Somerville News web site becomes nearly useless

[ron_newman]

The Somerville News has made a big deal about converting from Typepad to their own custom website, but .... geez:

- There is no obvious way to find articles older than four days ago
- There is no indication of which articles have recent comments
- Clicking on "Contact Us" results in "There are currently no articles in the section"
- Clicking on "Write Letter to Editor" results in "There are currently no articles in the section"
- Clicking on "Submit Calendar Item" results in "There are currently no articles in the section"
- Clicking on "Advertise" results in "There are currently no articles in the section"
- Clicking on "Legal Ads" results in "No Display Ads Found"
- If you submit a comment, they now require your e-mail address and phone number

I gotta wonder who approved this change, and why.

Comments

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I hope this person is just impersonating someone that works at the paper. I can't believe someone would be as unprofessional to call someone names because they rightfully point out the problems with the web site. They should be thanking Ron, not bashing him.

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I'd considered that possibility, but still behaved badly. I don't have much of an excuse for that.