Tahlequah Daily Press

Editorials

February 15, 2010

Website gets a ‘new look’ next week

The Daily Press website is getting a makeover – one that will hopefully be even more user-friendly than the one we have now.

Over the past week, a couple of our editorial staff members have been practicing uploads to the new site. Online readers, at this point, won’t have noticed any changes, as the old site is still up and running. We expect to go “live” on the new site the first part of next week.

Some newspapers with CNHI, our parent company, have already made the switch. To get an idea of how the Press site will look, go to enidnews.com.

Of course, this is a bigger newspaper than the Press, so several more “categories” are on this site, but you can get a general idea of the new format.

The main difference will be a series of category listings down the left side of the homepage. Photographs are much crisper, and we have more flexibility with headlines and other formatting issues.

Another thing long-time online readers will notice is the return of what was once a very popular feature when we first went on the web.

Readers will once again be able to comment on individual stories. That feature went by the wayside when we initially changed website providers, but now it’s available again.

A year or so ago, the Press and many other newspapers tried to offer online forums, wherein readers could post their own comments in general, though they weren’t attached to any particular story.

The problem was that newspaper staffs had very little control over the posted material, and as a result, potentially libelous and inflammatory material sometimes made it onto the websites.

Indeed, one or two particular individuals are largely responsible for our decision to remove the forum from our website. Subsequently, almost all other newspapers have removed their forums (one sister paper because of the same troublemakers that plagued our site).

Now, only the larger papers have these free-for-all forums, because only they have the staffs large enough to “police” the sites.

The story comment posting section is different in that we have the ability to accept or reject comments before they are posted, and thus, we can prevent the sort of vicious attacks that were launched in the forums against other readers, businesses, groups, and the Press itself.

We can also make sure in this way that the ongoing dialogue is actually related to the topic in question, rather than the perpetually grinding of personal axes.

We welcome your comments and suggestions, as always, and look forward to making the move.

We are always striving to improve our service to readers, and this is just one more way of doing that.

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Editorials
  • Cancelling class complicated call

    The decision by Tahlequah Public Schools officials to hold classes Monday, despite the threat of a snowstorm, sparked a bit more controversy than similar cases in the past. Perhaps the reaction was related to the looming school board election, or it may have been a culmination of years of frustration on the part of parents and patrons.

    February 15, 2012

  • Banning inside trading was the only way to go

    Though the action was a no-brainer where the public is concerned, the U.S. Senate made the right move last week when it approved a bill clarifying that it’s illegal for members of Congress, their staffs and many executive-branch employees to use insider information to get a leg up on stock trading.

    February 13, 2012

  • Earmarks by Inhofe, others aren’t right

    That smell in the air  might not be bacon frying in your kitchen, but the unfolding of another porky project for an Oklahoma politician.

    February 10, 2012

  • Press release deadlines for candidates

    If you are running for a political office for which Cherokee County voters can cast ballots, it’s not too early to be thinking about a press release announcing your candidacy. Indeed, some have announcements already appeared in the Daily Press.

    February 8, 2012

  • Superintendent pay: Freeze it

    Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, may not have planned to seek hero status; perhaps his action was even designed to make up for past legislative offenses. Either way, he’s about to become the darling of the moment for many Oklahomans who believe certain public school superintendents make far too much money.
    Nelson is calling for a freeze on superintendents’ salaries, and rightly so.

    February 6, 2012

  • Is your stuff not getting published?

    If you’re a regular contributor to the “news” side of the Daily Press, we hope you haven’t noticed anything missing lately – like copy or photos you’ve submitted to us for publication. But if you have, there’s a good reason why, and there’s something you can do about it.

    February 2, 2012

  • Cast your ballot, for children’s sake

    As the old saying goes, if you don’t vote, you don’t have a right to complain about what you get.

    January 18, 2012

  • Do your part to help THS senior party

    Graduation from high school is a rite of passage – for many young people, the first major milestone in their lives. It signifies the end of childhood, and the crossing of the threshold into adulthood, although the newly minted adults still won’t be old enough to drink for another couple of years.

    January 14, 2012

  • Drivers must stop for all school buses

    Earlier this week, an 11-year-old boy was struck by a car after he got off a school bus on Downing Street. Fortunately, the boy wasn’t gravely injured, but he could have been.

    January 13, 2012

  • Service unappreciated

    It has become evident that the sentiment, “thank you for your service,” is an empty one when it comes to the medical profession.

    January 13, 2012

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