Start a what?
An online publication is a place to write and share your opinions, commentaries, or essays usually centered around a topic. It's a custom website optimized for serving your writing in a beautiful and accessible way. That's it.
Here's how it works
Set up
Give your publication a title and topic, choose between a few stylistic options and you're ready to publish.
Write
Teach, contend, discuss, question, examine, entertain. Words can do all that. Use them wisely.
Share
Share links of your writing on your preferred platforms to get the best reach without compromising ownership.
A medium for nuanced viewpoints
If you have a lot to say online you know how thin your ideas are spread on various platforms. They get lost in the vast sea of the world wide web. Do your writing a favor and consolidate thoughts into a meaningful publication
Write with impact
Social media is not a place for nuanced opinions or shared understanding. Well written articles, on the other hand, are exactly where healthy arguments live and interact.
Write with purpose
A publication around a definite theme, broad or narrow carries meaning and purpose. This gives you direction and your readers reason to come back.
Aesthetics
Beautiful to all beholders
We still believe that content is king; that good design doesn't stand in your way and that legibility is the measure of beautiful text.
We commit to present your writing in a way that cannot be outdated, just like the layout of a book never is.
Timeless layout
You rarely notice the layout or the type design of a book. If you do, they probably did it wrong. We take care of all those little things that make your readers feel they had a pleasant read.
Meaningful customizations
You get to customize your publication in those areas where it really matters: branding, content and frontpage priorities.
You can't mess it up
No matter how you write your articles or customize your publication, we guide you all the way so that what comes out is beautiful by default.
Privacy & Ownership
Yours truly
Imagine if all paper producers would stamp their logo in the corner of each sheet. This is how online platforms are. Except they also throw in a couple of trackers for ad networks, a sign-up modal, a cookie banner, a classic "we care about your data" pop-up, maybe even an ad or two that know what you had for breakfast.
Junipress is like online pen and paper: you write, you publish, you own it. Truly.
We stand out of your way
Your publication won't contain any mention of us. There's no "sign up" step for your readers. As we said: we're not a platform. We're proud to always remain but a tool.
Nothing but your content
No kilobyte over your content. No trackers for ad networks, no privacy-invasive social media plugins, no ads, no cookies, no popups. You are all your readers are going to get. Make it worth their time.
It's all yours
No matter if you come with your own custom domain or use ours, we do not reserve any rights about your content. You retain full ownership & control. Enjoy.
Accessibility
Showing care for every single visitor
You would be surprised how many people have some form of vision or motor impairment. Or how slow the internet can be for most, and how many ways there are to consume an online article.
We know that every site visitor is unique. We try to serve each one.
Your publication conforms to WCAG, AAA-level
This is an even higher accessibility standard than what public-sector websites comply with. If you don't know what this is, just know that those who need it will love you for it.
Fast. Even for a slow connection
Most websites today are slow because they are heavy. You get many more times more bloat than content when you read an article online. We're fast because we're polite.
Also for the non-conformists
Rss feeds are what some people use to subscribe to and read online content, no matter if it's text or a podcast or a video. You're supporting them by default with a Junipress publication.