PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: ALEX MESSMER
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
A weekly look at what’s new and what’s coming on our site …
• Before I get to all the usual technical stuff, I’m proud and thrilled to introduce a new program for our active military men and women, here and abroad, who are Pittsburgh sports fans: A very generous benefactor has stepped up to help me cover free subscriptions for anyone in this category.
If I told you how I felt about this gesture, I’d cover this page in sap. I’ll bet you get it.
So I’ll put this next in your hands: If you know of a friend or loved one in this category and can email us any form of verification of their service, we’ll be delighted to sign them up and, above all, to express gratitude.
• The new login system, we’re told, is just about ready. The new payment system, we’re told, is just about read. The corporate sponsorship nears completion. The app is making progress and continues to point to an Oct. 9 release date, timed with the Penguins’ opener.
Everything is this close. But there are a lot of things, we’re learning, that just take time that’s out of your hands, and patience is required.
What we want is a state-of-the-art site, state-of-the-art customer service, state-of-the-art app and everything else on Day 1. We’re extremely fortunate that, to this stage, we’ve been almost completely problem-free, but that doesn’t lessen the need for patience if you come equipped with a perfectionist’s personality.
So, all those things are happening. And I’ll keep counting the seconds until they do.
• Many readers continue to ask about gift subscriptions, so I’ll share again how it goes: All you do is buy the subscription as if it’s another one for you, then email us at [email protected] with the name and email address of the person getting the gift. We’ll take care of the rest, and I’ll send the person getting the gift a note with whatever you’d like on it. (Keep it clean!)
• Through six weeks and change, our relevant numbers: We’ve got 3,608 subscriptions, meaning we’re on target to hit the halfway mark of full-year goal of 10,000 in less than three months. Best of all, the pace remains remarkably consistent. Business people will tell you that means more than anything. And on the site itself, we’ve had 585,262 page views, another figure that stays consistent.
• Thank you so much for your support of the site.
September 12, 2014
Saturday site stuff: For our military
by Dejan Kovacevic • Site stuff
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: ALEX MESSMER
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
A weekly look at what’s new and what’s coming on our site …
• Before I get to all the usual technical stuff, I’m proud and thrilled to introduce a new program for our active military men and women, here and abroad, who are Pittsburgh sports fans: A very generous benefactor has stepped up to help me cover free subscriptions for anyone in this category.
If I told you how I felt about this gesture, I’d cover this page in sap. I’ll bet you get it.
So I’ll put this next in your hands: If you know of a friend or loved one in this category and can email us any form of verification of their service, we’ll be delighted to sign them up and, above all, to express gratitude.
• The new login system, we’re told, is just about ready. The new payment system, we’re told, is just about read. The corporate sponsorship nears completion. The app is making progress and continues to point to an Oct. 9 release date, timed with the Penguins’ opener.
Everything is this close. But there are a lot of things, we’re learning, that just take time that’s out of your hands, and patience is required.
What we want is a state-of-the-art site, state-of-the-art customer service, state-of-the-art app and everything else on Day 1. We’re extremely fortunate that, to this stage, we’ve been almost completely problem-free, but that doesn’t lessen the need for patience if you come equipped with a perfectionist’s personality.
So, all those things are happening. And I’ll keep counting the seconds until they do.
• Many readers continue to ask about gift subscriptions, so I’ll share again how it goes: All you do is buy the subscription as if it’s another one for you, then email us at [email protected] with the name and email address of the person getting the gift. We’ll take care of the rest, and I’ll send the person getting the gift a note with whatever you’d like on it. (Keep it clean!)
• Through six weeks and change, our relevant numbers: We’ve got 3,608 subscriptions, meaning we’re on target to hit the halfway mark of full-year goal of 10,000 in less than three months. Best of all, the pace remains remarkably consistent. Business people will tell you that means more than anything. And on the site itself, we’ve had 585,262 page views, another figure that stays consistent.
• Thank you so much for your support of the site.