ThinPaper is a full-featured database-powered content management system. Powered by MySQL, one of the top-performing database engines available today (adopted by Associated Press, Cox Communications, Google, NASA, and others), ThinPaper stores and searches sections, articles, summary blurbs, and callout graphics. New features are added regularly.

Build a full content-based web site (your paper's online edition)

The internet is the new frontier of journalism. Studies indicate that substantial (and increasing!) numbers of news seekers get all of their information online. The New York Times, after years of offering the entire paper free online, has built such a significant readership that they are now selling ''Times Select'': paid access to their columns and archives, with unique features like news tracking and early access to articles in the Sunday paper. At $49.95 per year or $7.95 a month, it is positioned to become a significant new source of revenue.

Creating your own online edition doesn't have to be frightening or complicated. With ThinPaper, we set up your sections and get you running. We can even help you with a header graphic if you need one. All you do is add issues, articles, and images. If you are already processing stories as simple text files, just paste them in. It's painless!

If you prefer that our staff take care of all the content management, just talk to us. For a low weekly fee, we'll take your articles by email and get you online without a hitch.

Post breaking news between issues

Adding hot news to your ThinPaper web site between issues is a great idea. You can become the primary ongoing news source for your community. Serious weather or natural disaster? Post a story. Readers from across the country will be searching for information, and you'll be there to provide it. Many of those who are concerned may be former residents of the area, who would be happy to subscribe to your local paper if they knew what was available.

Create a searchable online archive of past stories

Customers now turn to the web immediately when searching for an obituary they might have missed, or last week's high school football scores. Will your paper be there to provide the information?

Database-driven content management shines when it comes to archiving out-of-date content. The ThinPaper system is fully searchable, offering easy access to your archives. Start now and build a substantial archival record from this point forward. Fascinated by the historical archives of your publication? Make some or all of the content from earlier years available to your community by adding stories to the online archive.

Any ThinPaper archive is completely open to search engine indexing. The more articles you have posted online, even in your archives, the more likely your site is to rise to the top of relevant search results. [FYI: Google suppresses new web sites in their search results for a full twelve months. If you are starting with a new URL (web site address), the benefits of content archiving for search engine optimization may not be evident in the first year.]