screen with the same purpose. You will find Leads under the “List Building” menu inside Newsletter. As you may notice, […]

Tips and tricks When activating the Pricing Manager addon, don’t forget to review the settings of the default package. Installation of the GD core plugin creates a default listing type that allows users to add all fields, unlimited categories and images etc. Importing listings: Set up your price packages and custom fields before creating your CSV file. Introduction You can use the Pricing Manager to create different packages, for example Featured listings, listings with […]

The Form Toolbox consists of 3 primary field types: Standard, Advanced and Post. To add a field to a form simply click on the name of the field you would like to add. To edit a field you have added to a form, simply hover over the field you would like to edit and click the edit link. To a delete a field you can click the Delete link, be […]

The Confirmation page allows you to set the confirmation to active, or inactive, edit, duplicate, and even delete confirmations. Confirmation Quick Toolbar Each confirmation item has an confirmation toolbar that displays when you hover over the first cell of an confirmation row. This quick toolbar will allow you to edit the confirmation, duplicate the confirmation, delete the confirmation, or even set the confirmation to “active” or “inactive”. Confirmation Actions The […]

When a form is submitted, typically you will be notified via the notification system. If not, or you need to review submissions outside of email, Forms allows the ability to review those submissions directly from within your admin dashboard. In this article, we will show you how to review all of your Gravity Forms submissions. Accessing your form submissions Within your admin dashboard, click on Forms in the left side navigation menu. […]

When hovering over or clicking on a field in the Form Editor you will be able to access several different options to modify or interact with the field in the Field Toolbar. In the top left corner you will see a few pieces of information about the form. The first piece of information is the field type (ie Custom Field, Paragraph Text, Drop Down, etc). This is useful as some fields (such […]

Sometimes, you may need to export your form submissions for offline viewing or for further data manipulation. In this article, we will show you how to easily export all of your form entries with just a few clicks. First, log into your WordPress admin dashboard. From within inside your WordPress admin, hover over Forms and click on Import/Export. You should be immediately prompted with the Export Entries tab. Within here, select the form that you […]

First, access the form that you want to change the title on. This is done by clicking on Forms on the left side menu of your WordPress admin, then by clicking on the form that you want to edit. Next, click on the title of the form at the top of the page. An input box should now appear. Simply enter your new form title here and click the Update button. Your form title […]

Clicking the Bulk Add / Predefined Choices allows you to select a category and customize the predefined choices or paste your own list to bulk add choices. Choices must be separated by a single line break. Custom Choices It is possible to create a set of choices and save them as a custom choices option. Enter your custom choices in the writable textarea in the Bulk Add modal window. When […]

Checking the Create Content Template option allows you to format and insert form fields as the content of the field. This option is available on the Post Title, Post Body, and Post Custom Field fields. After checking to enable this option, a dropdown with a list of available form fields (and other form/user/date related options) will appear. Selecting a form field from this list will automatically insert a token into the content […]

Description Within this box, you can place more information about your survey item to be displayed to the user on the front end. Survey Question This is simply the question that you would like to ask the user. Survey Field Type Determines how the survey field will be displayed to the user. Likert Displays answers in a way that users select items from a scale from one end of the […]

Description Provide a description to the user that provides them with more information on what is expected in this field. Poll add-on required to be turned on. Poll Question Within this field, you will provide the question that you would like to ask the user. Poll Type Allows you to select how the poll is displayed. Drop Down Displays the poll choices within the drop down box. Radio Buttons Displays […]

When using number fields, you are able to easily perform calculations. In this article, we will show you how to set up a calculation field. Note: The Total fields cannot be used within calculations. Within this article, only Number fields are used. This article assumes that you are already located within the form editor. If not, access it by clicking on Forms, then on your desired form. First, you will need to add your Number fields. In […]

In this example, we will use conditional logic to show different products based on a parent category. A dropdown field will determine what products may be purchased based on the current selection. First, set up your fields. As we will be using a dropdown to handle the display of various products, start off by creating a single dropdown, a few product fields, and a total field to display the order total. In this example, we […]

First, access the form that you want to create a notification for. This is done by clicking on Forms on the left side navigation menu, then clicking on your desired form. At the top menu, hover over Form Settings and click on Notifications. You should now see a list of all notifications that exist for that form. By default, there should already be a single notification that sends the submissions to the admin email address […]

By default, categories are limited to 90 days to increase overall site speed and load time on these pages. Go to “OHT Settings > Site Settings”. There is a section for the “Category Listing Limit (days) – For Performance” – update the number to what is preferred, if it’s less or more. “Save Changes”.

