#What is Back Issue?

Back Issue is a premium magazine-style Framer Template created by Mam Studio for writers, bloggers, journalists, and independent publishers who want to transform their existing content into an elegant editorial website. Unlike conventional blog templates that rely heavily on featured images, Back Issue organizes articles into numbered entries and yearly magazine volumes while automatically generating typography-based covers for posts without photographs. Built with Framer CMS and designed to work with the Blog Import plugin, it makes migrating content from platforms such as WordPress, Squarespace, Ghost, Substack, and Medium easier. It's particularly useful for long-running personal blogs, editorial archives, independent publications, and content-focused websites.

#Features ⚡

• Magazine-Inspired Design: Organizes blog content into yearly volumes with prominent issue numbers, structured article lists, and editorial typography.

• Automatic Typography Covers: Displays title-based article covers when featured images are unavailable, maintaining visual consistency across the publication.

• Yearly Volume Archives: Groups published articles by year, creating a magazine-like archive for browsing historical content.

• Numbered Article Entries: Presents posts as numbered entries within their corresponding yearly volumes.

• Blog Import Integration: Works with the Blog Import plugin to migrate existing content and automatically populate fields for years, entry numbers, cover styles, and title sizes.

• Flexible Article Layouts: Supports both image-led articles and typography-focused posts.

• Category-Based Cover Colors: Adapts typography cover colors according to article categories.

• Responsive Design: Includes layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

• CMS-Powered Content: Uses Framer CMS to manage posts and categories without manually rebuilding pages.

• Subscription Form: Includes a subscribe form for building a readership.

• Google Fonts: Uses widely available web fonts for accessible and consistent typography.

#Included Components/Templates

Back Issue includes the essential layouts and content structures needed to create an editorial blog or online magazine.

• Magazine-style homepage with current volume and featured story

• 20 preloaded sample blog posts

• 5 yearly magazine volumes

• 4 article categories

• Article detail template with featured image

• Article detail template with typography cover

• Yearly volume archive

• Category listing pages

• Automatic typography cover designs

• Responsive navigation and article layouts

• About page

• Contact page

• Custom 404 page

• Subscribe form

• 2 CMS collections: Blog posts and categories

• Read Me documentation page

#Pricing 💸

Back Issue is available as a premium Framer template.

• Template Price: $69

• Payment Model: One-time purchase

• License: Single-Use

• CMS Requirements: Compatible with Framer Basic, using two CMS collections.

• Import Plugin: The creator states that the Blog Import plugin supports importing posts without a post-count limit.

• Framer Pro: Required if you need redirects from your previous blog URLs.

• Refund Policy: The creator offers a full refund if the template doesn't work for you and you email within 14 days of purchase.

#Integrations 🧰

• Framer: Native website builder for customization and publishing.

• Framer CMS: Manages blog content using posts and category collections.

• Blog Import Plugin: Migrates existing articles and generates the additional fields required by Back Issue.

• WordPress: Supports importing exported blog content.

• Squarespace: Supports blog migration through exported content.

• Ghost: Supports transferring existing publication content.

• Substack: Supports importing posts from existing newsletter publications.

• Medium: Supports importing articles into the Framer CMS.

• Blogger, Hashnode, and Webflow: Additional supported import sources.

• Google Fonts: Provides typography for the editorial layouts.