Our Hometown News
349 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast covering the local media industry.
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Security Features
September 18, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 878 KBAt Our-Hometown, the security of our customers’ websites and data is one of our top priorities. Our engineering team has provided an detailed overview of the multiple layers of security within the Our-Hometown platform. Click on the question to expand the response. The following are more tips and features designed to keep your website secure. Website Security Refresher Use Two-Factor AuthenticationUse Strong PasswordsDon’t Share Accounts/LoginsAdjust Former Employee AccountsManage Screen Sha...
New Subscribe Banner Available with Metered Paywall update
September 14, 2022 23:00 - 2 minutes - 808 KBhttps://youtu.be/BUS-9T3tshc Our-Hometown's engineers are always working behind the scenes to improve the selection of tools we've made available to publishers, and this week they've released an update to our Metered Paywall that introduces a brand new feature: the ability to use your Metered Paywall as a Subscribe Banner in lieu of an actual countdown meter. This new Subscribe Banner can be used to advertise a special promotional offer or just to provide an easy-to-find button for unregiste...
Kristen Weaver of the Wilson County News | Publisher Interview
September 14, 2022 14:00 - 40 seconds - 281 KBhttps://youtu.be/HBkZqNVowbw In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Kristen Weaver, Director of Operations at the Wilson County News in Floresville Texas. We hear some wonderful history, as well as how the website has been doing over the past year, including general subscription growth, revenue streams, social media, and how the paper has been using audio articles combined with live podcasting. This in-depth interview video also includes plenty of chapter markers for ...
How to Publish to WordPress from Google Docs
September 09, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute - 372 KB Improve your workflow with our new Google Docs "Publish to Wordpress" Add-On! Using the Publish to Wordpress Add-On, your staff can use the popular Word Processing tool, Google Docs, to plan, draft, schedule and publish articles to your website from start to finish, without ever needing to leave the document! The Add-On initiates a connection with your website using your staff account, giving you access to all of the publishing options normally available within Wordpress. Choose a Categor...
Google Docs Add-on
September 09, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute - 726 KBhttps://youtu.be/Bw8dJvqOH8w Overview The Google Docs Add-On allows you to connect your Google Docs account with your Our-Hometown website so that you can easily publish content directly from your Google Docs workspace to the web without having to switch between multiple platforms or copy and paste content. For each Google Doc activate the Our-Hometown add-on and enter your website’s credentials. This will create a direct link between your document and your site with only a single login. A n...
Reverse Publishing
September 08, 2022 18:00 - 3 minutes - 1.21 MBhttps://youtu.be/l7j775II1AY Overview 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. https://y...
NextGEN Gallery plugin now available on our platform
September 08, 2022 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.41 MBhttps://youtu.be/1AFhcfhnGbg Our-Hometown is pleased to announce that we've added a new, more robust photo gallery plugin to our suite of tools available to customers: NextGEN Gallery! The NextGEN Gallery plugin allows users to upload a collection of photos in the back end of the website and organize them into a gallery, much like our previously-supported photo gallery plugin, MaxGalleria. The big advantage to NextGEN Gallery, aside from the general ease of use, is the ability to display the...
WebAds Feature
September 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 minute - 712 KBhttps://youtu.be/90sHbkkXioY WebAds from Our-Hometown gives you the ability to monitor all of your digital advertising with the same dashboard as the other features of your publication’s website. Our customizable ad blocks are capable of displaying high-resolution ads in all iAB standard types and sizes across every page of your site. WebAds blocks can rotate through multiple ads in one slot or populate a grid, as well as feature an individual advertiser in their own block. Print ads can be ...
E-Edition Reader
September 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 minute - 535 KBhttps://youtu.be/2Gbkz-nqZyk All Our-Hometown websites have the option of offering a print replica or e-edition of your newspaper, providing a bridge for those readers who prefer a traditional page-based experience, while also introducing them to additional features only available on our digital platform. The E-Edition Reader provides the convenience of a traditional page layout, with the ease of natural scrolling and multiple zoom levels for any screen. The toolbar at the top of the reader ...