You can create a poll in just a few clicks. 1. From your WordPress Dashboard, click Polls and select Add Poll from the sub-menu. 2. Enter the Question and any answers that you want to make available for selection. While only two answers are available by default, you can click “Add Answer” to add as many answers as needed for your poll. 3. Below the poll answers, you can choose […]

If you’d like to change the order of items of the back-end menu to best fit your workflow, go to: OHT Menu > Menu Order You can drag and drop the menu items into whatever order you prefer. Click “Save” to save your options.

Our Hometown’s themes have easily changeable font options built-in to each theme for: Body Font Widget Heading Font (CSS class = widget-title) Site Logo Font Main Navigation Font Secondary Navigation Font Heading / Title Fonts Built-in Body Font Options: Times New Roman Arial / Helvetica Georgia Palatino Lucia Sans Tahoma / Geneva Trebuchet MS Verdana / Geneva Courier Lucida Console / Monaco Roboto Monserrat Amiri Slabo Cantata One Quicksand Special […]

Sometimes you’ll want to have a user to fill in some additional information when they renew or subscribe to your site. Go to Memberpress > Options > Fields to add additional fields for users to fill in.   Under “Custom User Information Fields”, click the + button. Fill in the name & type of field to user – select from text, email, URL, date, textarea, checkbox, drop-down, multiselect, radio buttons […]

A user’s public display name is what is display as the “author” if you choose to use that field on articles, instead of a byline. This can be a mix of their first and last name, or you can set a “nickname” which can really be whatever you want it to be. From there, you should choose from the “Display name publicly as” dropdown, the name you want to be […]

Generate Password – You can click this button to generate a new password for the account. This will show you a new field with the generated password. If you choose to change this password, a checkbox will appear to confirm that you want to use a weak password. You can check this box to confirm that you want to use your own password instead of a secure one. Strength Indicator […]

To add a new user, log in to the site and go to the backend dashboard. Find the “users” menu item on the left-hand side. Select “add new”. Enter a unique username and email for the user. The easiest method is to also use their email as their username. Usernames cannot be changed once added.  If a username is already in the database, you will not be able to add […]

The below video shows you the basics of scaling/resizing, cropping & rotating / flipping images from within the WordPress media library.

The events calendar runs off the same system as the business directory and pickup locations directory, so it should look familiar if you use either of those systems. Adding an event has a few additional, event-related options to enter when creating a new event. Select “Add New” from the backend dashboard menu, under “Events”. Enter your event title & description. Under “Event Schedule”, fill in the timing of your event. […]

For each directory type, you’ll need to add categories that business listings, events, or pickup locations can be a part of.  Under your directory type (Places, Events, or Pickup Locations), select (listing type) categories. From here, you can enter the name of your new category, scroll down and set a category icon (required) and then click the “Add New Category” button at the bottom. If you would like some icons […]

MemberPress takes full advantage of the latest reporting tools available for easy to read and understand charts. You can view transactions in dollar amounts or units and can narrow down what you’re looking for by year, month, or Membership. At the bottom of the page when viewing Monthly or Yearly tabs is a table which will break down your statistics even further. You’ll notice in this table that most of […]

Overview There are a couple of reasons why you may want to change the pricing terms of an existing membership: Offer a temporary discount Natural inflation of your product Wanting to charge more Changing the billing type (one-time payment to recurring) Etc. These are all very good reasons to update the price of your membership. Additionally, you should make note of the following: Whatever you do, do NOT delete your membership to […]

What this video covers: Creating a membership and understanding the Membership options. Creating a Membership Creating a Membership in MemberPress is very similar to creating a Page or Post in WordPress — in fact the Memberships are shown on your site as pages. To setup a Membership do the following. Set a Title for the Membership (Example: Basic Membership). Set a price and subscription term for the Membership. You can […]

Each Membership that you create will have it’s own customizable Membership Options that are found under the visual editor on the Membership Edit page. The tabs available, and their associated options, are discussed in greater detail below. Use these quick links to learn more about a specific tab from the Membership options: Registration Permissions Price Box Advanced Registration The Registration tab is used to configure settings that are directly related […]

