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Posted: Feb 24th, 2006 11:56 pm |
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The NWO Newspaper website (Not the Town Forum) will be undergoing some drastic improvements in the near future to jazz it up in order to make it more useful to the NWO communities. We want your input on what you'd like to see on it.
The word "useful" is subjective. A few disclaimers on what we already know, and don't need to hear again.
- Information in many areas not up to date
- Search function doesn't work well
- Archives don't work
- Calendars aren't up to date
- Some links broken
- There's more, but you get the point, we already know the problem areas.
Now, having said all that........what we NEED & WANT to hear is
- What would make you use the NWO Newspaper website regularly?
- What information would you like to see on it?
Please stay on topic here, there will be alot of people keeping an eye on this one to see the input. Your normal pretty colors & wierd (Creative?) fonts are welcome.
Thanks
SMS
Last edited on Feb 25th, 2006 03:18 am by Steve Adkins
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 02:25 am |
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AHEM... our FONTS are not WEIRD!
I went back to the NWO website.
Are you people aware of what is on there??
I was thinking about possible suggestions for this topic...
hmmm maybe local weather... it's there...
maybe a search engine.. it's there..
maybe a link to the schools... it's there...
maybe a link to the towns... it's there.
Wow. What's left??
Interactive Sudoko Puzzles?
I challenge you forum posters to think of something useful that the site doesn't already offer.
It's like a mall... one stop shopping.
The question is, how do we get folks to access these sites through the NWO site. Will definitely have to ponder that some more.
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 02:34 am |
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:23 am |
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OK, let me give y'all another "fer instance"
There is a "photo gallery" there...........what if there were ability to buy photos from it, like the "winning touchdown of last weeks football game", or "Summerfield 6 year olds soccer team winning downstate". OK, these are stretches, but you get the idea.....ability to buy photos online to email to Grandma or Uncle Joe.
Would this be of interest?
There are more, but I'll just feed ya one at a time to get your juices going.
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:33 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
AHEM... our FONTS are not WEIRD!
Are you people aware of what is on there??
Fonts, I amended the wording to a bit in the topic posting!!!
Are "we people" aware.............hmmmmmmm, Si Senora. If all this stuff worked properly, would that be enough to get you & others to use it?
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:36 am |
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I would have certainly bought a photo of "Ritz Bits" (my kid for those who don't know) when she was featured in the Valentine issue.
That's a good idea.
What about NWO merchandise?
I'd shell out a couple of bucks to do some FREE advertising for you.... A nice BIG sweatshirt with the NWO logo on it (ONLY if the horse is on there too  ) or a Giant Golf umbrella sporting the logo or even some vintage NWO pages (Ok.. might have seen an umbrella like that from another paper "somewhere" but it WAS my favorite umbrella)
mugs, hats, keychains.... Can't be OVERLY expensive though....
I don't know if this is a plausible option or not...
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:43 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote: The question is, how do we get folks to access these sites through the NWO site. Will definitely have to ponder that some more.
Exactly my point. It's all there. I know the NWO Staff knows it. Do the people surfing the www know it?
And once we tell them, what's gonna keep them coming back?
The archives would be a blast for me.... I'd cruise them often if I could figure out how to work them. Doubt I'd pay to do it though....
And thank you for the (creative?) insert SMS!!!!
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:47 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
What about NWO merchandise?
Can't be OVERLY expensive though....
I don't know if this is a plausible option or not...
Now you're clickin'.
This is what we're looking for. Not just "get the stuff that's already there fired up".
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:51 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
The archives would be a blast for me.... I'd cruise them often if I could figure out how to work them. Doubt I'd pay to do it though....
Archives don't work today, Yahoo works better, need fixing, we know it. Have faith.
Users aren't expected to pay, that's what advertisers are for on any website.
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 03:55 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote: what's gonna keep them coming back?
People only come back if it's useful for them, gives them needed information, and saves them time. That's why we're asking....what will make you come back? what info do you need?
Google is great, but folks don't need 1,824,000 hits to find out if schools are closed in GC.
