Faster. A cleaner design that’s easier to navigate. Mobile-friendly.

That’s the premise behind The Post-Journal’s redesigned website, which launched Monday and can be found online at post-journal.com.

“For more than 190 years, our newspaper has been the leading source of information for southern Chautauqua County, providing the day’s news, sports and society happenings for our readers, both in print and, in more recent years, online,” said Mike Bird, Post-Journal publisher. “Our redesigned website — through increased speed, functionality and a more responsive design — allows us to continue to lead the way in local news in the Southern Tier region. We are very excited with the end product, and believe it will serve the needs of our online readers.”

One of the new website’s key features is what’s known as “responsive design,” meaning it provides the same look, feel and functionality to users no matter what device is being used — desktop or mobile.

The site will automatically scale and adjust to fit the device being used to view it. The new site has no paywall, including for obituaries. Paid access to the PDF e-edition remains for home delivery subscribers. Access is available by clicking on the “Today’s Paper” link on the site.

“We are very pleased with the new look for our website, and believe users will find it more responsive to their local news viewing needs,” Bird said.  “The new website also is more responsive for our mobile users, and in terms of news online, it’s quickly become a mobile world, as most news consumption is now done on a mobile device. That was our focus, and we know what we’ve delivered will help us to remain southern Chautauqua County’s online news source.”

Bird also said the site offers even better opportunities for local advertisers to reach the ever-growing digital audience.

Other updated features include a redesigned Garage Sale feature that is mobile-friendly; a faster news content delivery system; the ability to comment on articles through a Facebook account; a searchable archive of more than 122,000 local news and sports articles from the past decade; and links to the most read stories of the day and the latest stories that have been posted.

The site also features a revamped Virtual Newsroom, making it easier for readers to submit items for the newspaper.

Readers also can, on the home page, sign up for the Daily Newsletter, which delivers the day’s top news and sports stories to their email each morning.