1. Contact Us: For more information on this or any other TownNews.com product, contact your regional sales manager. Or, contact the main TownNews.com office at 800-293-9576 or requests@townnews.com. Upcoming 1.8 BLOX features

2. Performance Enhancements File system restructuring New way to “count” assets in the code More caching of objects – like URL map Some performance improvements may been seen later, as features are implemented

3. Photo UI enhancements New User Interface elements in Editorial –New photo asset interface (more room) –Rich text editor on the photo asset –Now showing parent assets in “related” tab

4. Community content Profanity filter can be applied to user-submitted articles URL of story in Comment Abuse Report e-mails

5. Mp4 support Can now upload mp4 files to standard video asset –Mp4 files with h.264 encoding will work on iPhones and iPads

6. Automatic Template Updates –All ‘standard’ sites will get automatic updates –Updates happen at 2 am on most weekdays –Your webmaster will get an e-mail report –Ramping up to do more upgrades, faster, with less impact

7. More Template Enhancements Template Manager Enhancements –Templates are “TownNews.com Certified” –Can be duplicated –Publish “packages” separately –Syntax highlighting –Json filter

8. “Like” counts Facebook Likes are counted –Facebook “like” buttons are counted and stored at TownNews.com –Sort and show “Most Recommended” assets –Future features

9. One more thing… New table data asset –Import CSV files –Add/rename rows, columns and headers –Supports multiple in-story positions Showcase Top Middle Bottom –Supports three different themes Bw Blue Plain

10. Questions? Christine Masters, Product Manager cmasters@townnews.com