http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent News and updates for TheIndependent.com Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:21:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, our newspaper implented registration for commenting on stories. There have been issues with getting the registration confirmation emails working, and I'm told that it's being worked on. There is a workaround, and though it's a bit clunky, it will work. If you are unable to click on the confirmation link ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/06/25/on-commenting/ Many readers visit our daily photo galleries and often purchase a reprint of a photo that appeared in our paper. This is a service we have offered for years. This is especially popular if you have a son or daughter who participated in sports or a school event we covered. ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/06/11/changes-for-photo-reprint-ordering/ According to The Independent's parent company, GateHouse Media, at 9AM EST on Wednesday 6/11/08 we will integrate commenting registration across all sites. If you wish to comment on articles on our website, you will have to register and provide a valid email address. This is being implemented company-wide ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/06/10/commenting-will-require-registration/ We've got a little blog we put together filled with videos, articles and photos taken during the Homebuilder Blitz to build a Habitat for Humanity house within one week. Check it out! Photographer Jon Helgason and videographer Adam Maser have been going out there each day to get updates on the ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/06/05/homebuilder-blitz-underway/ Welcome to the Grand Island Blogger Network, Jack Sheard! Jack is the Presentation Editor here at The Independent and beginning June 9th, he is going to begin training to run a half-marathon in August. Jack hasn't done any serious running since 1998, according to his first entry, but on June 2nd, ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/05/30/new-gi-blogger/ We're looking forward (really, REALLY looking forward) to the return of our full archives. I still do not have an ETA for them, but they're putting the final touches on them and they should be returning within the next week or so. Growing pains eh? We do have some fairly exciting ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/05/14/archives-spotted-reprints/ You can replay the live chat we held to help answer questions about our new website redesign, but if you don't want to sift through that, I'm going to post some of the Big Questions people had. Archives: Our full archives will be down for a while as the company tackles ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/04/25/highlights-from-the-redesign-qa/ http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/04/23/independent-website-relaunch-qa/ I've got a lot of things to report on this, our Redesign day. First, The Independent won an award for Best Website this past weekend. Woohoo! And three days later the website underwent a complete redesign from the ground up. Time will tell if the new look helps us win again ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/04/22/awards-changes-and-a-poll/ I kinda love how creepily misleading the title of The Independent's latest blogger's blog is. "Scenes from the Morgue" is aptly titled in so many ways. First: it's creepy and vaguely disturbing in a morbid kind of way. You read that title and think, "Oh man. I'm not clicking on that." ... http://www.grandislandblogs.com/independent/2008/04/17/scenes-from-the-morgue/