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Thursday October 11, 2007 at 1:24 pm
The New Website


It's been a long time coming, but we've finally revamped ktul.com.

I hope everyone enjoys the new site, which provides more video and more news, weather and sports content. Also returning are the story comments that many people had asked if they would ever return. While there isn't a full-fledged message board as in the past, you will be able to post your comments about individual news stories.

I've also received e-mails from several people wishing we had new games. The new site provides that -- games including Pacman, Defender of the Moon, Bowling and many more. And, more will be added later.

If anyone has other things they'd like to see on ktul.com, don't hesitate to ask. That doesn' t mean we'll get to everything, but your suggestions are what we use to determine what people want to see.

Thanks
Kevin

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KTUL Webmaster
Debbie,

Ever weekday morning from 5 to 7 am, there is a large banner at the top left of ktul.com. It reads "Chat live with Kristen, Keith and Mike. Just click on that and fill out the form.

Thanks Kevin

Debbie
Can you please, please tell me where to log on to answer Mike Collier's Weather Trivia questions? I've tried everything, & I can't get my IM to go through. I get a message saying "Mike Collier" is not currently signed on, "News Team is not currently signed on" , etc. I'm so frustrated! When I log on, I log on to ktul.com. That should do it. That's what they say to log on to. It sure doesn't work for me. Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Debbie in Tulsa

Bryce
Well times are tight, I just want say how nice it is that your station comes in so well. Cable is gone, long gone. To see that you are taking charge! KTUL is such a familiar face that can only be appreciated by so many poeple that are in my shoes. I will find it hard to go back to listen to some of the old stations that I used to listen too, when I had cable. KTUL has been there so clear through this tough time, I will always make it a point to support your station. To see that Glenpool has taken charge to employ channel 8, that just emplies how good of a job you are doing. It just shows me that you are there for everyone. Times are indeed tough. Thanks again KTUL for being so strong for so long! Rabbit EARS

William N Reeder
I know its kind of hokey but I would like to see some of the old programs again. The Carol Burnett show, Ed Sullivan, and last but not the least "The Red Skelton Show."

Thank you for asking

William N Reeder

steven
Happy Birthday Bill Mitchell, from Steven in Glenpool..i met you in the babershop recently.

BlazinA9
When there is bad weather outiside of a viewing area such as Tulsa, why does everyone in Tulsa have to hear too many words about that bad weather instead of getting to watch the programs they tuned in to watch. One of the other local stations shows the affected area in a small screen in the corner and still allows the regular programming to go on. There needs to be a way to only disrupt the programming for the "affected area" not for the "entire viewing area". This is so very frustrating that I simply quit watching the local channels when there is a storm and go to the cable networks. We don't need an hour of words about a storm that is not affecting right where we live. There is technology out there to make this happen. Someone at KTUL needs to learn how to make it happen.

Raymond Martin
Great job. Thanks

Dude
Thank God the Java applet that loaded up at the top of the page for the ticker is no more. I wouldn't visit this page for a long time because of it; caused too much delay.

Jason
Great new page. I design websites for a living, and I have to applaud your design team. The site is vivid, user friendly, well laid out, and looks great. Keep up the great work!

steve
Once again we have a computer person who is designing for equipment they are using at work, not for what people have in their homes. People interested in News on the Internet are typically older, have older computers and when one is 40 or over, one has to make the text big due to failing eyesite. We've gone from simple and functional to cluttered and confusing. I used to come frequently every day. I know only use the site to check the weather if it gets bad. I've changed to the Tulsa World Site (I enjoy local news) ... As before, if I want national news, I'll go to national news websites.

mm
Are there any websites showing a map of the areas in Tulsa that are still without power?

Rick S
What happened with the Hometown Hero page?

Brian Anderson
Hey i shot this video from my apt in east tulsa.....

KTUL Webmaster
Mary,

Most sites nowadays are going to a wider format because the number of those who use the 800x600 format are decreasing rapidly. It allows webmasters to add more content to the site without having the page go on forever in length. The text is no smaller than it used to be, in fact in some cases it's larger thanks to the wider format.