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 01:30 pm |
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I think if you just fix the things you say you don't want to hear need fixing then I'd use it. Right now I don't go there much because I don't expect anything to be up to date or work right. I don't really want links to everything in the world and a bunch of things to buy and all that. There are plenty of good things on the site. I just want what's there to work, the archives especially.
Maybe some kind of daily story or short feature just on the web site that everyone would want to look at every morning. Maybe updates only on the web site of stories from previous issues. How about a daily changing cartoon, like "Pearls before Swine"? Maybe a different feature on certain days of the week, like if it's Thursday we might expect Lacka's Yard Art Roundup with pictures or on Tuesday it's Mammy's Manhandler Menus or something. Maybe some kind of gardening almanac kind of thing. Maybe a bald eagle sighting feature (that was not a Howard Coble reference). Maybe a question of the week that folks could respond to and see their responses in the paper later, uh, edited for appropriate content of course. (You know how some people are.) Maybe a word of the day.
Thanks for asking, by the way. Pappy will continue to ponder.
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Posted: Feb 25th, 2006 08:37 pm |
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FatPappy wrote: I think if you just fix the things you say you don't want to hear need fixing then I'd use it.
Maybe some kind of daily story or short feature just on the web site that everyone would want to look at every morning. Maybe updates only on the web site of stories from previous issues. How about a daily changing cartoon, like "Pearls before Swine"? Maybe a different feature on certain days of the week, like if it's Thursday we might expect Lacka's Yard Art Roundup with pictures or on Tuesday it's Mammy's Manhandler Menus or something. Maybe some kind of gardening almanac kind of thing. Maybe a bald eagle sighting feature (that was not a Howard Coble reference). Maybe a question of the week that folks could respond to and see their responses in the paper later, uh, edited for appropriate content of course. (You know how some people are.) Maybe a word of the day.
Excellent ideas Pappy, Thanks
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Posted: Feb 26th, 2006 02:52 am |
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Steve Adkins wrote: Cracker Jax wrote:
The archives would be a blast for me.... I'd cruise them often if I could figure out how to work them. Doubt I'd pay to do it though....
Users aren't expected to pay, that's what advertisers are for on any website.
I only said that because I have been to another local paper and tried to use the archives... anything older than a week old or so and you have to subscribe to use the archives... I don't think so!!
Pappy, excellent insight.....
I still want a hooded sweatshirt with a horse on it.
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Posted: Feb 26th, 2006 03:04 pm |
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Cracker Jax wrote: Steve Adkins wrote:
I only said that because I have been to another local paper and tried to use the archives... anything older than a week old or so and you have to subscribe to use the archives... I don't think so!!
Amazing....with Yahoo & Googles abilities, it's surprising ANY website would try to get people to pay for archives.
I'm in total agreement with y'all, archives need to be robust & free.
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Posted: Feb 26th, 2006 03:41 pm |
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In order to comment on this, I asked myself, "Why do I visit a newspaper's website?" So here is what I come up with:
I read the News & Record everyday from back to front ( ) but I RARELY go to their website. When I have it is because I'm really interested in something I read about in the paper and I want more info. So, if I read something in the NWO and at the end of the article it said, "for more info on this topic/issue, see http://www.nwobserver.com and I was really interested, I would visit the website. Also, if there were photos in the paper of an event and it said, "more photos at (website)" I would go take a look! And, if the price was right, I might purchase pictures especially if one of my younguns was in the picture
I agree about the archives - not going to pay for it.
I'd love a comic, recipes,restuarant reviews, etc - something that changes weekly? or daily? that would keep me coming back. (Hmm, kind of like the forum!) Definitely something "light" and human interest, entertaining - not news. The paper has enough of that.
My main point - I think the website needs to be an EXTENSION of the paper. The paper is what will lead people to the website. And the website has got to change regularly to keep people interested in coming back.
One last thing - another audience for the website would be newcomers or people considering moving to the NW area. So, make sure newcomer info is easy to find on the website. Maybe a "newcomer" tab?
And photos - a picture speaks a thousand words! so I still say, gotta get some photos on the homepage.
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