Because the term options that you see will change depending on what you enter for ‘Billing type’, we will address what you will see based on selecting either ‘Recurring’ or ‘One-Time’. Recurring Price (your-currency) – here you will be able to enter any amount that you would like the user to be billed with each billing. Billing Type – this of course, will be set to ‘Recurring’. Interval – the rate at which […]

Creating the Login Page To create the MemberPress Login Page all you need to do is navigate to MemberPress > Options > Pages (first tab) and near the top of the page to the right of the ‘MemberPress Login Page’ option, use the drop down to select ‘- Auto Create New Page -‘ and then click the ‘Update Options’ button at the very bottom of the page. Important: if this has anything […]

Creating a Membership Registration Page MemberPress allows you to create membership registration pages in two ways: Automatically when creating a membership Manually by adding a shortcode to any WordPress Page, Post, or Custom Post Type These two methods have been explained below. Automatically By simply creating your membership in MemberPress, you have created your registration page also for that membership! You can find the link to your membership’s registration page […]

In MemberPress, there are a couple of ways to link to your Membership’s Registration pages. Below are a couple of the most common ways. In Your Menu Providing a registration link to your menu can be a very effective way to make registering easy for your users. You can link directly to a specific registration page, a page that has your registration links, or even our Group Pricing page. Important […]

Overview Groups are a unique feature of MemberPress. Groups allow you to quickly and painlessly setup a nice features comparison page for users to get a quick snapshot of the various Memberships you offer. Setting up a Group in MemberPress also allows your users to upgrade or downgrade with our convenient Change Plan popup explained below. Groups show up on your site just like a WordPress page would. You should […]

Memberpress allows you to create custom Expiration Notices, known as Reminders, to deliver to your customers whose memberships are due to expire. This is important for retaining subscribers and avoiding complaints when subscribers log on to the site and can’t figure out why they aren’t able to view protected content. Reminders are easy to set up and can be used individually or in concert with one another. For example, you […]

Coupon Options Below, the various coupon settings are explained. Coupon Code – This field will be auto-populated with a randomly generated coupon code. Change the coupon code here if needed. Coupon codes should NOT contain spaces, quotes, or any other non alpha-numeric symbol. Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, or underscores should be used. Discount – The discount that will be applied to every billing for the subscription this coupon is applied to. Can be any percent […]

On this page, we have listed all of the supported parameters for every MemberPress Email and Reminder. Please note that each parameter can only be used in the email type they are listed under. For quick links to each section click on the option below: MemberPress Emails These are only for the emails found in the MemberPress > Options > Emails tab.  {$user_id} The user’s WordPress database ID (9253) {$user_login} The user’s username […]

Creating a new menu Login to the WordPress Dashboard. From the ‘Appearance’ menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the ‘Menus’ option to bring up the Menu Editor. Select Create a new menu at the top of the page Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box Click the Create Menu button. Click “Save” – your new menu now exists. Time to add some […]

Download, install, and launch FileZilla. Complete the following fields, and then click Quickconnect at the top of the program. Host: Your domain name or IP address (cPanel / Plesk / Web & Classic) In this case, it is: ftp.our-hometown.com A username & password should have been provided to you by the Our Hometown team. Username: Your FTP username (cPanel / Plesk / Web & Classic) Password: Your FTP password (cPanel […]

IMPORTANT NOTE: As of January 2020, Our Hometown customers will be restricted from importing their own mailing lists. This is a necessary precaution to prevent a customer from importing a bad list of faulty e-mails, which could result in the termination of our e-mail service. To import your list of subscribers, you MUST email the list in a .csv file to ops@our-hometown.com and request that we import it for you!  

There may be a couple of reasons as to why you would want to manually add a member to your site, but the main reason will likely be to create a new user on your site for someone and grant them access to a membership. On the MemberPress > Members page, all of this can be done in one place. You can do this by navigating to your WordPress Dashboard > MemberPress […]

IMPORTANT NOTE: Manual transactions will NOT initiate any charges. If you would like the user to be billed for access, they MUST do so through your MemberPress registration page. If you want to give a user access manually : Go to MemberPress -> Transactions. Select Add new at the top of the page. Leave the auto-generated ID for the Transaction as is. Select the user you would like the transaction to be associated with. You […]