Hope that explains it.

mary
You know, I'd like it a lot better if I didn't have to scroll to the right to see the entire page. I still keep my monitor at 800 x 600 because of failing eyesight, and lots of my friends do, too. How come I'm having to scroll this way when I visit so many sites that don't make me do that?

KTUL Webmaster
cgil,

I'm having a hard time understanding what you're talking about. I can click all over our site and am able to hit the back button and get to any page I was at previously. Anyone else have a problem like that?

Thanks Kevin

KTUL Webmaster
Spirit,

If there are comments on the story you're wanting to read about, the latest one will be at the bottom of that story page. Then, there will be a link to show all of the posts on that topic, if there is more than one.

Spirit
I like the new site!

except, how do we read the comments on the news articles? Ive looked and cannot find where they are at.....

thnx!

MrsK
I really did like the message board concept. I was constantly amazed at how quickly and easily people made fools of themselves on it. It was very entertaining!

DubCross
I just started coming over here lately and I think you guys have done a really nice job. I usually come and check the weather but lately I've found myself reading the news and commenting more on the stories.

Good work!

Dub Cross, Grand Lake Area

Eric N.
Like the new site. Really glad to see the stupid java ticker is gone, that thing froze firefox for a few seconds every time I loaded the homepage. Loads really fast now.

ray robusky
i like new webpage is very easy read, point i get the story.weather spots,poll too

cgil
I don't like the fact that you cannot hit the back button and go back to the original internet page. When I go to Kotv - after I finish reading - I hit back and I am back to my Internet base page. But now with your site the only way to get out is to X out.... Even when I go to CNN or ABC I can hit back button and get to the base Internet page.

Having a hard time
Why is it so hard to find things in your search mode? I've typed in several times trying to find the various e-clips and articles about the Hit/Run accident on Memorial, and keep coming up with nothing. Why don't you make your search for phrases or words in articles instead of just the headlines? Nobody knows exactly what your headlines are... and as of right now your search mode is useless. Please consider or instruct. Thanks

KTUL Webmaster
Former Fan,

If there is a problem with the page loading faster, it's definitely not the size of the page. The new site design contains 60-percent less HTML than the previous site did. It loads on my computer in less than two seconds.

Former Fan
I used to use your site coupled with your news shows to get my local view. Your site used to be quick to download and consumed minimal resources on my machine.

Sadly I do not see any additional content to your previous site, but I do see a massive increase in your bandwidth requirements as well as the resources you consume on my machine.

Many people totaly ignore the resources consumed issue. But bytes and CPU cycles dedicated to your page cannot be used for other applications. It is like they are stuck in the late 80s with a single application DOS mentality.

With great regret I am looking at other local news sites. Should one of them have small baldwidth requirements and have a small footprint on my machine, I will go there. If I cannot find this site I will simply give up local events. Nothing you provide is worth what your site presently consumes.

Becky
I R-E-A-L-L-Y don't like have to scroll left/right in order to read a full page. It is definitely inconvenient. The old, full page was better....

jacrawley@cox.net
KTUL-TV ABC has been my station of choise for years for News,Weather, & Sports. In the past year I have puchased A HD-TV . Will Chanel 8 be in HD Soon ??? Saturday last OU & Texas A&M also OSU & Texas games were not shown in HD. teams that played on other channels were. I recieve my reception from Cox cable....Thanks J.A.Crawley Sapulpa OK.

Webmaster
The new website is absolutely horrible. This maybe the worst news website I have ever seen.

gem61278
I only visited the old site for weather.... since the Wright Elementary assault I have been checking in more and more on here... I don't know the difference between the 2 but so far from what I can tell this site is good!!

KTUL Webmaster
Phillip -- done. I actually put the Talent Bios link under BOTH. Thanks for the idea.

JohnnyK -- nice to see you again. I think it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for the full-blown forums to make a return. I don't know when it would happen, but possibly in the near future.

Moonman -- it appears the Bartlesville camera wasn't included on the new site. Don't exactly know why, just must have overlooked it. I'll work to get it back on the weather page.

