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Features for Readers
Site Redesign on WordPress
Get your readers and advertisers excited about your website. See our many beautiful, responsive designs here.
Mobile and Tablet Responsive Design
Readers get 90% of their news from their phone. We'll make your news look great on all devices.
Event Calendars
Use our calendar plugin or embed Google Cal. Crowd source submissions and approve before publishing.
Secure Online Payments
We'll set up your site with an SSL certificate for encrypted payments via PayPal, Authorize.net, or Stripe.com.
Photo Galleries
With our custom calendars, users can submit events & you can choose to charge a small fee per listing.
Paid Classifieds & Announcements
Choose to charge a small fee for any online classifieds or announcements, or let people submit for print + digital online.
Testimonials
"I don't use anybody but Our Hometown. They are newspaper people and know what issues we face on a daily basis!"
Joe BradyThe Early County News
"We have had a great overall experience with [Our-Hometown]. Everyone has been very helpful and have had a quick turn around any time we have had any issues."
Jenniffer GrezeszakSunrise Printing & Publishing, Inc.
"OHT is always responsive, professional and respectful."
Wes SmithView Newspaper Group
"Really pleased, as a whole, with [Our-Hometown's] tech support... been a real pleasure thus far."
David RileyMarion County News
"[Our-Hometown's] support services are wonderful and it is a nice feeling knowing [they] are out there."
Carolyn JamesBabylon Beacon
Features & Services | Our Hometown | The Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Prepress CMS | Compose and edit content in WordPress CMS. Export articles, images, categories, and editions via XML for import into InDesign. Hot backup of database offsite. | Proprietary CMS priced at a point only available to dailies. Little focus on feature development. Requires servers on site. |
| New Feature Development | Engineering Installs, Modifies, and Updates Proprietary & 3rd Party Plugins to match publisher specifications | Slow development time because everything must be custom coded |
| Hosting and Support | Amazon Web Services cloud hosting for up to 100,000 page views per month included. 24/7 technical support. | Expensive on-site servers with downloaded software |
| Fees | Fixed monthly cost for unlimited users | Charge per seat |
| Contract | 30 day termination period | Multi-year obligations |
| Usability and Training | Our custom-developed WordPress themes are intuitive to use, easy to adjust & include expert training + online documentation. | Clunky interface. Difficult to learn. |
