The platform

Everything a modern publication runs on, in one system

Wave Publisher replaces the CMS, the calendar plugin, the directory tool, the forum, the app builder and the ad server. Every screenshot on this page is from a title running on it today.

The Long Island Wave HQ dashboard, shown with sample data

Newsroom

Write and publish stories with categories, a featured hero and share cards made for you.

  • Drafts, published and unlisted stories in one searchable list
  • Category pages and a featured hero story, generated automatically
  • Social share cards, Google News sitemap and IndexNow pings on publish
  • Reader likes, comments and a site-wide search index
A published Long Island Wave story: the headline, the byline and the lead photograph

Print issues

Put the whole back catalog online, issue by issue, and publish each new edition the day it drops.

  • An issue page for every edition, with its stories linked
  • Upload the print PDF and it goes live straight away
  • Browse-by-issue archive and a “latest issue” feature for the homepage
The Creations Magazine issue archive, with a sponsored banner under the heading

Events calendar

A community calendar that readers submit to and editors approve, with repeating events built in.

  • Enter a repeating event once; it shows on every date it runs
  • Public “submit an event” form feeding an HQ review queue
  • Event photos, locations, categories and an events sitemap
HQ calendar manager listing 402 Long Island events, with 12 submissions waiting for review

Directory & marketplace

A resource directory and a marketplace for local makers, both ready to sell as upgrades.

  • Resource directory with categories and detail pages
  • Marketplace listings with photos and outbound links
  • Ad placements built into both, so listings pages earn too
The Long Island Wave marketplace with a sponsored Red Light Method banner

Community

Discussion circles where readers talk to each other, with moderation tools that keep it kind.

  • Topic circles with threaded posts
  • Moderation queue for posts and comments
  • Member accounts shared with comments and likes
Creations Magazine community circles page

Native apps & push

Native iPhone and Android apps under your name, with breaking-news alerts you send from HQ. iPad and Apple Watch in development.

  • Native iPhone and Android apps in your brand, live in both stores
  • Stories typeset natively, with events, search, saved stories and sponsors in the feed
  • Automatic alerts when new stories publish, capped per batch
  • Manual push composer with a live lock-screen preview
  • Web push for readers who never install the app
HQ push alert composer with a phone notification preview

Analytics

First-party traffic numbers with no cookies and no IP logging, next to your ad results.

  • Daily views, top pages and 7- and 30-day totals
  • Ad impressions and clicks per campaign
  • No third-party trackers slowing the site down
HQ analytics with total views, a daily traffic chart and the top pages, shown with sample data
And underneath

The parts nobody sees, done properly

Members & sign-in

Reader accounts with passwordless email codes, and a newsletter list that grows on its own.

  • One-time email codes instead of passwords, for readers and staff
  • Newsletter sign-up built into the site
  • Self-serve account deletion, as the app stores require

Team & roles

Owner, admin and editor roles, so contributors get the tools they need and nothing else.

  • Role-based permissions for every section of HQ
  • Invite staff by email; no shared passwords
  • Task queue for reader submissions and tips

Search & distribution

Built to be found: fast static pages, structured data, and feeds for news aggregators.

  • Sitemaps for news, events and resources
  • RSS feed, llms.txt and Apple News bundle export
  • Pages served from Cloudflare’s edge, worldwide
White label, all the way down

Your brand on every surface readers and staff touch

  • Your designMasthead, color system and typography designed for your title, not a theme picker.
  • Your domainyourtitle.com for readers, hq.yourtitle.com for staff.
  • Your appsListed under your name in the App Store and Google Play.
  • Your emails and alertsSign-in codes and push alerts arrive from your title.

Put your name on the masthead. We’ll run the machinery.

A 30-minute walkthrough of the live platform, the ad network and HQ, using a real publication.