DesertNet and Index Publishing are pleased to announce four additional alternative news websites using the Foundation platform, two of which are AAN member publications:
* Arkansas Times - www.arktimes.com
* Creative Loafing - Atlanta - www.clatl.com
"Already it's proven to be a robust system that's both saving us time and enabling us to expand our community of readers," said Lindsey Millar of Arkansas Times.
Two additional recent launches include:
* Real Detroit Weekly - www.realdetroitweekly.com
* Urbanite Baltimore - www.urbanitebaltimore.com
AAN has launched a new dynamic website that merges the association's trade site (aan.org) and story-sharing site (AltWeeklies.com) into one content-heavy arena for both AAN members and the general public.
Foundation says Raleigh/Durham's Independent Weekly, Indianapolis' Nuvo and the Nashville Scene have recently launched new sites on the Foundation platform. These three papers join 21 others on the content management system, which is specifically geared toward AAN papers.
The company that owns The Stranger and Portland Mercury announces the release today of Foundation, "a highly customizable, fully integrated content-management system for alt-weeklies." The new system, which was developed in partnership with DesertNet, includes dynamic calendars, city guides, user profiles, and extensive editorial tools. "With its customizable layouts and components, Foundation will reduce alt-weeklies' reliance on expensive web development," the Index Newspaper press release says.
For years now, AAN.org has had interesting features and content, but a great deal of it was hidden behind an opaque interface. The redesign unveils these formerly hidden features; starting today, you should be able to figure out how to use them without an instruction manual. There's still work to do, but the redesigned site clearly is simpler, requires less scrolling, and offers faster access to important content. Also new: AAN Wire and the AAN Library.
AAN has hired Tucson-based DesertNet to redesign the association's website, making it more powerful and user-friendly than the current site, AAN Executive Director Richard Karpel announced today.
