Posted by The Independent on November 14th, 2007 in Blogs, Features, Special Sections
W00t! Corbin has blogged in his shiny new space called Cinemuck. Corbin is one of our fine Copy Editors and a lover of all things cinematic. He also works for the Mall 7 theater at the Conestoga so he’s right in there when it comes to knowing what’s the what at the movies. Head over [...]
Posted by The Independent on November 13th, 2007 in Features
The Independent has hooked up with social site Twitter. We’ll be using it to post news updates, make announcements or point out special things going on with the paper, so if you happen to Twitter, why not follow us?
Posted by The Independent on November 9th, 2007 in Blogs, Features, General News, Newsroom, Video
Fridays are usually pretty hectic around the newsroom, especially in the Fall. There’s Husker coverage to prepare for, high school football, and this weekend we have a lot of local teams in the State Volleyball tournament in Lincoln.
You can watch the front page of the Independent for score updates and as mentioned in a previous [...]
Posted by The Independent on November 8th, 2007 in Features, Forums
The Independent forums have been a part of The Independent for years. Last year I switched our forum software to a popular, open-source system called PHPBB. It’s powerful and allows more cool features for the users like an arcade game section.
Given the nature of the Internet, this popular software is also susceptible to ‘spambots‘ that [...]
Posted by The Independent on November 7th, 2007 in Features
In this blog, we will blog about the goings-on inside the newsroom. Upcoming features, special events, improvements and How-To’s will be covered.
For example, in a little over a week, we are starting a new campaign called the 12 Days of Christmas where we’ve worked out deals with some of our area’s best restaurants and businesses to give you 1/2 [...]