Can't wait to see the new lay-out.

For some reason, KNS can't get my newspaper in the mail in time for it to show up on my rural route on the same day. I complained as did lots of folks. Later on I got a phone call apologizing for the problem and offering to fix it by selling me an internet subscription.

I declined.

Will this be full access?

Wow! Great to hear they are easing up on paid news content. Event CNN is changing their pipeline service to free starting next week.

On the DJANGO site notes: the Tennessee Journalist (tnjn.com) is a django based site. Another is the Seymour Herald (seymourherald.com). Django, with the many luxuries of python, is becoming 'the framework' for rapid content development and well suits online papers. Scripps has long been in the process of moving their online papers to this platform using a bought CMS (ellington) that is built to run on django.

I had heard something about the possibility of a Django project. Wonder if this is it?

Ooo. I'm envious. Someone's having great fun with that.

Django, with the many luxuries of python, is becoming 'the framework' for rapid content development and well suits online papers

Django seems to be pretty clearly far behind Rails in mindshare right now, so I'm thinking you're a True Believer :). But I've never played around with Djanjo -- what does it bring that Rails doesn't?

There is a great comparison of django v rails at (link...)

It is a bit dated, but most of the arguments still hold true.

I never understood the pay requirement for GoVolsXtra, other than the obvious money-grabbing. I always advocated free for subscribers with access by password or something.

Anyway, I look forward to the new site and am VERY glad about the free sports. But, as we all know, this is aimed at being able to charge more for web ads. As is almost always the case, it's money that's driving the change.

JJ: Thanks for the link.

There's nothing that those two programming languages do that Perl wasn't doing 10 years ago.

Butterfly: I'm picturing you with a long, stinky beard, as stinky as perl is, stabbing at me from a permanently dark server room..

p.s. feel free to email me pictures of your yard when you get the itch to start digging it up. The beginning of fall is the best time to plant.

Dropping the registration requirement, huh? Well I guess I can quit using Abigail Wearybottom as a nom de plume.

Wearybottom Associates

"Today he reports that GoVolsXtra is dropping paid registrations and becoming a free site. This will be pretty huge news for local sports fans and Volunteer fans around the planet."

I've been paying for access to Vols' news for a couple of years, and I'm glad to see the requirement go... although it would be kind of cool if they would experiment with the PDF full version paper like the Times Free Press does. I pay for that one, too, and I don't nearly as much feel like I'm getting hosed.

Now, if only they'd add a mobile version, I'd be thrilled.

"although it would be kind of cool if they would experiment with the PDF full version paper like the Times Free Press does."

We (I work at the NS) do have an E-Edition. It's a PDF-style rendition of the whole paper. The link's at the subscription services tag at the top of the page. I think it is a paid service, though. At least it has been in the past.

"I never understood the pay requirement for GoVolsXtra, other than the obvious money-grabbing. I always advocated free for subscribers with access by password or something.

"Anyway, I look forward to the new site and am VERY glad about the free sports. But, as we all know, this is aimed at being able to charge more for web ads. As is almost always the case, it's money that's driving the change."

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Yep, it's a terrible thing indeed when businesses try to make $. :)