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Top Stories widget now includes 'Past Year' option

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Our-Hometown’s engineers have released a small update to our Top Stories widget, adding the option to showcase the top performing stories of the past year.

Previously, the widget was limited to a more immediate timeframe and only able to display the most popular articles of the past week, two weeks, one month, three months or six months.

Check out an example of the Top Stories widget in action on SignalsAZ below, along with a screenshot of the new widget settings!

As we approach the end of the year, this widget will offer publishers a simple and painless way to showcase their most popular articles of 2022 by selecting the “past year” option on the widget!

If you have any suggestions for further improvement of our Top Stories/Trending Stories widget, we welcome your feedback! Please send an email to our support team with your suggestion or idea!

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Announcing new SimpleCirc Integration, now in Beta!


Publishers using SimpleCirc to manage print subscribers, rejoice!

We are happy to announce that we’re currently testing a new integration that allows for automatic updating of customer accounts within SimpleCirc when subscriptions or renewals are purchased through your website.

Our engineers have taken advantage of SimpleCirc’s API to send any new orders from MemberPress, with all relevant customer information, directly to SimpleCirc without any manual exporting, importing or copying of data.

If you use SimpleCirc and are interested in helping us beta test this new integration on your website, please reach out to us at ops@our-hometown.com!

About SimpleCirc

Take subscription orders online and eliminate costly e-commerce software. SimpleCirc supports all major payment gateways and the PayPal button.

Increase renewal rates with Auto-renewSimpleCirc one-click renewal linksautomated renewal emails, and automated renewal letters.

Reports & dashboards that inspire you to take action to maximize renewal ratesdecrease attritionincrease order size, and much more.

For more information on the new integration with SimpleCirc, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at ops@our-hometown.com.

 

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