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stephendare
July 06, 2009, 01:49:23 PMFor more about Metrojacksonville's growth and plans refer back to our original story on the redesign!
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-may-metro-jacksonville-announces-website-changes
stephendare
July 06, 2009, 07:18:47 PMSome of the Lead Stories on the internal sections that you won't find on the Front Page:
In History: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/history
Cooling the Long Hot Era,
A look back at Jacksonville as it struggled to deal with the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-may-cooling-the-long-hot-era
In Culture: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/culture
What is Street Art?
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-jun-what-is-street-art-why-is-it-around-jax-street-art
Charles Hunter
July 06, 2009, 09:21:40 PMI was a bit taken aback when the "unread posts" button was gone from the front page, but I went to Forums, and there was an "unread posts" link there. all is good.
I'll poke around the new pages a bit, but so far, looks good!
Pssst ... under the Transportation page, I think you meant the concurrency law was "repealed" not "replead" -
stephendare
July 07, 2009, 02:20:29 PMCheck out the new Sectional Front Pages Feature!
Now, in addition to the regular front page of Metrojacksonville.com, we are featuring seperate front pages devoted to particular issues and topics.
These new Sections will feature their own Lead Articles and content which will not appear on the Main Page (although there will be links to their forum threads from the front page!)
New Pages for "Culture", "Nightlife and Dining", "Transit" and "History" are in the works now, and content is already being added on a weekly or semi weekly basis!
Check out all our links across bottom of our Banner above and discover all the content you've missed!
On Wednesday we have the Soft Launch of the New Dining and Nightlife Section!
We have it up as a link already, but stay tuned for tomorrows beginning article!
stephendare
July 20, 2009, 02:34:12 PMCheck out the new Sectional Front Pages Feature!
Now, in addition to the regular front page of Metrojacksonville.com, we are featuring seperate front pages devoted to particular issues and topics.
These new Sections will feature their own Lead Articles and content which will not appear on the Main Page (although there will be links to their forum threads from the front page!)
New Pages for "Culture", "Nightlife and Dining", "Transit" and "History" are in the works now, and content is already being added on a weekly or semi weekly basis!
Check out all our links across bottom of our Banner above and discover all the content you've missed!
Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-jul-metrojacksonville-expands-adds-new-section-fronts
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/culture
An article about 20s humorist, Thorne Smith, the inspiration behind Bewitched! and the author of Topper
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-jul-thorne-smith-satire-and-the-supernatural-from-the-20s
Music Reviews will be coming this week (if you are interested in submitting review, let stephendare@gmail.com know!)
Also look this week for Nichole Dewey's fun "Botox in a Recession?" article and in the Neighborhoods section a new "State of the Neighborhood" series will launch. http://www.metrojacksonville.com/neighborhoods
Thanks for all your input and help.
Check out the new sections!
Captain Zissou
September 24, 2009, 12:20:14 PMHahahahaha. Thank goodness for your constant bumping of threads SDare. I have seen this thread many times and never bothered to see what it was about. I'll never wonder where the "Steph Says" articles come from again!
stephendare
September 24, 2009, 01:44:33 PMlol no prob Captain!
stephendare
October 15, 2009, 04:35:33 PMCheck out the new material in Dining and Nightlife http://www.metrojacksonville.com/dining-nightlife Crash Trash and Weekend Bash! http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-oct-crash-trash-and-weekend-bash-downtown-part-2
We have an Interview with the awesome new band Hello Danger in Dining and Nightlife! http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-oct-hello-danger-interview-fun-music-great-people
If you haven't checked out The Section, there are a ton of great articles there: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/dining-nightlife/
Also, new theater interview with Josh Waller, star of the Hedwig show at the Sinclair http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-oct-josh-waller-interview-with-a-leading-male
And the Brilliant new Film series at the Five Points Theater sponsored by Tiger Lily Productions and the Jacksonville Film Festival. http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-oct-five-points-theater-sponsors-works-in-progress-series
Both of these are on the MetroJacksonville Culture front page:http://www.metrojacksonville.com/culture/