News and magazine website templates. Pick one and Cactal builds it.
86 designs for local news sites, newspapers, print and online magazines and newsletters, from investigative and fact-checking newsrooms to arts, science, food, travel, sport, lifestyle, business and trade magazines. Choose one and Cactal turns it into your publication's website, with your sections, a newsletter signup and a CMS for publishing stories.
News and magazine website designs
One full-screen photo and a single mission line lead straight to the investigations, for a long-form newsroom.
A large portrait and a two-tone headline lead, with a column of top stories and an offer line under the menu.
A meeting photo leads beside the latest stories, with donate and email boxes close by, for a town newsroom.
A warm photo beside a weekly roundup and topic links, with the latest stories below, for a good-news magazine.
A lead story beside its photo, a row of regional stories and opinion with headshots, for a statewide newsroom.
A soft serif headline beside one warm photo and three short reads, for a lifestyle magazine with a weekly email.
An election lead and a news column for each town it covers, for a paper that serves neighboring communities.
One wide photo with its headline and a read button fills the screen, for a sport and travel magazine.
A lead story beside its photo, smaller local stories below and a column of must-reads, for a county paper.
A single question leads over a tinted street photo, with a support button, for local accountability news.
A big dish photo leads, with recipes, a newsletter box and a list of city guides, for a regional food magazine.
A centered masthead and one-line promise over a full-width wave photo, for a print magazine sold by subscription.
A group photo leads the center, with stories and video explainers on either side, for neighborhood reporting.
One portrait story with a play button fills the screen, with a weekly signup strip below, for profile writing.
One moonlit photo fills the screen behind a serif headline, for a magazine about wildlife, climate and the outdoors.
A centered mission line over three wide photos and a donate button, for a nonprofit newsroom on nature.
A classic masthead and centered menu over a meeting photo and bylined briefs, for a small-town weekly.
A black-and-white feature and a row of numbered reads on fashion, home and fitness, for a lifestyle magazine.
One investigation leads over a dark aerial photo, with a republish link for partners, for a watchdog newsroom.
Three columns put the week's story, an election lead and an illustrated voter guide side by side, for local news.
A gallery photo and a guide to the week's shows lead, with reviews and profiles beside it, for an art magazine.
One full-screen still, a bold headline and a watch button, for a publication that puts its short films first.
A masthead spanning the page over one cover photo and the issue name, for a men's style magazine.
One civic story leads beside its photo, with city scenes below, for an independent newsroom on city life.
One full-screen photo carries a feature headline, byline and read button, for a magazine on climate and energy.
A records-based headline beside its subject and a row of photos below, for reporting on money and power.
The current cover fills one side beside a fashion feature and a column of short reads, for a lifestyle magazine.
One lead story with a read button and a print issue link, three stories below, for a calm home or design magazine.
Leads with a whole series and a button to read it, with three of its stories below, for a magazine on city life.
A tall cover photo beside a big condensed promise and a buy button, for an independent print magazine.
The current issue's cover sits in the middle with one button to read it, for a print-first magazine.
A condensed masthead and three stacked stories sit beside one big photo, for a skate and music magazine.
A wide photo lead and a column of dated stories in warm serif type, for a county newsroom.
The current issue's cover and contents sit over a dark close-up photo, for a magazine published by a museum.
One wide field photo and a feature headline lead, with sections by habitat, for reporting on nature and science.
One large maker story and two smaller ones, each tagged with its issue, for a magazine about handmade work.
One studio portrait fills the screen beside the cover story headline, for a men's magazine with a shop.
A portrait lead in the middle with labeled stories on both sides, for a city newsroom with a newspaper feel.
A dusk photo of a story in progress and a row of photos below, for a fishing or outdoors magazine.
The new issue's cover fills one side beside an order button, for a print-first outdoors magazine.
A wide lead photo next to a large serif headline, then three stories in a row, for a community or tribal paper.
A reporter at work fills the screen behind one mission line, with a records tracker and a donate button up top.
A warm photo and a black story panel slide through features, with a fashion row below, for a men's magazine.
A wide photo and a big serif headline lead, with a member strip and button up top, for a watchdog newsroom.
One studio photo and a feature headline on a pale blue panel, with three profiles below, for an arts magazine.
A world story beside a large photo, business below and three columnists on the right, for a regional daily.
A huge masthead over a spread of past covers and a print subscription button, for a music magazine sold on paper.
Dated stories around a big lead and a current issue panel with past issues, for a magazine that also prints.
One review fills the screen with a wide photo and a bright read button, with car types in a rounded menu.
A review headline and button beside one large field photo, with guide links below, for a gear review site.
An election lead beside a newsletter box and a river flow chart, for a regional newsroom on water and land.
A photo lead with its headline in the image, beside a special edition cover, for a tribal or community newsroom.
A warm dinner photo and a centered headline lead, with explainers and classifieds in the menu, for a culture magazine.
A photo lead with its headline in a dark box beside a trending list, for a weekly faith publication.
Shows three magazine covers beside a short promise, with a video below, for publishers that run several titles.
A bold wordmark, one building story and a bright side panel for the magazine's own awards, for design trade news.
A story slider beside the current issue and its order buttons, for an architecture magazine that runs events.
Topic links, a lead claim over a photo and tagged fact checks below, for a fact-checking newsroom.
