Fox News - Multipurpose News & Blog, YouTube Channel app

Fox News – Laravel News CMS + Flutter App for Android & iOS

Fox News is a complete newsroom in one purchase: a PHP news website, a Filament admin, and a Flutter app for Android and iPhone. Launch a news site, digital magazine, blog and YouTube channel site, then put the same stories on the phone.

Website, member desk, admin and mobile app share one catalog over REST. Install the PHP script, point the app at /api/v1, and you are live.

Fox News is an original product name and fox-head lockup. It is not affiliated with FOX News Network, LLC or Fox Corporation.

Live demo — one newsroom

• Website: https://foxnews.winstack.cloud/
• Member desk: https://foxnews.winstack.cloud/login
• Admin: https://foxnews.winstack.cloud/admin/login
• Android APK: Download the demo APK

Demo login (password for all: password)

• Super admin: admin@example.com
• Editor: editor@example.com
• Member (website and app): reader@example.com

Those accounts are for the hosted demo only. After you install the zip, sign in to admin with the publisher account you create in the wizard. The demo APK is already pointed at the live Fox News API. Allow installs from unknown sources on Android.

Who this is for

• Newsrooms and local sites that need breaking news, live blogs, authors and a native app
• Digital magazines that want hero, grid, list and magazine layouts plus a phone reader
• Bloggers who outgrow a simple theme and need categories, tags, SEO and Android / iPhone
• YouTube publishers who want a branded channel website with playlists, Shorts and an in-app Watch tab
• Agencies delivering a white-label news portal and app for a client brand

Why buyers choose Fox News

• Website, admin and app in one item: no second purchase to put the newsroom on a phone
• Same stories everywhere: articles, authors, videos and plans come from one Laravel API
• Editorial workflow: draft → review → schedule → publish (plus reject and archive)
• Video first: self-hosted, Vimeo, embeds, Shorts, YouTube Data API sync, in-app player
• Search-ready: Google News sitemap, image sitemap, video sitemap, RSS, JSON-LD, Open Graph, hreflang
• Revenue: house ads, AdMob in the app, membership plans, eight payment gateways, currencies
• Install in the browser: open /install — vendor is included in the PHP zip

Public news website

A complete news website PHP script with a masthead, breaking ticker, search, language switcher, dark/light/system theme, RSS and a PWA manifest.

• Configurable homepage sections: featured, breaking, latest, trending, editor’s choice, most read, videos, Shorts, desks, recommended, custom, YouTube
• Layouts: hero, ticker, grid, list, magazine, video stage, Shorts row, desk cards
• Article URLs like /news/{category}/{slug} with related stories, share, reactions and comments
• Blog index and posts alongside the newsroom
• Category, tag, author and location pages (including /{slug}-news)
• Videos, Shorts and a YouTube channel page
• Search, static pages, contact form, newsletter, polls
• House ad slots: top banner, header, article, sidebar, footer, sticky rail — with click tracking
• Google / Apple / Facebook sign-in (keys in admin)
• Subscribe page: plans, currency switcher, gateway checkout

Member desk

Readers get a real account on the website — the same member login works in the Flutter app.

• Saved stories, comments, profile, theme and alerts
• Membership status and cancel
• Contribute composer: cover, premium flag, comments on/off, index or unlisted, save draft or send to copy desk

Filament 5 newsroom admin

Editors work in a modern Laravel Filament admin built as a news desk, not a generic CRUD kit. Open /admin/login.

Editorial

• Articles with premium flag, comments, robots index/unlisted, covers, SEO fields and schedule
• Authors (photo, bio, designation), nested categories, tags, locations
• Breaking ticker
• Live blogs with timed updates

Video & YouTube

• Self-hosted, Vimeo, embed and Shorts
• YouTube videos, playlists and channel sync (Data API v3)
• Test YouTube from Settings

Audience

• Staff and members, roles and status
• Comment moderation, polls, contact inbox
• Newsletter subscribers, campaigns and email templates
• Push notifications (FCM-ready)
• Hide ads for premium members (also applies in the app)

Website & system

• Homepage builder (sections + layouts)
• Pages, menus, media library, 301 redirects
• Languages / editions
• Audit log
• Settings: branding, social, SEO, YouTube, Firebase, OAuth, payments, currency, comments, features — plus test mail

Flutter app for Android and iPhone

Readers get a native newsroom on the phone. The app talks to the same Fox News PHP API. Demo login is the member account above.

• Splash & onboarding — first-launch intro, then straight into the desk
• Home — breaking ticker, featured, trending, latest, categories, polls, native ads
• Article — HTML body, reactions, comments, related stories, share, offline save
• Explore — desks, authors, trending, live blogs, search
• Watch — videos, Shorts (full-screen swipe), YouTube
• Saved — bookmarks and offline stories
• Profile — sign in, dark mode, edition, currency, membership, settings
• Subscribe — plans and checkout against the PHP gateways

AdMob

Ads are built in. Test units ship by default so the demo is safe. Switch to your AdMob app id and units when you go live.

• Native ads in the home and explore lists
• Interstitial every N article opens
• Optional app-open and sticky banner
• Hide ads for premium members (controlled from the PHP admin)

SEO for Google News and Google Search

Fox News is built as a SEO news CMS, not a page of empty meta tags.