To create an Onclick popup, please, follow the steps bellow: 1. Go to the Pages/Posts section of your Dashboard 2. Choose the Page/Post you want to add an Onclick popup 3. Click “Insert popup” 4. From the box, select the popup you need to open Onclick 5. Choose the load type, select “Click” 6. Insert 7. Place your cursor inside the shortcode of the popup and click Add media 8. […]

Please, follow the steps to create a Restriction popup: 1. In your Popup Builder menu, click “Add new” => select the Restriction popup type 2. Enter a Title for your Restriction popup 3. The content you add in the HTML editor of the popup will be shown before or after the buttons (push to bottom option) 4. Select a theme for your popup, (if you need no borders for your […]

The easiest way to send a breaking news newsletter is to send a “single newsletter”, and to either have a breaking news category that you will choose to include or to add a “breaking news” tag in the article tag box to your story. Then, when you send a single newsletter, choose a template that utilizes content type, select “articles”, select the category which the story is a part of, […]

When using the Our Hometown system with Newsletters, make sure you choose a theme that let’s you choose the content type to include. Our Hometown uses “articles”, instead of posts, to better address the needs of newspapers and other publications, that require subheadings, bylines, and edition dates. When sending a newsletter, you’ll want to select “articles” as the content type, and possibly “PDF” if you want to include your e-edition […]

The Automated Newsletter plugin automatically generates and sends newsletters created from the latest articles posted. Automated creation of newsletters can be planned daily, weekly or monthly in a great variety of ways. Blog contents can be filtered by category, post type and an infinite number of channels can be created letting subscribers to choose among your great information stream offer. Automated the natural evolution and replacement of Feed by Mail extension. […]

Newsletter uses few tags written as {tagname} as placeholders for subscriber’s values or action links. Newsletter tags can be used on messages, subjects and on page texts (configurable from the subscription panel). Of course not all tags make sense in every place or every context. For example a subscription confirmation tag has no much sense on the welcome message. A note of warning: Newsletter tags must not be used on posts or […]

Transactions CSV Format Download Sample Transactions CSV When to Import This File Type: To import a One-Time Subscription – One-Time Subscriptions do NOT need to have an associated subscription imported because “one-time subscriptions” are really just a single transaction. To activate a previously imported Recurring Subscription – Recurring Subscriptions are only marked as active (meaning the user will have access to your protected content) when a completed non-expired transaction is present. Required […]

Memberships CSV Format Required Columns: name — Name of the Membership. Can be any small string of text. price — Price of the Membership. Can be any number in decimal format without a currency symbol — for example: 5.99 … period — Number of weeks, months or years. Can be any valid whole number if the period_type=’months’ or period_type=’weeks’ but anything else, this can only be 1. period_type — This is […]

Creating your CSV file CSV stands for “comma separated values,” which is a very common format used by Spreadsheets. You can create a standard spreadsheet in Excel, Numbers, Open Office, or Google Spreadsheet and then export a CSV file from your spreadsheet. The CSV file must be in Windows Format.  We are working on a fix so this won’t matter, but for now, only Windows CSV format will work. All of […]

Places is the name of the default Custom Post Type (CPT) installed as part of the GD core installation. It is like the top category for listings in your GD directory. The information on this page is also relevant for any other CPT you install when you add Custom Post Types or use the Event calendar. Custom Fields When you go to GD > Place Settings, you will see a tab with […]

Options tab List of usable shortcodes: You can use these in the email templates to personalize your emails. The same fields are used in the notifications of the Prices and Payments feature, [#client_name#] The name your user entered on registration [#listing_link#] Link to the user’s listing [#posted_date#] Date the listing was submitted [#number_of_days#] In case you use the Prices and Payments feature, this is the amount of days the listing was originally paid for. [#number_of_grace_days#] In case you use […]

When you activate the Advanced Search Filters, the Search By Distance field will automatically be added to the fields you can add to your custom search.   When you click on Field: Search by Distance, you’ll see the following options: Options Maximum Search Range Enter the maximum radius of the search zone you want to create, for example if you want your visitors to search any listing within 50 miles or kilometers from […]

If you add the GD > Near Me Button widget, and a visitor clicks on that button, they will be taken to a page showing the listings within a set radius of their geolocation. To change this radius, go to GD > Advanced Search > GEOLOCATION SETTINGS section > Default Near Me miles limit (1-200) and change the setting there.

