News website software, built from a prompt
Pelcro now offers a CMS for digital newsrooms. Add and manage your stories, then change the site by describing the change to AI Studio. Article and section templates, newsletters and a metered paywall are wired to Pelcro.
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See it build
See it build a news website
Pick a request. AI Studio shows you the templates in a preview next to the chat. Nothing goes live until you publish.
- 1AskDescribe the change in plain language.
- 2PreviewSee it right next to the chat, marked as not live. Check desktop, tablet and phone.
- 3PublishPublish it as a new version of your live site, or discard it.
$ Build a news website with an article template
Scaffolds a homepage, an article template and section pages, all wired to Pelcro.
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Who it's for
Who it's for
- Newsrooms launching or relaunching their site without a dev team
- Magazines moving a print title to a digital edition
- Publishers who want templates and a paywall wired from day one
Features
What it does
- Article and section templates
- The templates a news site runs on, generated from a prompt so you start from a working layout instead of a blank page.
- Online magazine layout
- A magazine-style front and section pages for a digital edition, scaffolded and ready for your design.
- Newsletter signup
- Inline and footer signup wired to Pelcro, so readers subscribe to your newsletter without a separate tool.
- Metered paywall
- A meter that gives readers a few free articles before asking them to subscribe, connected to Pelcro from the start.
- Search and archive
- The supporting pages a growing publication needs, generated rather than hand-built one at a time.
- Wired to Pelcro, owned by you
- The paywall, newsletter and sign-in talk to Pelcro, so subscriptions and billing are handled in one place.
- Hosted on Cloudflare Pages
- Your site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, which provides speed and security.
421% more new subscribers one month after introducing a Pelcro paywall
Times Review Media Group put its free New York titles behind Pelcro's paywall. In March 2019 it launched a metered paywall on articles tagged premium, giving readers three free premium articles, and bounce rates stayed unaffected.
Read the full case study“Our partnership with Pelcro has seamlessly allowed us to evolve our digital business model. The Pelcro team has been incredibly responsive and has both the business and technical capabilities to radically modernize the distribution model for our brands.”
Andrew Olsen, Publisher, Times Review Media Group
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- What is news website software?
- News website software runs the templates, sections, newsletter and paywall a publication needs online. Pelcro AI Studio scaffolds that software from a prompt and wires it to Pelcro for subscriptions and billing. See the AI Website Builder
- Do you have news website templates?
- AI Studio generates the templates a news site needs, including an article template, section pages and a homepage. You start from a working layout instead of a blank page.
- How do I build an online magazine website?
- Describe the magazine you want and AI Studio scaffolds a magazine-style front, section pages and an article template, wired to Pelcro for subscriptions. You review a preview next to the chat, and nothing goes live until you publish.
- Can I add a paywall to my news website?
- Yes. AI Studio adds a metered paywall that gives readers a few free articles before the gate, connected to Pelcro so subscriptions and billing are handled for you.
- Is Pelcro a CMS for news websites?
- Yes. Pelcro now offers a CMS for news websites: you add and manage the content of your site and publish changes to it.
- What is digital newsroom software?
- Digital newsroom software is the system a news organization uses to publish stories and run its website. Pelcro combines that with subscriptions, so paywalls and newsletters sit in the same platform.
- Can I preview my news site on a phone before it goes live?
- Yes. The preview next to the chat has desktop, tablet and phone views, and your live site only changes when you press Publish.
- Is my news website fast and secure?
- Yes. Your site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, which provides speed and security.
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Build your news website with Pelcro AI Studio
Describe the publication you want to run. AI Studio scaffolds the templates, newsletter and paywall, and shows them in a preview you publish when ready.
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