online newspaper

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    jokaaltingmailcom · Member ·

    what plan do you think you should subscribe to to make an online newspaper and what is the most suitable theme

    WP.com: Yes
    Jetpack: No
    Correct account: Yes

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    anasmouaziz · Member ·

    Hello,

    Choosing the right plan and theme for an online newspaper on WordPress.com depends on your specific needs and goals.

    Recommended Plan:

    • Premium or Business Plan: These plans offer advanced design customization, more storage space (important for high-quality images and potentially videos), and the ability to install a wide range of themes and plugins that can enhance the functionality of a newspaper website.
    • Business Plan for Plugins: If you need specific plugins for additional features like advanced SEO, social media integration, or custom forms, the Business Plan would be more suitable.

    Theme Selection:

    • Look for themes that are specifically designed for news or magazine-style websites. These themes usually offer a layout that’s conducive to displaying multiple articles, categories, and media.
    • Some popular choices include ‘Newspack’ and ‘Newspaper’. You can explore more in the WordPress.com theme directory.

    Additional Considerations:

    • Custom Domain: Regardless of the plan, consider registering a custom domain for a more professional look.
    • Content Organization: Pay attention to themes that offer good navigation and categorization options, as these are crucial for a newspaper site.

    Remember, your choice should align with your vision for the newspaper, the scale of operation, and the audience engagement tools you plan to use.

    For more detailed comparisons of the plans, you can visit WordPress.com’s plans page.

    Best of luck with your online newspaper project!

  • kathrynwp · Staff ·

    @jokaaltingmailcom – I’d love to help you choose the best plan and theme for your needs. To do that, let me ask you a few questions:

    What sort of newspaper are you building? Is it for a local community, or something else?

    What types of functionality did you have in mind, and what did you envision it looking like?

    Are there examples of other newspaper sites that you like and might want to emulate?

    Are you looking to build the site yourself, or would you be interested in having someone put it together for you?

    Once we have a bit more information we’ll be glad to help guide you further.

    Hi @anasmouaziz – thanks for trying to help. Did you by any chance use an AI tool like ChatGPT to write your reply? Please do be careful when using tools like that, as the information they provide is sometimes out of date and incorrect. There are a number inaccuracies in your response that I’d like to correct. For example:

    • Third party themes and plugins are not available on the Premium plan, only the Business and Commerce plans.
    • Plugins are not often needed for social-media integration, since so much is already built into WordPress.com through Jetpack, on the Premium plan and below.
    • Newspack is not a publicly available theme – it’s the name of full platform for news organizations that you can read more about here: https://newspack.com/

    Content Organization: Pay attention to themes that offer good navigation and categorization options, as these are crucial for a newspaper site.

    This guidance is outdated. With the advent of the Site Editor, you can create any type of navigation system with any block theme, and you’re not limited by the theme’s built-in options, as you were in previous times.

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    anasmouaziz · Member ·

    @kathrynwp sorry if i caused troubles, i just wanted to give some help, i will try to delete the answers i provided with help of of ai today, and be more careful in the future.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    no worries, @anasmouaziz. Thanks for being willing to help. You can still use AI for ideas and help with phrasing, but just be sure to test what you say with it and cut out any excess.

    And @jokaaltingmailcom, we’d be happy to help! Just let us know what you have in mind. You’re also welcome to reach out directly to the team at https://newspack.com/ if you want to work with them; news is their speciality!

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