The entire Martha’s Vineyard Times web team continues to work at restoring or adding new features and functions at www.mvtimes.com. It appears that after a very busy 10 days or so, we can see a lot of progress, some more to do, and light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. We launched the new site with more bugs than we expected and in retrospect wish we had better anticipated the range of problems we would face.
Since my last update we have fixed the display of movie information (and are still thinking about a more concise way to combine titles, dates, times and venues). The links to community reports – the High School View, 55+ and Community Health – are restored. The archives are functioning, and we have addressed the request for expandable images (limited often by the original image resolution). The webcams, perhaps the most missed feature, are back, along with an easier way to find the stories which draw the most reader comments.
The births, engagements/weddings and achievements box isn’t in place yet, and the photo purchase link is still a dead end. Also on the list, though down the road a bit, are the possibility of offering RSS feeds and an mvtimes.com site map, two good suggestions that came from readers.
We’re very grateful to all of you who provided thoughtful comment, called us on our shortcomings with specific observations and suggestions, and in general have been and still are patient with us as we catch up. On our end the entire web team, and in particular Rick Mello, have been dogged in finding and fixing a long list of glitches.
Thanks for your patience and your keen observations; please continue to let us know what’s amiss. As you are navigating through the site I hope you enjoy our traditional and new content, new web-only contributors, new visuals and new mobile platform; there’s lots more to come.
Peter Oberfest, Publisher
The Martha’s Vineyard Times
peter.oberfest@mvtimes.com
