Thumbs up on stories
Readers can give a thumbs up on stories they like. Its like Google's Plus One or Facebook's Like. The amount of thumbs up a story receives goes into determining how popular a story is. Its a great way to show that you like a story. You can also keep track ...
Creating Search Alerts
Instead of telling you what news to receive in a weekly or daily newsletter/alert, we give you the tools to create your own specific news alert. Choose the categories you want to see, or your favorite write or favorite topic. See the steps below to set up your search alerts. ...
User Photos
Users can now post photos to any of the East Bay Newspaper websites. You can post them in comments or in your blog entries. But you can also just post a photo. Go to your profile and click the "upload photo" link. See the attached photo for reference. http://eastbayri.www.clients.ellingtoncms.com/users/photos/2011/oct/13/566/
Receiving News Alerts
User's to any of our sites can now sign up to receive news alerts by text messaging and/or email. Its a great feature that can help keep you informed on breaking news in the area. Its easy to sign up. Just go to your profile and click the "Manage alerts" ...
User Blogs
Registered users to eastbayri.com or any of the other town websites can now create their own blogs. Its real simple. Join the site, go to your profile and start posting. These blog posting will be monitored to ensure that inappropriate content will not be apart of the site(s). So, sign ...