The Digital Desk

Sam Bradford ‘Heisman Blitz’ page December 01, 2008 | Leave a comment We launched a page dedicated to Sam Bradford and his run at becoming Oklahoma’s fifth Heisman Trophy winner more than a week ago. Since then, he’s established himself as the front-runner for the award – something that probably a direct result of our page. If you’re not convinced he’s the front-runner,... Read More

NewsOK blogging to return November 25, 2008 It’s been five long weeks since I put the NewsOK.com Redesign blog to bed. It had run its course and served its purpose – communicating with NewsOK visitors about the changes in the hours, days and weeks after the redesign. But now it’s time for the blog to return. I’ll change the name, and I’ll change... Read More

Comics page enhanced with Comics Kingdom partnership October 17, 2008 NewsOK.com is launching a new comics page this weekend. We’ve partnered with Comics Kingdom for an interactive experience with you daily comics online. Our new experience allows you to select your favorite comics and bookmark them for easy access, then comment on them and share them with your friends. As with... Read More

Know it on NewsOK October 14, 2008 Our ‘know it’ series is back in place now on NewsOK.com’s redesigned Web site. We’ve actually built the ‘know its’ over the past few weeks, but now you can find all the information we’ve put together on Addiction, Personal finances, Cancer, Retirement, Death and more. You can expect a lot more on... Read More

Comments on our articles October 08, 2008 If you look at our home page, or any section front page, you will see a new addition on each of our top stories. Under the headline, there is now a a little note that shows how many comments have been made inside that article. If there are no comments yet, you can be the first. If there are comments on the... Read More

Tuning In returns to NewsOK October 07, 2008 One of the first comments we received after we launched essentially asked where the Tuning In feature was. Tuning In is the piece that runs every day on Page 2 of the Sports section in The Oklahoman. It informs readers of the sports programming they can find on TV and the radio for that day. It has always run... Read More

Voices, voices everywhere October 07, 2008 No – the voices are not in your head. They’re on NewsOK. One new aspect of the new NewsOK.com is the Voices page, located in our main navigation. The voices area of the Web site houses all the opinions, columns, blogs, and podcasts from all of our personalities at The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com. The really... Read More

My site loads faster now! October 06, 2008 The most consistent comment we’ve heard from the public is that our new Web site is cleaner and easier to navigate. We’re happy to hear that, because that was the ultimate goal of the resedign. Another consistent comment we’ve heard is about the load time of the site. Indeed, the site does load faster... Read More

Daily obits October 02, 2008 We’ve had a few calls and messages about the obituary page – a popular destination on our site. You can get to our obits from the sub-navigation on the home page. Just click the link that says “Obituaries.” The link is also available from the sub-navigation on the News page with the text “Obits/Public... Read More

Blog page October 02, 2008 We’ve heard from people wondering where our main page for the blogs have gone. We are working on that. We knew we were launching without that page; the design for that page is still being finalized. However, each of our active blogs is still available through the various sections of the site that they relate to... Read More

Jim Lange editorial cartoons October 02, 2008 The cartoons from Jim Lange were not updating on the site properly this morning. They are now. They can be found on our main voices page. Read More

Day 1 recap October 02, 2008 The first full day of the redesigned NewsOK.com is closing. We’ve now been on the site for a full 24 hours. We’ll be evaluating and dissecting the feedback from our users over the next few days, but early indications of the first day is very positive. With any major change to a product, whether its The... Read More

NewsOK heroes October 02, 2008 Let me take a quick time out to point out the heroes of NewsOK.com. The process of the online redesign began more than a year ago. And until the past few months, we’ve discussed Then, Scott Horton, the creative director in the Audience Development department at OPUBCO Communications Group, led a team to... Read More

Photo slideshows October 02, 2008 We added our page for photo slideshows to the main navigation of our multimedia page. We have a lot of awesome slideshows from our photography department. Now, you can see them again on our new site. You will see a completely revamped multimedia page in the coming weeks. It was showcase our videos, photo... Read More

Take a site tour October 02, 2008 The site tour is is now operational. See a video tutorial for the site, and watch a video of creative director Scott Horton explaining the philosophy behind the design. We are seeing things we need to tweak and find a home for. Your feedback from various posts, e-mails and phone calls are already helping. We will... Read More

New NewsOK.com site launches October 01, 2008 NewsOK.com has a drastic new look. It’s among many changes and redesigns we’ve had at OPUBCO Communications Group in the past few weeks. - We unveiled a new Oklahoman newspaper to our readers on Monday. - We’re unveiling a new LOOKatOKC to our readers free a hundreds of locations throughout the metro... Read More