Naviga CircPro Integration
September 02, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 910 KBhttps://youtu.be/XXBiDXIVwEE Overview The Our-Hometown engineering team working directly with Naviga, has built integrations between MemberPress and the CircPro platform allowing for automatic synchronization of subscriber data. We’ll demonstrate the integrations through a few common tasks a publisher or customer might perform. First for publishers, let’s create a combination print-digital account for a new subscriber: This process is the same MemberPress setup you have traditionally used: e...
Kevin Slimp: Finding Grants for Newspapers
August 31, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 916 KBLast week, our friend and industry expert Mr. Kevin Slimp hosted a webinar alongside Vicki Whiting from Kid Scoop News focused on helping news publications find funding via government, corporate and foundation grants. During the session, Kevin identifies several different types of grants that may be available to newspapers and offers advice for applying based on his own experiences working alongside publications who have done so in the past. In the presentation, he introduces several great r...
Troubleshooting Naviga Account Recovery
August 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 minute - 533 KBhttps://youtu.be/Ojo7Zw16TFk In this quick tutorial we will show the steps for helping a subscriber who is unable to access their account on your website and has reached out through the support form. In addition to the video tutorial above, we have created an interactive flow chart to aid in resolving this issue. Click on the image to open the full interactive chart. First go to the subscriber list in MemberPress to check if the account is present and note its status. If the account is there...
Full-Service Publishing
August 31, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 1.43 MBhttps://youtu.be/vfLVgr-ZABE Overview Our-Hometown’s full-service model provides publishers with all the benefits of a digital publication without requiring the time and technical expertise of keeping a website up to date. UPDATE PROTECT SOCIALIZE EARN Website Updates on Your Schedule https://youtu.be/g8doust7JrQ With the Our-Hometown WordPress platform, publishers have the choice between publishing articles to the website themselves or enrolling in our PDF Extraction Service for an addition...
MemberPress & CircPro Integration pricing announced
August 24, 2022 20:00 - 51 seconds - 340 KBOur-Hometown is pleased to announce the pricing for our upcoming MemberPress & CircPro Integration feature, which automatically synchronizes digital subscriptions and orders placed through the website with the traditionally print-based CirculationPro software, allowing publishers to manage all of their subscribers in a single place. The MemberPress & CircPro Integration will be offered to publishers on our platform for 0/month following an initial 0 Setup Fee. The setup fee covers all of the...
Digital Newsletters
August 21, 2022 15:00 - 37 seconds - 224 KBhttps://youtu.be/via_MKjIwsk Overview The Our-Hometown Newsletter plugin allows publishers to reach and update their readers at any time with breaking news, events, or offers. Plus an automatically generated summary of the latest edition is sent when published. Newsletters can include article content, advertisements and other types of calls-to-action, encouraging readers to return and engage with your website. https://youtu.be/6hvX1QHqBSA This video provides a detailed walkthrough of the var...
Our Hometown Platform Features
August 21, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 3.11 MBOverview ✓ WordPress Customized for Local News Publishers ✓ Generate Revenue, Engage with Readers, and Increase Efficiency with Our Hometown's Digital & PrePress Content Management System ✓ First class customer support for the world's most popular Content Management System ✓ Features to Fit Your Needs & Budget BUILD CUSTOMIZE MEASURE MEDIA Easy to add articles OHT Feature Guide – WordPress Block Editor The WordPress Block Editor is a revision of the WordPress word processor that aims to stre...
The Daily Catch featured on NPR's "Rough Translation" podcast
August 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 506 KBThe Daily Catch of Red Hook, NY was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)'s "Rough Translation" podcast last week, receiving praise for their tremendous reporting on the war in Ukraine thanks in-part to a unique partnership with eastern Ukrainian journalist, Pavel Kuljuk. The Daily Catch is a free-to-read, digital-only news website launched by founder Emily Sachar on Our-Hometown's WordPress Publishing Platform in June of 2021. Emily has worked hard over the past year to build a grassroots...
