Welcome to the Welcome to the newnewonline home of Toronto’s Town Crieronline home of Toronto’s Town Crier

… … where we connect where we connect with our readers…with our readers…

……and our readers connect and our readers connect with each other…with each other…

… … to make all of theto make all of theTown Crier Town Crier communities andcommunities andneighbourhoods neighbourhoods better places to live. better places to live.

First up:

New website name!

Second:We went from this…

…to this…We went from this…

Second:

Yes, quite a change.

Here’s some highlights…

Our new Home Page is now divided into easy,

“at-a-glance” areas…

TownNEWS

…from your toplocal News headlines

and stories…

Home Page

TownNEWS

… to Town Columnists

and other, handy

“AroundTOWN” links…

Home Page

TownNEWS… to national news

headlines…

Home Page

…our popular TownGUIDES

and TownCALENDAR

are also featured…

along with video, TownBUSINESS

headlines and local TC Editions

info…

Home Page

…to our TownHALL

section – with all the links and info

on being a TownHALL

Member

Home Page

You can still browse your

news by Town Crier

Edition

Navigation

TownHALL and AroundTOWN boxes

with “at-a-glance” links are also found

throughout the site for easy navigation

Navigation

• post a comment• adjust article font size• email the author• print• share with friends, and• “Rate This TownPAGE”

Each Town Crier article page has an ArticleLINKS with

share and viral tools

Articles

Our Rate This TownPAGE, found

on all our news stories let’s you tell us what you

think. These comments go directly to our

editors.

Articles

Something new is our Reader Feedback featured on each

article where you can publicly post your

comments – exclusive to TownHALL

members.

Articles

We’ve enhanced our Advanced Search so you can search our articles/news

stories by:• Author• Edition• Section

Search

If you prefer to read your news

using RSS Feeds, we have that too…you can subscribe by:• Town Crier section,

or

• Town Crier Edition

RSS Feeds

Our TownCALENDARS feature quick

links to get you to the popular event categories faster

TownCALENDARS

TownCALENDARS

Once approved and posted by

our editors, TownCALENDAR events feature quick links so our visitors can help spread the word about your event

• Submit events to our TownCALENDARs

• Have access to Contests & Promotions

• Receive customized e-Newsletters

…plus…

If you’re already a Town Crier Member,

you are a TownHALL Member and can:

TownHALL Member

NEW!• Send TownE-CardsGET WELL (9) SPECIAL OCCASIONS (13)

TownEDITIONS (5) THANK YOU (12) JUST BECAUSE (15)

YOU’RE INVITED (7)

TownHALL Member

NEW!

• Submit a photo for our online masthead

TownHALL Member

NEW!

• Post a Reader Feedback comment on news articles

TownHALL Member

Are you a Town Crier Member?If so, you can login at the top of any

page

TownHALL Member

When logged in, you will see your

TownHALL Profile, along with sign-up info for our weekly Town e-Newsletter

TownHALL Member

Other site features include a More

TownLINKS box on each page to:

• Tell-a-Friend

• Contact us about home delivery, advertising, or subscription info

• Provide website feedback

• Subscribe to our RSS feeds

Other Features

The Site Feedback link is for you to tell us what you think about our new look... we hope you let us know

Other Features

If you are a Town Crier Advertiser, you now have

larger online sizes to choose from – plus, we are

developing even more features so stay tuned…

Other Features

… … where we where we connect with our connect with our readers…readers…

… … and our readers and our readers connect with each other…connect with each other…