By davehon, on March 23rd, 2010%
YouTube isn’t just for kids with light-sabers and teens with webcams any more. As the popularity of YouTube increases, at student newspapers, we wonder about the advantages and shortfalls of third-party hosting versus hosting your video locally.
First off, why would any media outlet want to host their video elsewhere? Simple—unless you have a large budget, you can’t afford the bandwidth and storage space. Third-party hosting enables newspaper sites to have virtually unlimited space and bandwidth.
Unfortunately, you have less content control. Youtube and most other sites (like Daily Motion, Vimeo, or Google Video) have a size limit for each video. YouTube only allows you to upload videos that is 10 minutes or less.
Continue reading Should your newspaper host local or offsite?
By davehon, on March 4th, 2010%
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A major problem with any news site is the search engine. If users have troubles locating a specific story that isn’t a few clicks away, chances are they won’t revisit your site.
So what’s the best way to please your visitors who want to find that story that never appeared on . . . → Read More: Tagging & subcategories: organizing online content
By Bryan, on January 25th, 2010%
The Red and Black at the University of Georgia has switched from College Publisher to a WordPress system, hosted by CoPress. Along with the new CMS, the R&B freshened up their design. Chelsea Cook and Daniel Burnett talked about the switch in this article.
The Chronicle at Quinnipiac University has also moved to WordPress through CoPress.
And the . . . → Read More: Redesigns: Red and Black, QU Chronicle, and WKUHerald
By Bryan, on August 27th, 2009%
Quite a few college publications made upgrades to their web sites over the summer. As I am able, I’ll post a link to sites with new designs or new backend systems. If your site has undergone a makeover, drop a line in the comments or via e-mail to scmurley-at-gmail.com, and I’ll post something as . . . → Read More: Ch-ch-changes happen over the summer for college news web sites
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