A project I've been involved in since last October has now launched. The Guadalajara Reporter (where Megan works as a staff reporter) has launched the all new GuadalajaraReporter.com. Most of the content on the site is for paid subscribers only, but all newly registered users get a 1-day pass to the News section. Give it a try!
How about a little background on the project? This project has been 1 1/2 years in the making (although my involvement only began about 6 months ago). To begin with, the Publishers of the paper decided that their former site, which they'd had since 1999 was in need of a complete overhaul. After over a year of trying to work with a developer, they hadn't gotten much further than the initial site visual design.
In October of last year I approached the Publishers and proposed taking over the development of the site. My proposal included moving all of their existing content and users databases to a new system based on the open-source content management system Joomla. I also proposed to set-up a ad server based on the open-source tool OpenX. These two foundational systems would cost the company nothing and even with the inclusion of some commercial extensions for Joomla, the cost for software would be minimal.
Over the last 6 months I've worked very closely with the Publishers and have brought the site in less than half the time as the previous developer worked on the site and at the same budget as the initial developers visual design only.
The site is being hosted by the always wonderful Dreamhost.
Also, since the site just launched last night and since we are with a new host, you may still see the old site for the next day or more.
Charlton Heston, crazy old coot, gun nut, finally dies.