How will my new site work?
We build our Web sites on the WordPress publishing platform, which is a powerful and versatile content management system. Here are the capabilities of the sites we build.
Dynamic Designs
Every time you add a new story, your site will automatically place your newest content on your front page. The site automatically creates a 20-40 word teaser for each story to maximize the content that readers first see when they look at your site.
Story Packages
With each story, you can include extras, such as a photo, a caption, a byline, a photo credit line, a slideshow, a video, or an audio clip — wherever your story appears on your site, that extra information will also automatically appear. Our Post, Herald, and Enterprise designs also automatically add a list of recent stories and a list of related stories whenever a story is displayed on its permalink page.
Copy and Paste Publishing
Everything you need to do to manage the site –– posting stories, editing stories, uploading photos, changing the polls, adding music and video –– all can be done through a password-protected interface. Your site’s control panel has a built-in story editor; all you do is copy and paste your story, and the site does all the formatting for you.
Categorization
Organize your site by assigning stories to categories and subcategories to help your readers find the stories that interest them most. Your site will automatically build its navigation system around the categories you create. If your reader clicks on a category name, your site will show the ten most recent stories posted in that category.
Search
Your site will have a built-in search feature to make it easy for readers to find just the story they’re looking for. All they have to do is type in a word or phrase in the search box, and any story with that word will appear in the search results.
Automated Archives
All stories that you add to your site are automatically archived. Readers can find them with in three different ways: the search feature, clicking on a category name in the navigation bar and then browsing the list of stories, or by clicking on a month in the archive list.