Our Hometown News

By Our-Hometown.com

A podcast covering the local media industry.... more

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February 17, 2023 From Imagination to Pagination
https://youtu.be/UxvqlGGSHQM Below we provide an overview of article creation on your website, managing images, ads, and reverse publishing content to Adobe InDesign. Video Guide 00:21 - Article Creation — Overview 01:24 - Common Block Types and Panels 06:43 - Advanced Layouts 08:10 - Media Library and NextGEN Galleries 12:23 - Reverse Publishing — Articles 17:07 - Reverse Publishing — Display Ads 18:37 - Reverse Publishing — Classifieds Article Creation Advanced Layout Media Management Reverse Publishing
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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February 09, 2023 The Secret to Growing Papers: Give the readers what they want
The following guest column was contributed by our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp! Don't miss Kevin's LIVE webinar on "Advanced Skills in Photoshop" next Thursday, February 16th at 3PM EST. It is available to Our-Hometown customers free as part of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series! Earlier this month, I traveled about an hour from my home to conduct focus groups for a weekly newspaper in Tennessee. Focus groups come in all sizes and shapes. This particular focus group was a little different than most. The paper had gathered 15 seniors – the minimum age requirement was 60 – to...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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February 02, 2023 Don't forget to upgrade to Google Analytics 4
As technology continues to evolve, it's important for businesses to stay up-to-date with the latest tools and platforms. In the world of web analytics, this means making the switch from Google Analytics Universal to the new and improved Google Analytics 4. As you may already know, Google Analytics Universal is being phased out and will stop processing new data on July 1st, 2023. This means that it is essential for you to upgrade to Google Analytics 4 by then to ensure that your website continues to track and analyze data accurately. What's different about GA4 compared to Universal? For starters,...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 30, 2023 Exporting display ads for Reverse Publishing
https://youtu.be/qkKcxn2sUi0 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 addition there is a checkbox labelled Include Ads. This will be the focus of our demonstration. Note that ads are not categorized and also cannot be exported without including...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 26, 2023 Exporting classifieds via Gravity Forms
https://youtu.be/g7x5o63yD_Q In this walkthrough we will demonstrate a method for exporting classifieds submitted via a form on your website for import into Adobe InDesign and pagination. From your site's dashboard go to Forms and then the sub-item Forms where you will see all those being used on the website. Here we have a Classified Order Form with the submitted entries. You can click on Entries to view the individual submissions. To export click on Import/Export in the Forms submenu. Here you will choose the same form, Classified Order Form, and tick the Classified Category and Classified Content checkboxes. Then scroll...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 26, 2023 How Reverse Publishing can help you in 2023
At Our-Hometown, Inc. we understand the challenges that newspaper publishers face in today's digital landscape, having assisted in combating these hurdles for over two decades. This experience has helped us to develop revolutionary features like our Reverse Publishing tool, which allows news publishers to easily compile, edit and publish their articles on the web before exporting them to InDesign or other layout software to prepare the print edition.Our Reverse Publishing software streamlines the entire production process, making it easier for publishers to create and distribute content across all platforms. With Reverse Publishing, newspaper publishers can enjoy the following benefits:Increased Efficiency:...
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourhometownwebpublishing/
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 25, 2023 Building info boxes in the Wordpress block editor
https://youtu.be/4l1DpcOWqtM In this support session, Our-Hometown’s lead CSR Vera Lemonovich walks Emily Sachar of the Red Hook Daily Catch through building an info box as a sidebar within an article using the WordPress Block Editor. Topics covered include using the Columns block, adding colors, and article layout. Walkthrough Info boxes or callout content are great tools to lay out article content in such a way to make it stand apart from the main story. In this example we will demonstrate the technique by creating a recipe box within an article on desserts. Starting with an article in progress, the headline,...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 23, 2023 Alexis Tackett - New Pine Plains Herald | OHT Publisher Interview
https://youtu.be/2RJp3QxL3Do In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Alexis Tackett of the New Pine Plains Herald in New York. We hear about the onboarding process, website traffic, newsletters, and general feedback on features of the new website.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/our-hometown-com/
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 20, 2023 The Digital Initiative in 2023
Our-Hometown's Digital Initiative program launched in 2022, partnering with three State Press Associations and already assisting more than a dozen newspaper publications transition to a digital model that introduces a number of brand new revenue streams unavailable to print-only publications. We're excited to see the program expand to more states and Press Associations in 2023, continuing our goal of assisting every print newspaper in the country adapt to the ever-evolving digital landscape with a modern, mobile-friendly website and digital subscription options. The Virginia Press Association The Virginia Press Association was the first Press Association to partner with Our-Hometown to offer...
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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January 19, 2023 Manage where social share icons appear on your site
https://youtu.be/W_AyP0ZpIok Social media icons can display across all of your website content allowing visitors to share stories or posts they engage with to their favorite social network or via email links. However you may not want this feature available on some content. The following is a brief walkthrough on how to manage where these icons appear via your admin dashboard. Firstly the social media share icons appear in two main places: Pages and Posts. Pages are most often used for evergreen content such as contact and about us pages. While logged into your website, simply visit the page you would...
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourhometowninc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/our-hometown-com/
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Our Hometown Web Publishing is The Last Newspaper CMS & Website You'll Ever Need. We help you generate revenue, engage with readers, and increase efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress CMS features to fit your needs & budget.
OHT's Web Publishing Platform is:
-Powered with WordPress
-Hosted on Amazon Web Services
-Integrated with Adobe InDesign & Google Drive
https://our-hometown.com
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw6KpKUiQkWldrX2-J1Kag?view_as=subscriber
Our-Hometown can be reached via email for comments or questions at: [email protected]
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FAQs about Our Hometown News:

How many episodes does Our Hometown News have?

The podcast currently has 382 episodes available.