• /sitemap.xml index
• /news-sitemap.xml for Google News
• /image-sitemap.xml for covers
• /video-sitemap.xml for video objects
• /rss latest feed
• Editable /robots.txt
• Canonical URLs and hreflang per language
• Open Graph and Twitter summary_large_image
• JSON-LD: NewsArticle, VideoObject, NewsMediaOrganization
• Unlisted stories stay off sitemaps

Ads, memberships and payments

• House advertisements and ad campaigns with placements and sizes
• Google AdMob in the Flutter app (banner, native, interstitial, app open)
• Subscription plans, subscriptions and a payment ledger
• Currencies with optional FX auto-update
• Gateways: Razorpay, PayPal, Stripe, Iyzico, Mercado Pago, PayTabs, Paystack, Flutterwave
• Sandbox mode for test checkouts

REST API

The same catalog powers the website and the Flutter app.

• Homepage, breaking, categories, authors, articles (latest / trending / featured / show)
• Videos, search + suggest, languages, live blogs, polls, plans, currencies, comments
• Auth: register, login, social, Sanctum tokens
• Member: profile, bookmarks, submissions, checkout, cancel subscription
• Payment webhooks per gateway
• Rate limits on auth, comments and checkout

Install the PHP website and admin

1. Upload Main Files/Fox-News into public_html (vendor included — Composer is not required).
2. Make storage/ and bootstrap/cache writable.
3. Open https://your-domain.com/install. You do not need to set the document root to public/.
4. Activate the purchase at https://winstack.cloud/activation, then enter the same purchase code in the wizard.
5. Test the database connection, create the first publisher, and launch.
6. Sign in at /admin/login with the publisher account you created.

Cron (required): * * * * * php /path/to/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
Queue: php artisan queue:work --tries=3

Connect the Flutter app

1. Open Main Files/Fox-News-App in Android Studio or VS Code.
2. In lib/core/config.dart set customApi to https://your-domain.com/api/v1.
3. Change the Android application id and the iOS bundle id. Do not ship com.foxnews.fox_news to the stores.
4. Replace assets/branding/launcher.png and run dart run flutter_launcher_icons.
5. flutter pub get then flutter run (or flutter build apk / Xcode archive).

iOS: cd ios && pod install after the first fetch. Minimum iOS 15. You need a Mac and Xcode for an App Store build. The demo file we ship is the Android APK.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+ with pdo_mysql, mbstring, tokenizer, xml, ctype, json, fileinfo, gd or imagick, curl, zip
• MySQL 8 or MariaDB 10.6+
• Apache or Nginx. Upload into public_html — a root .htaccess sends traffic to public/
• HTTPS recommended in production
• Flutter 3.24+ (this package was built with Flutter 3.41 / Dart 3.11)
• Android Studio / Xcode for store builds

What you get with this item

• Fox News PHP script v1.0.0 (website, member desk, admin, REST API)
• Fox News App Flutter source v1.0.0 (Android + iOS)
• Installable PHP package with Composer vendor included
• Android demo APK pointed at the live Fox News demo API
• HTML documentation for website, admin and app
• Web installer, demo seeder and AdMob test configuration
• Item support per Envato terms while support is active

Not in this version: AI desk, podcasts, live TV, election modules, sports modules, OTT. Firebase push is FCM-ready on the API; store push setup is optional.

Changelog — v1.0.0

• Initial commercial release: PHP website, Filament admin and Flutter app in one item
• Activate first at WinStack, then bind the same purchase code in the installer
• Database connection test before you can continue
• Public demo sign-in stays off on a live website
• Stepped install wizard with server checks, license, database, admin and launch
• Shared-hosting installer: upload into public_html and open /install
• Laravel 13 + Filament 5 newsroom
• Flutter 3 reader: Home, Explore, Watch, Shorts, YouTube, Saved, Profile
• News, blog, magazine layouts, YouTube, Shorts, live blogs
• SEO sitemaps, RSS, JSON-LD
• House ads, AdMob, plans, eight payment gateways
• Multilingual editions, PWA, dark / light theme

FAQ

Does this include the website, admin and the mobile app?
Yes. This one item includes the Laravel PHP script and the Flutter app for Android and iPhone.

Is this a WordPress theme?
No. Fox News is a Laravel 13 PHP script with its own admin at /admin. The phone app is Flutter, not a wrapped website.

Can I use the app with WordPress?
No. The app is built for the Fox News Laravel REST API at /api/v1.

What are the demo logins?
Password is password for all three. Admin: admin@example.com. Editor: editor@example.com. Member (website and app): reader@example.com. After you install, use the publisher account from the wizard.

Can I change the logo, name and colors?
Yes. Upload your logo and set branding in Admin → Settings. Default brand color is Fox red #C8102E. In the app, update AppConfig.appName, brand color, launcher PNG, Android applicationId and iOS bundle id.

Do I need Composer on the server?
Not for the installable zip. Vendor is included. Upload into public_html and open /install.

Will it work as a YouTube channel website?
Yes. Sync channel videos and playlists, show Shorts on the site and in the app Watch tab.

Is it multilingual?
Yes. Editions/languages are managed in admin with hreflang on the public site. The app can switch edition from Profile.

Is AdMob included?
Yes. Test ads work out of the box in the app. Put your own AdMob app id in Android admob.xml and iOS AdMob.xcconfig.

Will the app run on iPhone?
Yes. Source is Flutter. iOS 15+. You need a Mac and Xcode to build for the App Store. The demo file we ship is the Android APK.

Can I use my own domain and brand?
Yes. It is a white-label news CMS and app. You are not buying a trademark for the US Fox News Channel.

Is it affiliated with FOX News Channel?
No. You can rebrand. You are not buying that trademark.

Support

After purchase, use the item support form or your WinStack customer account. Include your purchase code, PHP version, Flutter version, and what you already tried. Installation as a paid service is available if you do not want to set hosting or store builds yourself.

Launch a professional news website, admin and mobile app — preview the live demo, then buy Fox News.