Restoration News Media launches new website for five newspapers
August 10, 2022 11:00 - 44 seconds - 289 KBOur-Hometown, Inc. is excited to welcome Restoration News Media and their five weekly newspapers -- The Wilson Times, The Enterprise, The Johnstonian, The Butner-Creedmoor News and The Wake Weekly -- to our Neighborhood of Publishers! We've worked closely with the team at Restoration News Media over the past few months to fine tune the website and ensure a smooth transition for both readers and staff, even developing some new features and processes along the way. We are proud to be the new p...
Apply for our Naviga/WordPress Integration beta test
August 04, 2022 05:00 - 52 seconds - 664 KBLast month, we announced that we would be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on August 25th to introduce our newest feature: WordPress Integration with Naviga's Print Circulation Software. We will be joined by a Naviga representative as we demonstrate the tool and answer questions from those in attendance. You can register for that webinar by clicking here. In the meantime, we are searching for publishers to help test the feature as part of a limited beta test to iron out any kinks before making the fea...
Apply for our MemberPress/CircPro Integration beta test
August 04, 2022 05:00 - 52 seconds - 666 KBLast month, we announced that we would be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on August 25th to introduce our newest feature: WordPress Integration with Naviga's Print Circulation Software. We will be joined by a Naviga representative as we demonstrate the tool and answer questions from those in attendance. You can register for that webinar by clicking here. In the meantime, we are searching for publishers to help test the feature as part of a limited beta test to iron out any kinks before making the fea...
Kansas Newspaper Foundation launches Digital Initiative
August 04, 2022 05:00 - 56 seconds - 370 KBThe Kansas Newspaper Foundation has officially launched a Digital Initiative in the state of Kansas, allowing members the opportunity to apply for a brand new website on Our-Hometown's WordPress Publishing Platform. The modern, mobile-friendly websites come equipped with several tools for generating digital revenue immediately, including Digital Subscriptions with adjustable Paywalls, customizable Web Advertisements, and even a Newsletter and Social Media Autopost Tool to help with sharing y...
Kansas Press Association to announce Digital Initiative
July 27, 2022 11:00 - 40 seconds - 270 KBThe Kansas Press Association will be announcing the launch of a Digital Initiative program during a LIVE WEBINAR EVENT this Friday, July 29th at 12:30PM Eastern Time (11:30AM Central). Our-Hometown customers and friends are invited to attend the webinar event to learn more about the KPA's Digital Initiative and how it will benefit news publishers in Kansas. Click below to Register for the event! You'll receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions on joining the meeting. Register Now We en...
Kansas Press Association announces KNF Digital Project Initiative
July 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 623 KBhttps://youtu.be/u5tM4OOUaeo The Kansas Press Association announces the launch of a Digital Initiative program during this WEBINAR EVENT REPLAY streamed live on Friday, July 29th. The Kansas Newspaper Foundation, the non-profit arm of the KPA will be awarding grants for newspapers to assist in the establishment of websites for legal newspapers who either do not have websites or websites that provide only limited functionality. Please apply for the grant here: https://forms.gle/948KagT3PU1CpG...
Integrating MemberPress with Naviga's CirculationPro software | Webinar Replay
July 20, 2022 22:00 - 45 seconds - 596 KBhttps://youtu.be/71kla0mJFBU Our-Hometown President and CEO Matt Larson is joined by lead engineer James Harley in this live webinar to introduce our newest feature: Integration with Naviga’s CirculationPro software! This exciting new feature will allow publishers to streamline their workflow by using just a single circulation system for managing print subscribers. Previously, publishers would have to manually add new subscribers to their circulation system as orders arrived from the website...
