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Posted: Mar 19th, 2006 10:01 pm |
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Kris McNeill wrote:
There's a picture on the NWO homepage!!! 
wow, I saw that picture half a dozen times before reading Kris comment and saying "holy cow, that's never been there before". Looks great, really brings out the website !!
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EditorPS
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 01:30 pm |
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Just wanted to let you all know that our Web site is being totally re-designed. I've been talking about doing this for the last year, and one of the main reasons for holding off is time - time to think about information and features that I want on the site, and time to think about how we'll restructure our writing staff so that we can update the site daily with the latest news but simultaneously not neglect the print version of our paper.
Currently, the print version of our paper keeps our small staff hopping. Sandra Smith and I are inundated with emails, faxes, letters and phone calls from readers who make suggestions, want articles written, and want to respond to things already covered in our paper. It's a good problem to have, and certainly verifies how many people read our paper, pay attention to what they're reading, and depend on us to provide fresh news that's accurate and "homegrown."
Our challenge with the Web site is that it will require even more of our time and attention, and readers will expect news and information updated throughout each day -- the technical part of uploading takes a minimal amount of time, but the news and information gathering and verifying on a short time schedule will add a whole other level of responsibility on our staff. We're in the process of figuring out how we can provide what readers want and respond to a population that is becoming accustomed to getting the latest information and getting it fast.
Our new Web site should be ready for a sneak peek within the next few weeks, at which time we'll invite our Forum participants to privately view it and give us feedback.
We plan to officially launch the new site in May - any suggestions you have about how we can get community participation in updating the site once it's "Live" are appreciated -- i.e. would any of you be willing to be volunteer photographers and provide photos of "Around Town" scenes and events versus us having to be everywhere at all times? Often Sandra and I find ourselvles trying to cover a lot of bases in a short amount of time and it can take its toll on us and our families. Would any of you be willing to provide news blurbs that we can quickly verify and upload to the site? Would any of you volunteer to consistently keep your ears to the ground for major and minor news tidbits and then relay them to us after doing some preliminary research? We don't expect you to do our work for us, but we're getting so much information coming at us now on a daily basis that it's all we can do to stay on top of it -- we could sure use some help, especially once we launch the new site. Are you up for it?
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 09:25 pm |
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"Cub reporter" Cracker is excited about all of the changes!
Going to dust off the digital camera right now.
Not real good at digging up news even if it slaps me in the face, but I'll do my best!
Summertime might be kind of slow for me though.... I don't do much "around town" stuff during the summer. I'm busy doing "around home" stuff!
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 11:11 pm |
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I was hoping I could count you in, Cracker. Now, practice up on that photography and as for the news, we can train you on that. I think it must be like hunting -- you just have to learn what to look and listen for so that when it comes near, you'll recognize it and be ready. I didn't use to be able to spot news when it slapped me in the face either, but now I can't hardly have a conversation with anyone around town without pulling out my notebook and jotting down ideas, or at the least making mental notes of things I need to follow up on (it's no wonder I don't sleep well at night anymore, what with all that "stuff" swirling around in my head).
I'll keep you posted about the site and invite you to take a peek soon.You let me know when you're ready for training and we'll get started. We can even make you an official "NWO Cub Reporter" badge if you'd like, just so you don't sneak up on people without them knowing you're sniffing around for news.
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2006 03:14 am |
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Free stuff! Yay!
 Training??? ok.. thanks for the pressure. eek!
You ARE aware that I know NOTHING about this line of work aren't you??
Also, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but I have a hard time typing without lots of these...(......)
And, commas, are, my, friends. I, over, use, them,,, and, I, am, proud, of, it.
Oh goodness. Stress-O-meter is on the rise.
OK... what do I need to do?? Where do I sign up for this training? Are they gonna laugh at me when I show up with the bag on my head??
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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2006 03:16 am |
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oh yea... one more post Patti and you'll hit 100.
We'll throw ya a party on MAAN.
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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2006 03:24 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
OK... what do I need to do?? Where do I sign up for this training? Are they gonna laugh at me when I show up with the bag on my head??
CRACKAH! You gonna be a reporter? We'll have to watch what we tell you now.... might end up bein' reported .... oh, never mind, we tell you everything already and it ain't hurt us yet....Maybe more of us will volunteer if Patti needs us... ♥♥♥
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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2006 11:22 pm |
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Ya'll had BETTER volunteer!!! I certainly don't know anything about kind of thing.
Don't ya think an "Ask Lacka" column would be appropriate on the website macca?? LOL
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2006 04:41 pm |
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Posted: Apr 4th, 2006 06:57 pm |
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Uh... Pappy... that's not EXACTLY what I meant when I said for ya'll to volunteer!
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2006 02:38 am |
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EditorPS wrote: Just wanted to let you all know that our Web site is being totally re-designed. I've seen the prelim's.........it's going to be awesome !!!!!
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2006 02:57 am |
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Patti & BluDev...
There may be no way to do this but I was wondering if in the forum header somewhere it would be possible to add a link to the paper's website.... I would have thought that clicking on the banner would take you back to the paper, but it actually takes you to the forum homepage....
That's not really necessary since you can click on the red letters that say "Northwest Observer Forums" and reach the same page... I think it'd be cool if you clicked on the banner and it took you to the NWO website.
Might encourage some jumping back and forth to the website if it's possible to add a link.... Some of us are lazy... ok.. me.. I'm the lazy one.
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2006 03:10 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
.. Some of us are lazy... ok.. me.. I'm the lazy one.
Hmmmmmm
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Posted: Apr 6th, 2006 11:59 am |
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Cracker -- excellent suggestion -- I suspect that is our site designer's plan, but just in case it isn't, I'll pass it along. We definitely want to make it as easy as possible to navigate to our site.
Keep Thinking!
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Posted: Apr 7th, 2006 01:19 am |
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| Well, it looks as though the forums have changed so that now what was at the end is now at the beginning..... I guess it's still in the changing phase because when you click on the link it takes you to the end still. If you click on the name of the forum, though, it takes you to where you need to be.... Also, the e-mail you get telling you there's been a new posting also takes you to the older postings, not to where the new one is..... ♥♥♥
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