The Skagway News
A 45-year-old newspaper with a paywall that pays for itself
from design to hosting
Selected case
A 45-year-old newspaper with a paywall that pays for itself
What we built
5 pieces, one site
Custom design & build
Designed around the client's content and customers rather than a template, and built on WordPress so their own staff can edit every page.
Subscriptions & paywall
Reader subscriptions with a metered paywall, renewals and account pages handled inside the site.
Events calendar
A calendar the client updates themselves; upcoming events surface on the home page automatically.
Photo galleries
Fast, lightbox-ready galleries that stay sharp on a phone and load only what is on screen.
Smart forms
Contact, request and application forms that route to the right inbox, keep a copy in the site and stop spam before it lands.
The story
The brief
The Skagway News prints every two weeks and publishes daily online. The site runs reader subscriptions with a metered paywall, the community calendar, photo galleries and the printed-edition archive, and the two-person newsroom posts to it without help.
What we did
Skagway's newspaper of record, serving the Gateway to the Klondike since 1978.
What changed
The paper has since moved to another provider; the capture will be replaced with one of our build.
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