The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper
A hard lesson I’ve learned over the past year is that nothing ever goes exactly according to plan. As we tried to set up the archive on The Pointer website, this was no exception.
Setting up the archive was something we needed to do. It was the only way we could delete the old website that misled readers when they searched for us online.
There are always minor hiccups, fleeting uproars and the occasional fastballs sent your way when you intend to do something. Because of this, we have been trying to convert everything into our archive for as long as I can remember while working for this wonderful organization.
We never seemed able to find the time, the means or the money to complete the conversion of our archives. It’s funny how everything always comes down to money.
But, in spite of all that we were up against, we finally made it!
As of the spring 2016 semester, our archive is up to date for our electronic years 2011-present and ready for the use of the community. This also means that soon the Pointer website will be the first website that pops up when you Google us.
In this way, we ensure the community has easy access to years’ worth of Pointer history.
None of this could have been accomplished if our 2013-2014 Pointer staff hadn’t brought us into the modern era with the use of WordPress. This amazing software enabled us to create an award-winning website that is updated daily and gives the community easy access to news on campus.
From our Pointer staff to you, I cannot express how relieved we are to have this huge project completed. We had previously published misleading information saying that this project was done, but I am very happy to say that we have finally achieved what we set out to do.
Only some of the best students on campus could have accomplished this task, and I am so proud of our staff.
Despite the fact that nothing ever goes according to plan, The Pointer archive is finally accessible to the public. I am excited for what this means for the future of The Pointer as well as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Samantha Bradley
Editor-in-Cheif
sbrad414@uwsp.edu