WEBINAR EVENT: Integrating MemberPress with Naviga's CirculationPro software
July 20, 2022 22:00 - 48 seconds - 314 KBhttps://youtu.be/IXk0Xg7ReT0 Our-Hometown will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR EVENT on August 25th, 2022 at 2PM Eastern to introduce our newest feature: Integration with Naviga's CirculationPro software! This exciting new feature will allow publishers to streamline their workflow by using just a single circulation system for managing print subscribers. Previously, publishers would have to manually add new subscribers to their circulation system as orders arrived from the website --now this can al...
WEBINAR EVENT: Integrating WordPress with Naviga's Print Circulation system
July 20, 2022 22:00 - 48 seconds - 314 KBOur-Hometown will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR EVENT on August 25th, 2022 at 2PM Eastern to introduce our newest feature: Integration with Naviga's Print Circulation System! This exciting new feature will allow publishers to streamline their workflow by using just a single circulation system for managing print subscribers. Previously, publishers would have to manually add new subscribers to their circulation system as orders arrived from the website --now this can all be done automatically! Pub...
Rappahannock Times launches with VPA Digital Initiative
July 14, 2022 02:00 - 43 seconds - 292 KBOur-Hometown is happy to welcome The Rappahannock Times to our platform as the latest publication to launch a new website through the Virginia Press Association's Digital Initiative program! The Rappahannock Times was without a modern web solution until the Virginia Press Association approached them with the Digital Initiative program, granting them the opportunity to launch a brand new, mobile responsive website on Our-Hometown's WordPress Platform at a discounted price. The website include...
LIVE Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative set for July 28
July 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 minute - 432 KBOur-Hometown is excited to announce an upcoming LIVE INTERVIEW EVENT with the Directors of the Virginia Press Association -- the innovators of the original Digital Initiative program! The event will take place on Thursday, July 28th at 2PM Eastern. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson will be joined by the Directors of the Virginia Press Association to discuss the ins-and-outs of the Digital Initiative program: how the idea started, what prompted the VPA to partner with Our-Hometown, ...
Webinar Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative | July 28, 2022 [Replay]
July 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 minute - 622 KBhttps://youtu.be/KjNpc8IpXz4 Our-Hometown is excited to present this WEBINAR INTERVIEW with the Directors of the Virginia Press Association -- the innovators of the original Digital Initiative program! The event was recorded on Thursday, July 28th at 2PM Eastern. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson is joined by the Directors of the Virginia Press Association to discuss the ins-and-outs of the Digital Initiative program: how the idea started, what prompted the VPA to partner with Our-...
Webinar Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative set for July 28
July 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 minute - 430 KBhttps://youtu.be/G8XXAha9IZA Our-Hometown is excited to announce an upcoming WEBINAR INTERVIEW with the Directors of the Virginia Press Association -- the innovators of the original Digital Initiative program! The event will take place on Thursday, July 28th at 2PM Eastern. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson will be joined by the Directors of the Virginia Press Association to discuss the ins-and-outs of the Digital Initiative program: how the idea started, what prompted the VPA to p...
New AJAX Article & Slider Widgets now available!
July 07, 2022 00:00 - 2 minutes - 1.03 MBhttps://youtu.be/nQTFzRA_Uqw Our-Hometown is happy to announce that we've introduced two brand new widgets to our collection: The AJAX Articles Widget and the AJAX Slider Widget! These new widgets are essentially updated versions of the existing Articles and Slider Widgets, but with some important new features -- including the highly-requested ability to include more than one category inside of a widget! The new widgets also utilize AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) to improve performan...
Changes to the Customize tool
June 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 minute - 623 KBOur-Hometown recently installed several universal platform and plugin updates, some of which have changed the way that our tools look and function. The most notable change impacts the Customizer tool, which has been completely revamped to feature WordPress Blocks. You may recall that WordPress introduced Blocks several years ago with the Block Editor -- a faster and more flexible editing system that allows publishers to easily include widgets and special dynamic blocks within their content. ...