One money story leads beside tagged stories on spending, investing and housing, for personal finance news.
A tagged story list on the left and one large feature on the right, for trade news on a single industry.
A lead story with an owner portrait and a row of tagged stories below, for trade news on one food business.
A centered signup and a search bar over drawn issue cards, for a weekly newsletter that rounds up the best reads.
An investigation headline sits beside its photo, with timestamped stories below, for local accountability reporting.
A lead story beside timestamped latest news and a trending list, for a science newsroom that posts often.
A lead photo and a column of bylined first-person stories, for a project that publishes writers inside prisons.
A bold headline panel beside a quiet portrait, with three stories below, for a newsroom on courts and prisons.
A lab photo and a video button lead beside a column of dated, bylined stories, for a mining or heavy-industry trade monthly.
The issue's theme and an order button sit beside one black-and-white photo, for a print magazine with stockists.
A feature with a calm photo leads, with the current cover and buy buttons on the side, for a magazine of ideas.
A trending bar, a big lead story in the center and video beside it, for a daily newsroom serving one community.
One full-bleed photo carries the issue story in tall capitals, with a boxed menu, for an indie sports magazine.
A big lead story beside its photo, two more below and a numbered trending list, for a regional community paper.
A giant wordmark, a two-line promise and an email signup lead, for a weekly trade newsletter.
A panel photo lead under a black masthead and interview cards with portraits, for industry news full of people.
One dark full-screen portrait carries a feature headline and a bright read button, for a fashion magazine.
One illustrated cover beside the issue name and an order button, for a print magazine about games.
A lead story with a summary, three dated stories and a numbered most-read list, for business or industry news.
A column of story cards runs down the left beside one big feature photo, for a homes and design magazine.
A dark feature card with a green read button beside a tagged list of the latest stories, for a culture site.
A one-sentence mission on a colored band, then a row of issue covers, for a print food magazine with stockists.
A big photo beside a dark panel holding one essay, with an announcement bar on top, for an essay magazine.
A question headline over a dark working photo, with three stories below, for a magazine about one craft.
A band photo beside a long roundup headline, with album reviews in the menu, for a music magazine.
A short promise beside a wide photo, then a row of stories labeled with their places, for travel writing.
The newest cover leads with an order button, back issues beside it and stories below, for a print travel magazine.
A recipe roundup leads beside its photo, with a print subscription box below, for a food and garden magazine.
Every design is an illustration by Cactal. The publications, writers, people and stories in them are fictional. Updated October 2026.
Describe your publication
What you cover, who reads you and how they subscribe or send a tip. Cactal writes the pages, sets up your sections and tip form and publishes the site.
How it works
1 Pick a design
Browse by what you publish and open any design to see it full size.
2 Add your publication's details
Your sections, your writers, how readers subscribe and how to reach the newsroom. Cactal writes every page and builds the site from your design.
3 Publish
Ask for changes in plain words until it's right, then publish free on a Cactal domain, or on your own domain with Pro.
What a news or magazine website needs
A front page that shows what's new
Lead with the story that matters most today, then the latest ones in order. Readers come back to see what changed, so date every story.
Sections readers recognize
Sort stories into a handful of clear sections, such as local news, politics, culture or food, and keep the same menu on every page.
Bylines, dates and updates
Show who wrote each story, when it was published and when it last changed. Readers trust what they can check, and search engines read those details too.
A newsletter signup that's easy to find
Many readers come back through email. Put a short signup near the top and at the end of stories, linked to the newsletter service you already use.
A clear way to support the work
Say plainly how readers can subscribe, become a member or donate, and link to the service you already use for it. A tip form lets sources reach the newsroom.
An about page with your standards
Who you are, who funds you, how you choose stories and how you correct mistakes. New readers look for it before they trust a publication they don't know.
Questions
Are these news and magazine website templates free?
Every design here is free to start from. You can sign up, build and publish on a Cactal domain without a card and with no time limit. Putting your site on a domain you own is $25 a month on Pro, or $240 a year.
Do I need to know how to code or design?
No. Describe your publication in plain words and Cactal builds, edits and publishes the site. When you want a change, ask for it the same way.
How much does a news or magazine website cost?
A custom build from a web design agency often runs into the thousands of dollars and takes weeks. A builder template costs less, but you still write and fill in every page. With Cactal it's free to build and publish on a Cactal address, and your own domain is $25 a month on Pro, or $240 a year, with no setup fee.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Every site starts on a free Cactal address. Connect a domain you own on Pro for $25 a month, or $240 a year, and each additional website on its own domain is $20 a month.
Who owns the website?
You do. Every Cactal site is real React source code, so you can take it and run it anywhere. There is no export to buy.
Are these real newspapers and magazines?
No. Each design is an illustration made by Cactal, and the publication names, writers, people, stories and photos in it are fictional. Your site is built around your own publication.
Can readers pay, subscribe or log in on my site?
Cactal doesn't include payments, paywalls, memberships or reader logins. Your site can link to or embed the subscription, membership or newsletter service you already use, or the shop where you sell print issues, and a tip form can sit on any page.
Can I publish new stories myself?
Yes. Stories and pages live in a built-in CMS, so you can post a story, change what leads the front page or update a section yourself. You can also ask Cactal for the change in plain words.
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