1. Custom Post Type (CPT) selector This selector will only be shown if you have more than one Custom Post Type The CPT selector defaults to the current CPT of a Listings, detail or search page. For example on an Events category page, Events will be listed first in the selector. On a location page or any standard WP page or post, the order of the CPTs in the selector can be determined by changing […]

The basic Search function Using the “Search for” field only The directory will check the entry titles, description and taxonomies (tags and categories) of the listings. The results will be listed in order of relevance depending on the keyword(s) entered. For example, if you only search for “hotel“, the results will be returned with listings that have hotel in the title first, etc: Using the “Near” field only When you enter a location in […]

 Map settings: After activation you will see a message asking you if you want to set a Google Maps API KEY, and another message to set your default location. A. Setting a Google Maps API KEY Clicking on the click here link will take you to GD > Design > Map. Follow the instructions in the Add Google API KEY article. B. Set the default location Clicking on the click here link will take you to GD > Set Default […]

Typical layout Below is a standard layout of an Our Hometown directory site, using GeoDirectory. All the directory pages are based on this layout. The default Design settings only use the GD Right Section and not the GD Left Section, because that is the most common layout. Also, the GD Bottom Section is not enabled by default, although this section allows you to add content to the bottom of your GD pages you maybe do […]

“Newsletter > Subscribes” is a core part of Newsletter and where you can manage your subscriber list: search, edit, create, import and export are some of the most common features. But it not limited to these operations: statistical data, bounce list import, massive actions are features available for advanced users. The module provide some “massive actions” where an entire set of subscriber can be changed. For example you can remove […]

While you can create custom newsletters to be sent out manually, Our Hometown also includes the option to automatically send out a newsletter of your most recent stories with every edition published.Go to “OHT Settings > Newsletter Settings” in your dashboard to make be able to customize the automated newsletter.The image to the right is a sample of what your newsletter will look like, but filled with your own content.In […]

Locate the “PDFs” menu item on your dashboard menu.*If you do not see this section, you have not added our interactive eEdition to your Our Hometown plan. Please contact sales@our-hometown.com to sign up for our interactive eEdition.Select “Add New” to add a new eEdition or Special Section to our interactive PDF viewer. Enter your Edition Date or Name in the “Editions” box on the right-hand side.  Enter a standard publication […]

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition B.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Posts are entries that display in reverse order on your home page. Posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your site’s RSS feed. To write a post: Log in to your WordPress Dashboard. Click the ‘Articles’ tab. Click the ‘Add New’ sub-tab. Start filling in the blanks: enter your article title in the upper field, & enter your article body content in the main post editing […]

Comments on WordPress sites are often criticized as lacking authority, since anyone can post anything using any name they like: there’s no verification process to ensure that the person is who they claim to be. Trackbacks and Pingbacks both aim to provide some verification to blog commenting. To enable trackbacks and pingbacks, in the Discussion Settings of your Administration Panels, select these items under ‘Default article settings’: Attempt to notify […]

If you have a lot of mobile visitors on your website and you want to show them tailored adverts. You can do so with the Mobile option in AdRotate Pro. AdRotate has an advanced filter to check if the user is on a tablet, phone or smartphone and using that can show adverts only on desktop or only on mobile devices. On top of that you can also differentiate between […]

This feature let’s you to give adverts “weight”, or importance, to give them more attention (impressions) over other ads. All you have to do is set a number (weight) for each ad. There are 5 levels. Where a weight of 2 barely gets any impressions and 10 gets most of the attention. The default value is 6. As you manage your ads you can change this as a setting when […]

Target your audience with geo targeting and show only the adverts they need to see or localize advertisement campaigns using this powerful feature! AdRotate Pro connects to external services. This data is based on the users IP Address and does not contain identifiable information but is very accurate for the user their location at that moment. Enable Geolocation Geo Targeting is not enabled by default. You’ll find a section called […]

Groups are useful if you use multiple locations or pages for ads showing different categories/niches or sizes of adverts. Most people will want to set up a group for each location. Or perhaps even several groups. Groups can hold one or many adverts. If you put multiple adverts in a group it will automatically show different adverts on a regular basis. Group modes Groups serve multiple purposes and can operate […]

Overview When creating or editing a WordPress page or blog post, you can easily add images at any time using the WordPress Media Uploader tool. Here’s how to add an image, step-by-step, using the media uploader: Step 1 – Placing your cursor In order to add an image to your page or post, you must first insert your cursor in the place in the text where you want the image […]