Crewe-Burkeville Journal introduces new site through VPA Digital Initiative
June 27, 2022 13:00 - 37 seconds - 250 KBSupported by the Virginia Press Association Digital Initiative, The Crewe-Burkeville Journal has introduced a new website powered by Our-Hometown's fully customized Wordpress platform. Locally-owned and published weekly since 1959, The Crewe-Burkeville Journal is the progressive voice serving the Southside Virginia counties of Nottaway, Lunenburg, Amelia, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Charlotte, Buckingham, Cumberland and Prince Edward. To learn more about the OHT Digital Initiative at the Virginia ...
Courier-Record launches new website through VPA Digital Initiative
June 27, 2022 13:00 - 49 seconds - 317 KBThrough 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 an...
Virtual Conference: VPA Digital Initiative (Replay)
June 22, 2022 10:00 - 51 seconds - 334 KBLast month, Our-Hometown teamed up with the Virginia Press Association to host a Virtual Conference highlighting the Digital Initiative program that launched in Virginia earlier this year. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson joined Steve Weddle of the Virginia Press Association, along with Billy Coleburn of the Courier-Record and Lisa Watson McCarty of the Scott County Virginia Star -- two of the first publishers to take full advantage of the program and launch new websites for their...
Introducing the "Save Preset" option for Newsletters
June 15, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 1.4 MBWhen it comes to sending Newsletters on the Our-Hometown WordPress Platform, one of the most frequent requests we receive is for the ability to create a custom newsletter template that a publisher can reuse time and time again, only needing to make minor edits rather than construct an entire newsletter from scratch. This feature has been absent ever since the introduction of the Drag & Drop Composer, which replaced the old-school plain text and HTML-based newsletter templates -- until now! W...
Kevin Slimp: A Tale of Two Publishers
June 07, 2022 07:00 - 4 minutes - 1.45 MBThe following is the latest column written and provided by Kevin Slimp: I’m not that old. Seriously, I’m not. But in my work with newspapers, I’ve worked with so many younger people that I sometimes feel like Yoda (for you Star Wars fans) to a sizeable group of up-and-coming publishers in our business. In addition to all these young publishers, I hear from regularly, I also hear from a lot of publishers who are retiring and moving on to enjoy the fruits of their labors and – as happens in ma...
Two-Factor Authentication now available for OHT customers
May 18, 2022 21:00 - 1 minute - 634 KBAt Our-Hometown, the security of our customers' websites and data is our highest priority, and our engineers are constantly working to make sure our platform is up to date with the latest security protocols to defend against cyber threats. One of these protocols is known as Two-Factor Authentication, and you've probably already seen it in use on many of your favorite websites. Two-Factor Authentication, or 2FA, still requires users to login with their normal username and password, but upon d...
Introducing: Office Hours with Kevin Slimp!
May 04, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute - 706 KBOur-Hometown is excited to announce that our friend, partner and frequent guest-contributor Mr. Kevin Slimp has agreed to join us for a special new program that offers publishers the opportunity to meet with Kevin for a FREE consultation on ways to improve their newspaper product! Kevin is well-known in the newspaper industry for his wide array of expertise across various stages of the newspaper production process -- everything from writing effective headlines and designing effective adverti...
Apply for a free print design consultation with Kevin Slimp!
May 04, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute - 469 KBOur-Hometown is excited to announce that our friend, partner and frequent guest-contributor Mr. Kevin Slimp has agreed to offer our publishers the opportunity to meet with him for a FREE consultation on ways to improve their newspaper product! Kevin is well-known in the newspaper industry for his wide array of expertise across various stages of the newspaper production process -- everything from writing effective headlines and designing effective advertisements to developing an attractive th...
