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NewsPress — Blog and Newsletter Platform

A blog and newsletter you run yourself. Write a post once — it goes on your site and out by email to subscribers.

$79 on CodesterStarter theme: checked by the platform, zero errorsRuns on your own computer or server

The starter theme, live

The packaged platform, booted locally during packaging, with the included NewsPress Starter theme uploaded and activated for real: masthead, navigation, Subscribe button, the lead story, the post list, and the subscribe box.

Home page with the Starter theme active on the test site. Serif headlines, one deep red accent, thin rules instead of boxes — the look ships in the package.

A post page

The test post was published through the admin during the boot test. The reading column, author and date line, pull quote, then Read next and the subscribe box — all from the starter theme.

Post page in the Starter theme, from the packaging test run.

On a phone

The same home page at phone width: stacked header, one column, nothing sideways-scrolling.

Home page at 390px wide, captured from the same test site.

Checked by the platform itself

A theme that fails the platform's own checks is a support problem waiting to happen, so the Starter theme was put through them during packaging.

The theme zip was uploaded through the admin's theme upload, exactly as a buyer will do it. The first pass flagged one unused setting; it was removed and the theme rebuilt. The final zip passed with zero errors and zero warnings, was activated through the admin, and served every screenshot on this page. The site itself booted from the packaged install kit (database + site containers), answered 503 while it set itself up, then served the home page with HTTP 200.

One honest gap: sending an actual newsletter needs a mail account, which the packaging sandbox does not have — so mail delivery itself was not end-to-end tested. The install kit takes any standard SMTP mailbox, and the guides say plainly what a buyer needs.

What it does

Blog and newsletter in one tool: publish a post and send it by email in the same step
Reader sign-ups built in — no separate email list to keep in sync
NewsPress Starter theme included: clean editorial look, serif headlines, one deep red accent
Starter pages written out for you: About, Services, Contact, and a Subscribe page
One-command install with Docker; runs on your own computer or a small server
Your posts and your subscriber list stay in data folders you control