Planning a news website or video-story platform

Start with the visitor journey

News readers need a clear headline, date, context and source. Story viewers need episode order and a way to resume. Define the main task before choosing a template.

Examples from our work

Haneen News organizes coverage by subject and country. Separate headlines, summaries and article bodies support different page layouts. In Fruit Stories, stories contain ordered episodes; favorites and progress support returning viewers.

Prepare real material

Collect real headlines, summaries and images you can use, or a story with named episodes. Real material reveals long titles and missing fields early. Decide who writes, reviews and publishes.

Plan discovery

Give articles and stories stable URLs and connect related pages. Use clear titles and descriptions. Sitemaps support discovery but do not guarantee indexing. See Google's title guidance.

Before launch

Agree on languages, permissions, comment policies, upload limits and backups. Confirm rights for external videos; budget storage and bandwidth for self-hosted video. Define maintenance responsibilities.

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