Our-Hometown partners with the Illinois Press Association for Digital Initiative
May 04, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute - 569 KBhttps://youtu.be/gf3782KkLz8 The Digital Initiative program is growing! Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to announce that we've partnered with the Illinois Press Association to expand our Digital Initiative to the state of Illinois, bringing modern websites and digital revenue tools for papers in need of an upgrade. The goal is the same as in Virginia and other states that we're working to expand the program into: to help newspapers with little-to-no web presence transition to new, mobile-frien...
Update your Terms of Service today!
May 04, 2022 21:00 - 1 minute - 611 KBAll 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 to purchase a...
The Logitech MX Keyboard and Mouse
May 03, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 1.96 MBKevin hasn’t been this excited about hardware in a long time Our friend and regular contributor Kevin Slimp, also known as "The News Guru", has provided the following guest column for Our-Hometown readers! Enjoy the latest from Kevin below. If you’ve been around the newspaper business for 20 years or so, you might remember when a lot of folks referred to me as the “tech guru” of the newspaper world. Beginning with my work with PDFs in the mid-90s, followed by a budding career as a traveling ...
WEBINAR: Our Hometown Digital Initiative - Grant Overview
April 19, 2022 17:00 - 47 seconds - 552 KBAccording to Pew Research, 89% of Americans get news from digital devices. Despite this fact, many newspapers in the US do not have a website (or don't have the resources to keep it updated with current news). Join us May 26th at 2pm EST for a discussion on Our Hometown's Digital Initiative to get all US newspapers online. See below for a video overview of the VPA’s program, which helps Virginia newspapers with little to no web presence get setup with a turn key digital revenue model on Our ...
VPA Digital Initiative - Video Overview
April 19, 2022 00:00 - 59 seconds - 511 KBhttps://youtu.be/TzeThbqKtJE 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, whi...
Our-Hometown expands Digital Initiative
April 14, 2022 01:00 - 1 minute - 679 KBOur-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! https://youtu.be/TzeTh...
OHT & OMC Webinar: Mobile-responsive websites and native app design
April 12, 2022 20:00 - 42 seconds - 280 KBhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckefWV89luM Our Hometown President & CEO Matt Larson joined our friends at Online Media Campus on Thursday, April 7th at 2 PM EST for another LIVE WEBINAR event: “Serving the Growing Mobile Audience – Tips on Responsive Websites and Native App Design.” During the discussion, Matt outlined some tips and tricks for attracting a mobile audience and gave advice on designing websites and apps that are mobile-friendly. Check out the video recap or our iOS and Androi...
Kevin Slimp: Keys to increase readership & revenue
March 30, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes - 1.31 MBOur-Hometown is pleased to share another guest post from our friend and industry expert Kevin Slimp ahead of next week's LIVE webinar event: Increase Revenue by Designing More Effective Advertising. Be sure to register for the event at the link above -- attendance is free for all Our-Hometown customers! Enjoy the following from Kevin: I had a great time in March, as I got out a little more to visit newspapers in multiple states. What I learned inspired, invigorated, and reminded me of much t...
Adding color to a block using the Block Editor
March 30, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1.22 MBThe WordPress Block Editor, sometimes referred to as the Gutenberg editor, is a powerful but easy-to-use visual editor that allows you to create attractive Articles and Pages using a series of content-specific "blocks." Each block has their own settings and customization options depending on which type of block is being used. Each different piece of a traditional text document -- headings, paragraphs, lists, images, etc. -- will have its own block to select, while many modern plugins also in...
OHT Feature Guide - WordPress Block Editor
March 16, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes - 800 KBThe WordPress Block Editor is a revision of the WordPress word processor that aims to streamline the publishing process and simplify the act of adding content to your website. In this guide, We'll walk you through the features of the Block Editor including Blocks, Formatting, and Publishing. Blocks The biggest advantage the Block Editor presents is that What You See Is What You Get. This means that your published article will look very similar to the editor’s layout without requiring much ad...