STWOK News

Just a reminder that this site was built for the community of Stillwater. If there is anything you want to share with the rest of the community then by all means become a member. It’s free.

Here it is. The new STWOK News version 2. So far I like it. Looking into more plugins for Buddypress.

I really like how the Museo font from TypeKit looks on this design. Do I need a good graphic for the header? Or just leave it?

Working on some new ideas for the site. I want to play around it some possible new features. Looking into BuddyPress.

So don’t mind the mess right now.

In this screen cast we go over what you can do as an author in word press. I figure most writers will be satisfied being at this author level.

In this screen cast I show you how to log in and what you can do as a contributor.

Enjoy!

Oh how I love Screenr. It doesn’t get much easier if you want to record a quick high quality screen cast. They also automatically make an HD and a iPhone version for you. Like all great web tools, it’s free!

In this screen cast I am going to show you how to register to become a contributor to this site.

Why?

This is simple. Stillwater, Oklahoma has no news organization that gets it. What I mean by that is, we need a local news resource that tries its best to openly share what is going on in the Stillwater community offline and online. One that is open to reader feedback and participation via modern social tools. All stories, posts, opinion pieces, should have the ability for reader responses.

We also need a news site that doesn’t pander to it’s advertisers and do scummy 1999 pop ads and distasteful, irrelevant, annoying, ads strategies.

Why attempt to dethrone old media?

I personally believe we have a lot of inspiring talent (young and old) in Stillwater. People who get it, people who want to improve this place on whatever level they can. Old media here in Stillwater doesn’t get it. They are too tied to their old streams of revenue. Instead of reinventing themselves in this web era they are trying to prop up the business model they are used to. They have had their chance to change and embrace this new world but they haven’t and it’s embarrassing. Embarrassing for a town with 20,000 Oklahoma University Students that love Stillwater and support it. Read the rest of this entry →