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Contributed by: Fairlight Baer/YourHub.com on 2/17/2006

Editor's note: This was one of the several stories and guides featured in the Feb. 16 print editions to help readers get more comfortable on YourHub.com. Check out other items we featured about registering, getting started on posting content, posting photos, starting a blog and creating a user profile.

I’m going to mention some words and challenge you not to look away. Ready?

Online. Web. Upload. Blog. Post. Homepage.

Stay with me.

These words are synonymous with family, sharing, community, information, friends, connections and fun at YourHub.com.

Since we launched YourHub.com last spring, some of you have told me, “I don’t do the Web,” “I’m too old,” “I’m computer illiterate,” “I’m not a good writer” or “I don’t have a digital camera.”

My response: Forget about the “dot-com” and focus on the “your.” Using the site can be as easy as making your grocery list, writing a letter or filling out a film processing envelope. Because just like your spouse who reminds you to get the tortilla chips or the clerk who asks if you want glossy or matte prints, we have a friendly, eager staff to walk you through it. When you call us - and you should if you need help with any little step or detail - imagine what looks like a celebrity telethon on the other end with a line of telephones and friendly faces. It’s just minus the celebrity and we don't take any of your money.

Our print sections and Web site are a reflection of what’s going on in your communities. And you’re best-equipped to tell us the stories.

In the weekly print sections, we have a variety of the great stuff your neighbors have posted on www.YourHub.com. Everything you see in this print section is on the Web site. But it’s only a fraction of the content and features we have online.

One item you don’t see in the print section is the Colorado Directory. A couple weeks ago, I found a party supply store down the road by using the directory, which appears on the homepage of each hub. It’s like a phonebook, only always up-to-date, has maps of the store or restaurant you want to try and can be personalized to only display what’s near your home or work. And each week, hundreds of events and dozens of stories and photos on the Web don’t make it into the print editions. I don’t even want to imagine how many vacation moments, new babies and engagements you haven’t sent us a photo or story about. If a great sports moment at your school isn’t on the Web site but the rival’s is, it’s because you didn’t post something.

In sharing stories and events on YourHub.com, people have recorded their opinion about a local restaurant (maybe one they found on the Colorado Directory?), offered some highlights of a 103-year-old friend’s life, sounded off about their elected leaders, gotten the word out about a fundraiser for an ill child, showed off their dog and so much more.

What’s your story?

We have a Help page on the Web site that answers a lot of questions about how to get started and how many ways you can utilize YourHub.com. If you want to talk to a human, call us at 303-623-2HUB.

Your neighbors are standing by.

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