FlatPlan’s powerful, no-code tool now empowers publications on October CMS to publish to Apple News instantly.
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October is a self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. FlatPlan empowers publications powered by October to publish to a bespoke Apple News channel easily and automatically, without interrupting their daily workflow.
FlatPlan collects content from October CMS sites without requiring any development time or ongoing maintenance. It handles all of the heavy lifting. You click Publish and it works.
Retain audiences and boost their value with FlatPlan’s inline follow mechanic. It elegantly slots into Apple News articles with an invitation to follow your channel. Implement FlatPlan’s branded widgets to drive readers to newsletters, socials, your site—anywhere.
FlatPlan helps October CMS publishers generate revenue in Apple News with display ads, native content, affiliate, video and backfill advertising, as well as subscription and e-commerce streams.
October publishers’ site categories are automatically reflected in FlatPlan-made Apple News channels, so that readers may navigate an Apple News channel exactly as the publisher wishes.FlatPlan automatically duplicates in-article Read Next links and connects them in-app by default.
Thanks to the FlatPlan Notify notification system, October CMS users are informed instantly when their stories are selected by Apple News editors for inclusion in the app’s top areas, or when they receive significant spikes of organic traffic.
Once an October publisher has completed their Apple News channel integration in collaboration with FlatPlan, their stories will be published to the app automatically, allowing them to continue doing what they do best: creating brilliant articles.
Sign up now or talk to an Apple News expert who can guide you through how FlatPlan can help you.