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition C.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Magazine Style Layout is good for articles with images.  It’s 2-3 columns of individual articles, with a large thumbnail to the left for your 1st article, and smaller thumbnails to the right for your secondary articles. You can only have article titles in this layout & it is currently limited to a maximum of 5 stories.It looks best in mid-sized to wide […]

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Horizontal Grid Layout is good for articles with images.  It’s 3 columns of individual articles, with the thumbnail either above or below your content, or as a thumbnail to the left or right.This article style is best suited mid-sized to wide widgetized areas, like the slider area or full-width middle column.You can choose to have article excerpts or no article excerpts, but […]

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Vertical Stack Layout is one of your most essential layouts.  It’s one column of articles, with the thumbnail either above or below your content, or as a thumbnail to the left or right.This article style is best suited to narrow to mid-sized widgetized areas, like the left or middle columns, the bottom left or right columns or the sidebars.You can […]

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The 2 Column Layout features a large image for your 1st article on the left hand side & then, either thumbnails to the left or right of your articles in a second column on the right side.This article style is best suited to wider widgetized areas, like the main slider area or the full-width middle column. It can be used in smaller widgetized […]

The “articles widget” gives you many options for article layouts, as well as what information you want to display with your articles on the front page, giving you infinite possibilities for designing your front page.Choose the articles widget from the “+ Add a Widget” button, in the widgetized area you are trying to place it.Add the title you want to show above your article section in the “Title of Widget” […]

Using the “Text” tab of your content editor, simply add the following code to where you want your page break to occur. <!‐‐nextpage‐‐> This will create a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or more pages, based on how many  <!‐‐nextpage‐‐> tags you use. A number will appear at the bottom of your article so readers can click to go to the next page. Make sure to use the “text” tab – this […]

Activating the Slick Slider option will allow you to use the Slick Slider template in your image galleries. Options Gallery Skin: Standard, Silver, Kitt, Ghost and Black are the five main options for gallery skin that will adjust how the slider image looks as well as the dots that appear below the slider. Slider Captions Enabled: Turns on the display of the image title field. The title will appear when […]

Note:  This is an available option with Our Hometown’s WordPress platform. If you don’t see it as part of your menu options, you may need to submit a ticket to request turning it on. You will be able to see it in the Templates for your galleries, once it is turned on. The showcase features one large video on top of the thumbnails that changes whenever the thumbnails are clicked. […]

Note:  This is an available option with Our Hometown’s WordPress platform. If you don’t see it as part of your menu options, you may need to submit a ticket to request turning it on. The showcase features one large image on top of the thumbnails that changes whenever the thumbnails are clicked. Adjusting Gallery Settings Gallery Skin: MaxGalleria comes packaged with a few standard skins. Currently there are, No Border, […]

Note:  This is an available option with Our Hometown’s WordPress platform. If you don’t see it as part of your menu options, you may need to submit a ticket to request turning it on. The Image Carousel add-on is only for image galleries. Adjusting Carousel Settings   Gallery Skin: Image Carousel comes packaged with a few standard skins. Currently there are, No Border, Picture Frame, Portal, Portal Dark, Standard, Standard […]

Note:  This is an available option with Our Hometown’s WordPress platform. If you don’t see it as part of your menu options, you may need to submit a ticket to request turning it on. Once you’ve clicked into albums you can add new albums. Albums were created to allow groupings of galleries, so when creating a new album, give it a name and then choose from your existing galleries that […]

Log in to your site at yoursite.com/wp-adminOnce you log in, you’ll be taken to the backend dashboard.Locate the “Articles” menu item.When you hover over it, a second menu will appear.From this menu, select “Add New”Other ways to add a new articleIf you select “All Articles” there is also an “Add New” button at the top of the page.In the top menu, there is also a menu item “+ New”. From […]

After importing your file into inDesign, go to “window > styles > character styles”Click “character styles” to open a window with the 4 character types that were labeled during the XML export.Use the character styles to apply changes throughout the documentYou can modify font styles in the stories individually, but universal styles save time overall Right click on the paragraph type you want to change.Click “Edit (paragraph type)” to open the style […]

Go to your website’s homepage and add “/export” to the end of the URL. Select the edition you want to export from the drop down. Check the box to include the ads that are currently running on the site. These two fields are the character and paragraph styles, which can be set to label the data for inDesign.  Later this will be used to automatically style the articles during layout […]