About this template
This template gives you a hyperlocal news platform that looks professional and you don't need design skills or development experience to make it work. Your neighborhood deserves better than a generic blog layout—Daily Neighbor is built specifically for community journalism and local storytelling.
The technical parts are already handled. Responsive layouts, SEO meta tags, a reading progress bar, color-coded news categories—all done. You can focus on covering the stories that matter to the people who live around you.
A full-width hero story, a two-column news grid with sidebar widgets for weather, upcoming events, and trending topics—this template gives your local news the same polished presentation that larger outlets have, without the budget or the team.
Best Use Cases
Neighborhood News Coverage
Cover what's happening block by block with articles organized across six color-coded categories—Community, Government, Business, Sports, Education, and Arts. The neighborhood selector in the header and category tagging system help readers find news that's relevant to where they actually live.
Community Event Promotion
Highlight upcoming local events with the built-in events widget on your sidebar. Each event shows the date, time, location, and attendance count—giving your readers a quick snapshot of what's happening nearby without leaving the homepage.
Long-Form Local Journalism
Publish in-depth articles with a dedicated reading experience. The article page includes a reading progress bar at the top, a sticky table of contents with scroll-spy navigation on desktop, and a related stories section at the bottom. Readers stay engaged and discover more of your coverage.
Civic Information Hub
Serve as the go-to digital source for weather updates, trending local topics, and government news. The homepage sidebar combines a weather widget with a five-day forecast, a trending topics list ranked by post count, and event listings—turning your site into a daily destination for residents who want to stay informed.
Getting Started
Step 1: Remix This Template
Click "Remix" to create your copy. You'll have a complete community news site ready to customize—homepage with hero story, article detail pages, sidebar widgets, and a 404 page. All the pages and features are already working. You just need to make it yours.
Step 2: Customize Your Brand
Change the teal primary color to match your community's identity. Update the Outfit and Switzer fonts if you want a different feel. Lovable's visual editor lets you modify layouts, adjust the six category colors, and see changes instantly as you work. You don't need to know code to make it look exactly how you want.
Step 3: Add Your Content
Replace the sample articles with your local reporting, neighborhood updates, and community stories. Upload images for your hero story and news cards, write headlines that connect with your neighbors, and assign categories like Government, Sports, or Arts to each piece. The template stays out of your way so your content is what people notice.
Step 4: Connect Your Tools
Link your email marketing for the built-in subscribe CTA, connect analytics to track which neighborhoods engage most, or integrate social sharing tools. Lovable makes it easy to extend the template with the integrations community publishers actually need.
Step 5: Go Live
Deploy your community news site with one click. Lovable handles the hosting, security, and performance optimization automatically. Your site goes live worldwide in minutes, and you can start sharing the URL with your community.
Conclusion
This community news template works for local publishers who want their site to feel as credible as their reporting. You get a polished news layout without hiring a developer, organized content categories without building a custom CMS, and all the features a hyperlocal platform actually needs—from weather widgets to article reading progress bars.
Whether you're launching your first independent neighborhood outlet or upgrading a community newsletter into a proper news site, this template gives you a solid foundation. The hero story layout draws readers in, the sidebar widgets keep them browsing, and the article pages deliver a reading experience that builds trust. Choose this template to launch a community news site that serves your neighbors and grows with your audience.
Features & capabilities
Full-Width Hero Story
Feature your most important local story with a prominent gradient-overlay hero that draws readers in immediately.
Color-Coded Category System
Organize articles across Community, Government, Business, Sports, Education, and Arts with distinctive visual tags readers recognize.
Weather Widget
Display current conditions and five-day forecasts in your sidebar so residents check your site for daily weather updates.
Events Sidebar Widget
Promote upcoming community events with date, time, location, and attendance counts without leaving the homepage.
Trending Topics List
Show readers what's generating conversation with a ranked list of popular local topics by post count.
Reading Progress Bar
A fixed progress indicator at the top of articles shows readers how far they've scrolled through your long-form reporting.
Scroll-Spy Table of Contents
Desktop sidebar navigation highlights the current section as readers scroll, helping them navigate lengthy articles.
Neighborhood Selector
Header dropdown lets readers choose their neighborhood, making your coverage feel personal and locally relevant.
Subscribe Email CTA
Built-in email capture forms at article ends and in sidebars help you grow your community newsletter list.
Smooth Animations
Staggered card entrances and hover effects create a polished feel without slowing down your site.
SEO Meta Tags
Pre-configured Open Graph and Twitter Card tags ensure your articles look professional when shared on social media.
Related Stories Grid
Article pages automatically display three related stories at the bottom to keep readers exploring your coverage.