Munchkin -- I'm not sure how I'd go about helping on that one. Stories are added to the page throughout the day and old ones eventually end up in the archives. The only way you would find them again is to use the search feature, or possibly bookmark them on your computer, although I'm sure that would be a bit of a hassle.

Phillip
It might be better to move the "Talent Bios" Section out from under the News tab at the top and put it into the "About us" tab. Other than that, I'm liking it more every day. Great work!

JohnnyK
Ignore the naysayers, Kevin. The site looks great and it's good to be back "home" again. I know it's a pain in the gluteus maximus, but is there ANY chance we'll see the old discussion forum make a comeback? I'd even be willing to help Mod if It'd help it get here sooner! :)

Thanks for bringing the Comments back and great job on the site! :)

John
I Love It, and I Love The Sports Section?

Rick
The four main links on the home page do not display correctly with Opera web browser. A few other things also do not come up correctly. Might check into that coding. But over all I like it.

KAY
New website takes getting used to but the more I access it the better it is. It is really different but pverall I think it is a great job

Matt M
Great to see the blog back!!!!

moonman
Hi Webmaster can somebody help me I been trying to breen up the ,B'ville price web cam up it don't what to is it still down I live in Ramona,ok thank you

Becky
Where are the individual, personality blogs?!! Their personal accounts, descriptions were great!

John Latta
Hal! Longtime no see! XXX Dave

richard
Is high definition reception available in tulsa?

jbh
Okay, so I flunked orienteering. Somehow I had it in my head the East was zero degrees on the compass, North was 90 degrees (moving counter-clockwise), West, 180 degrees, and South was 270 degrees. I must have spent too much time staring at protractors in math class for this to become so ingrained. But alas I have learned (to my chagrin) that zero degrees is North, 90 degrees is East (moving clockwise), etc. making 274 degrees almost due West of Tahlequah.

By the way, I stumbled upon the antenna website previously linked by ktul.com, it is www.antennaweb.org if anyone else is interested.

I still don't get the "channel 8.1" versus "frequency assignment: channel 10" thing.

Munchkin74112
Kev,

I have to agree with confused..I find trying to find the stories I posted on yesterday very difficult to find today...... I hunt and hunt for something....hrmmmmmmmmmm. Thanks!

Carolina
Very nice! I enjoy reading your site at work with my morning coffee. I too would like to see a user photo section as someone else mentioned and a moon phase section in the future. Again, the updates to the site are very nice. Keep up the good work.

jbh
Your old site had a Digital Television information page. This seems to have disappeared.

I am trying to figure out how to pick up your digital broadcast from Tahlequah (I get the analog broad cast fine). I'm not sure I understand the nuances of tuning my digital reciever to channel 8-1, 8-2, or 8-3 versus channel 10 (since I get no signal either way).

Also, http://radiostationworld.com shows your analog signal power at 316 kW but your digital signal at only 7 kW. Could this be a reason why i haven't been able to successfully receive your DT signal in Tahlequah? When you discontinue analog broadcasting in 2009, will you boost the power of your DT signal at that time, or is that unnecessary?

Lastly, a link on your old digital broadcast page, indicated that I needed to aim my antennae at a compass point of 274 degrees (south-by-southeast) instead of west-by-northwest as expected, and that the signal source was approximately 35 miles away. Does this mean you have a translator station located somewhere near Sallisaw? What am I misunderstanding?

Kevin A.
At first it was a little confusing, but once I took the time to get used to it I really like it. In fact, I like it a lot! You did a great job. There is more news, video, and sports. Thanks for a job well done!

juston
cool

confused
i'd like to see a link to be able to read comments from stories a few days ago..make a comment and poof it's gone to the dark world of the great www bigbrother forever..and i agree with goldneoldie comments..3 stories=the same 1

Mark Rogers
I hate your new Website. It is a confusing, disorganized mess!

Terry Jackson
I like the new web site, but you did something to the web site that the web page blocker here at our school will not allow the weather to show. It blocks the page and says its games. Is there something you can do the the program to allow it to come through our blocking filters? Our computer tech says its on your side.

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