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PE Express launches new interactive website Readers can share their news, views and events BETTIE GILIOMEE AFTER more than a year in development, Port Elizabeth Express’s brand-new website is going live today, bringing community news now to an even wider audience than our 145 000 weekly copies already reach. In addition, the new websites of PE Express sister publications, Kouga Express and UD News, will also be launched tomorrow. The websites were developed by 24.com which is part of the Media24 group, which also owns PE Express and its sister community publications. The website has been designed to be very user-friendly with a great emphasis on being interactive. To this effect the public, schools and other community groups can also share their news, views and happenings through the website. There are easy-to-find categories
for the regular news, entertainment, motoring and sport which will be updated every week when PE Express hits the streets. News that is featured in all editions of PE Express (Northern, Southern and Metro ) as well as PE Express Indaba, will be available on the website. Readers will also be able to comment on the reports. Our popular Diary/Dagboek, featuring events of non-profit community organisations such as schools, churches and support groups, will also be available on the website. In addition, the website now offers readers the opportunity to load information on their own events in the Events section of the website. It being an interactive website, readers can also upload their photos and videos. In an effort to join in the fight to keep our neighbourhoods safe, readers can also upload information on criminal activities in their areas on the website to serve as a warning to other residents.
On the Netlocal section of the website, readers can register as users of the website. One does not have to register to read the paper, but must do so to enter for competitions, give comment or to upload events. There is also a section where schools and groups can upload information on their latest happenings. Another useful feature is the weather forecast of the SA Weather Services, the contact details of emergency services, as well as the market indicators and latest Lotto results. The website also features a Local Guide, that is a comprehensive source of information on the local attractions, as well as history of the different suburbs and places in Port Elizabeth. Readers will be able to take part in regular opinion polls and the full paper will be available to page through in pdf format. The website is also designed in such a way that advertisers can use it as a vehicle to reach an even wider target audience.
Register on PE Express’s new website and win big prizes! TO celebrate the launch of the PE Express, Kouga Express and UD News websites, readers who visit and register on the websites can win fabulous prizes. Three DStv Drifta devices can be won as well as Neoderm skin treatments to the value of R5 000. To enter you will need to visit the website www.pe-express.co.za and click on “Competitions”. Visitors will have to register, which is a quick process, to be able
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to take part in the competitions. People who register will be eligible for all the prizes on offer. Winners will be drawn randomly by an automated system and will be notified telephonically. The closing date for the competition is October 11, 2011. More about the prizes:
The Drifta The Drifta is a mobile TV decoder that receives DVB-H signal and converts it into a Wi-Fi signal for Wi-Fi
enabled viewing devices: laptops, PCs, tablets and smartphones. Currently, the device is compatible with the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad running iOS 4.0 and higher iOS, select Android devices as well as Windows PCs, including laptops and notebooks running Windows XP, Vista and 7. DStv Premium subscribers will receive the DStv mobile service for free, while DStv Compact subscribers, who subscribed after 31
March 2011, will have to pay R36 per month for the DStv Mobile subscription.
Neoderm skin treatments Neoderm skin treatments to the value of R5 000 can be won by one lucky reader. Founded in 2001 by Dr Derek Odendaal, a dermatologic surgeon, the Neoderm Dermatology Centre, based in Port Elizabeth, is dedicated to helping patients improve the
quality of their skin. Apart from treating chronic skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis, they offer a full skin cancer screening and surgery service, as well as an extensive cosmetic dermatology service. “Our skin care treatments are customised for each patient using the latest technology and products. At Neoderm, we take every care in making you look and feel your best,” said Dr Odendaal.