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OHT2020 - - Page 3
29
Jul
Our-Hometown recently released an update introducing several improvements to the Related Stories block, including a new panel of settings you can use to customize how the block appears on your website! The Related Stories block appears at the bottom of articles on Our-Hometown’s WordPress Platform and is a useful tool for transitioning readers from one article to another. If a visitor has clicked a link to read an article on your site, […]
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 […]
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 […]
24
Jun
In the past, we’ve demonstrated How to Create Coupon Codes in Memberpress and discussed how you can then use those coupon codes in an e-mail marketing campaign aimed at enticing former subscribers to resubscribe at a reduced rate with a special promotional offer. We are happy to announce that this entire process has been streamlined and automated with our new Automated Newsletter Coupons feature! This new feature allows you set up a Promotional […]
22
Jun
Our-Hometown’s Virtual Conference on Digital to Print Publishing took place this past Friday, with CEO Matt Larson welcoming Garden City News Publisher Meg Norris as a guest speaker to talk about working from digital to print production using our selection of tools, namely our Reverse Publishing Suite and our Google Docs Add-On. Meg was kind enough to share her experiences with these tools and demonstrate how she typically produces the newspaper, beginning with […]
9
Jun
Our-Hometown hosted another Virtual Conference this past Friday, featuring speakers Alison Kase of Rockaway’s The Wave and Kristen Weaver of the Wilson County News, who joined Our-Hometown CEO Matt Larson to discuss how newspapers have been able to help local businesses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they plan to continue helping now that cities across the country are allowing businesses to re-open. Alison and Kristen shared some of the strategies […]
1
Jun
Earlier this year, Our-Hometown assisted Florida Weekly in creating a statewide COVID-19 Business Updates Directory, which was launched alongside a total re-design of their homepage and nine community-specific magazine websites. Given the timing — during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak — it was critical that the project be completed in a timely fashion so that Florida Weekly could establish themselves as a resource for the community and act as a middle-man for […]
26
May
Our-Hometown hosted a Virtual Conference this past Friday, May 23rd, focusing on Donation and Subscription Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our-Hometown CEO Matt Larson hosted the event and was joined by a panel of three speakers: Cecile Wehrman of JournalTrib.com, Tom Lappas of the Henrico Citizen, and Kyle Jorrey of The Thousand Oaks Acorn. There was a lot of great information presented and we are happy to share the full-length […]
24
May
One huge benefit to taking subscription orders through your website is the ability to enable Auto Renewing (or Recurring) subscriptions with the use of Stripe, our preferred supported payment gateway. Auto Renewing subscriptions are important because they represent predictable revenue that you can depend on being there on a monthly or yearly basis, and serve as a great method of retaining subscribers who might otherwise let their subscriptions lapse. Once a […]
13
May
Our-Hometown recently upgraded our customer websites to the new WordPress 5 release, which includes a major change with the introduction of the Gutenberg Block Editor. The new Block Editor allows for the creation of modern media rich pages and articles using a visual “block” interface that lets you easily add and arrange a variety of different blocks, ranging from simple elements like Paragraphs or Images to more complex widgets like MaxGalleria Photo Galleries or GravityForm Submission Forms. With […]
