Readers of lebanon-express.com will be greeted by a new website next Wednesday, Sept. 2.

On that date, we will launch a faster-loading site, with an easier-to-read design and new storytelling capabilities.

The transition will begin about mid-morning Sept. 2, when we will officially pull the plug on our "old" website and start the conversion to a new site and its more dynamic content management system.

One goal of our new design is to make navigation easier, so we've simplified the presentation of lebanon-express.com into cleanly displayed and easy-to-find content areas.

The new content management system we're introducing along with the redesign will help us do a better job of packaging stories, photos, videos and other online extras with each story.

In the weeks following the launch, you'll see increasingly more of that "extra" new online content.

For questions about the upcoming changes, e-mail Michelle Steinhebel at michelle.steinhebel@lee.net or call her at 258-3151.