Website development
News website development
Your news portal is built around the way your newsroom works: categories, author roles, ad slots and search-ready articles.
Blog and news portal: what is included
Category and tag system
News is grouped by category, tag and author, so readers quickly find the topic they need in the archive.
Editorial panel and roles
Journalists and editors get separate permissions, and a piece appears on the site after an editor approves it.
SEO basics for search engines
Articles are published with metadata and NewsArticle schema, the sitemap updates automatically, and Search Console is connected.
Ad slots
Banner slots are planned on the home page, in categories and inside articles, and you change the ad images yourself from the panel.
Multilingual publishing
News in Azerbaijani and Russian is published from the same panel in separate language versions, and each additional language is priced separately.
Domain, hosting and support
Includes VPS hosting for the first year, SSL, company email and 2 months of technical support after handover.
Blog and news portal: how we work
Every project goes through the same stages. The durations are typical; you get an exact schedule after the first call.
Brief and structure
We agree on the categories, editorial roles, ad slots and languages, and the price and timeline are set out in a written offer.
Design and templates
The home page, category pages and article pages are designed in Figma, and the mobile view is also presented for your approval.
Development and SEO
The portal is built on Next.js and PostgreSQL, the editorial panel, search, schema and sitemap are connected, and a technical check is carried out.
Handover and training
Your newsroom is trained on the panel, the portal is connected to the domain, the code is handed over and 2 months of technical support begin.
What we build with
Blog and news portal: who it is for
At SaytPro, news website development starts with the newsroom's daily work: who writes a piece, who checks it, which category a story goes into and how readers find it on Google. For media projects, industry publications and companies with an expert blog in Baku, we build a website that lets you publish articles quickly, keep the archive tidy and show up in search. Every project includes VPS hosting for the first year, an SSL certificate and company email. Prices start at 2,400 ₼ and depend on how many categories, languages and integrations you need: for the overall picture, see the Website prices page, and to send us your project details, go to the Order a website page.
Three kinds of clients usually need a portal like this. First, media teams that have so far shared their news on Instagram and a Telegram channel and now want to build an archive and ad revenue on their own domain. Second, specialized publications that write for professional readers in oil and gas, construction, finance or law. Third, companies that attract clients with expert articles: a social media post gets lost in the feed quickly, while an article on a website can bring in readers from search for a long time. Among the projects we have built is Oilgas.az, a portal for the oil and gas industry.
A standard portal includes a category and tag system, author pages, on-site search, a related news block, spaces for ad banners and a preview that looks right when an article is shared on social media. In the editorial panel, a journalist adds the text, images and video, an editor checks and publishes it, and at handover your team is trained on the panel. Metadata and NewsArticle schema are generated automatically for every article, new pieces are added to the sitemap on their own, and Google Analytics 4 and Search Console are connected from day one. The portal can be built in 4 languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, English and Turkish. Each additional language is priced separately.
The project runs in four stages: the brief, design in Figma, development on Next.js and PostgreSQL, and finally handover and training. The category structure and editorial roles are defined at the first meeting, and development does not start until the design is approved. If the archive needs to be moved from an old website or blog, that work is listed separately in the offer. Before handover, we run a technical check of the mobile view, speed and readiness for search engines.
After handover you get 2 months of technical support and a warranty, and the code and GitHub repository are transferred to you. After the first year, hosting costs 140 ₼ a year. Payment is 50/50: half when work starts and half at handover. You can also pay in interest-free installments for up to 6 months with BirKart, BolKart and TamKart through Epoint; this option works within your card limit.
Blog and news portal is one of the services in the Website development group, and it differs from the other formats in its purpose. If a small blog section on your company website is enough for the occasional post, a Corporate website is the better fit. A Landing page is the choice for a single offer or campaign, and an Online store for selling products. Redesign is meant for refreshing the look of an existing portal, Education platform for courses and lessons, and Personal and portfolio website for one author's own writing and work. Once the portal is ready, the Technical support service takes over its ongoing care.
Who it is for
You are launching a new media project and want to move your news from social media to your own domain and manage the archive and ad slots yourself.
You run an industry publication: you publish oil and gas, construction or finance news for professional readers, by category and with author bylines.
Your company writes expert articles and wants them to bring in new clients from Google search, but the small blog section on your corporate website is no longer enough.
Your audience is bilingual, and you need to publish news in Azerbaijani and Russian on the same portal, in separate language versions.
Your current portal runs on an old system, struggles to open on phones, and you want to move to a new platform while keeping the archive.
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Blog and news portal: questions and answers
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At SaytPro, a news website starts at 2,400 ₼: the exact amount depends on how many categories, languages, ad slots and integrations you need, and it is set out in a written offer after the brief. The price includes VPS hosting for the first year, SSL and company email. Payment is split 50/50, and you can pay in interest-free installments for up to 6 months with BirKart, BolKart and TamKart through Epoint, within your card limit.
A news portal is usually ready in 1 month; the exact timeline is set out in the written offer after the brief, because the number of categories, the languages, the design templates and moving an old archive change the amount of work. Within the agreed timeline, the work goes in stages: first the design is approved, then development and testing are done, and finally your newsroom is trained.
A standard news website has a category and tag system, author pages, on-site search, related news, ad slots and an editorial panel. When articles are shared on social media, they show a proper preview with the headline and image. An additional language, moving an old archive and custom integrations are priced separately and listed in the written offer.
On a corporate website, the blog is a supporting section, whereas on a news portal the whole site is built around articles, categories and editorial work. If your company publishes posts now and then, the Corporate website service is enough. If you need a daily news flow, several authors, categories and ad slots to sell, a separate news portal is the better choice.
Yes. A news website built by SaytPro has an editorial panel, and journalists add text, images and video themselves from the browser. An editor checks and publishes each piece, and roles are set up to match how your newsroom works. At handover, your team is trained on the panel, and 2 months of technical support cover any questions after that.
Yes. A news portal can be built in Azerbaijani, Russian, English and Turkish, and each language version has its own address and metadata. Each additional language is priced separately, and its price is stated in the written offer. Your newsroom publishes translated news from the panel itself, and a language switcher is visible on every page.
SaytPro builds on-page SEO basics into every news website: metadata for articles, NewsArticle schema, an automatic sitemap and speed optimization. Google Analytics 4 and Search Console are connected from day one. No specific position on Google is guaranteed, and regular SEO work is carried out as a separate monthly service.
Yes. As the portal grows, you can add a new section, language or feature; the scope and price of that work are agreed separately. The 2 months after handover are the technical support period, and after that the Technical support service can take over the care of the portal. Send your question on WhatsApp and we will give you a specific answer.
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