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Time

DLE 21 template for news sites: light and dark themes, read-aloud articles, video, photo reports, podcasts and opinions, weather and rates.
Version 1.0.0 PHP 8.1 — 8.4 DLE 21.0 Open demo
Time
  • News
  • Light theme
  • Dark theme
  • + Read-aloud articles
  • + Weather, rates and “City today”
  • + Reactions and reading time
  • + Follow sections and “My feed”
  • + Morning newsletter
  • + Reader photos and videos

Time is a responsive DLE 21 template for a news site, a city outlet or an editorial blog. Strict newspaper typography, large headlines, plenty of air and two themes — light and dark, switched with one button.

Highlights

  • “Listen to the article”: any story is read aloud right in the browser — with voice and speed choice, paragraph highlighting and progress. No services or keys.
  • Formats look different: video with a YouTube, RuTube, VK or mp4 player, photo report with a large gallery and full-screen view, podcast with a player and clickable timestamps, opinion with a big quote and its author. A format turns on by filling one field.
  • A home page like a big outlet’s: top-stories slider, “Trending now”, “Topics of the day”, an “Hour by hour” timeline, section tiles, a “How many minutes do you have?” filter, “Photo and video” and “Opinions” rows, three section columns, podcasts with a mini player.
  • “Summary”: a 5-day forecast, exchange rates and “City today” for your city, updated automatically.
  • Article page: reading progress and “N min left” in the header, A−/A+ text size, table of contents, “In brief”, key figures, “Useful / Like / Doubt / Against” reactions, author card and “Send a photo or video” for readers.
  • Section page: subsections, “Follow the section” and “My feed”, stats, a live chronicle and section authors, grid or list view, “Show more”.
  • A morning newsletter “08:00. Five stories” and a weekly section digest — with address confirmation and one-click unsubscribe.

Styled pages

Every DLE page: home, sections, full story, search and quick search, tags, favourites, profile and pop-up profile, private messages, registration, pop-up login, password recovery, add news, statistics, feedback, static pages, threaded comments, polls, print version, “site offline” and DLE messages.

Bundled plugins

The template ships with the “Time: extras” plugin — reading time, weather and rates, topics of the day, reactions, “Follow the section”, the newsletter and reader submissions. There is no settings page: city and currencies are set right in the template. The code is open.

Together with DLE Parser PRO

In the “Extended” version the site fills itself: the module pulls news from RSS feeds and source sites, puts the main photo into the template field and credits the source under the story. Without the module the template works the same — stories are added by hand.

Fonts and Font Awesome icons are bundled, no external requests.

6 plugins included

Installed together with the template and tested with it. Nothing to buy separately.

  • Read-aloud articles

    The “Listen to the article” button reads the story aloud in the reader’s browser: voice and speed choice, paragraph highlighting, seeking on the waveform. No external services or keys.

    included
  • Weather, rates and “City today”

    A 5-day forecast, exchange rates, wind, humidity, pressure, sunrise and sunset for your city. Data refreshes hourly; city and currencies are set in a template tag.

    included
  • Reactions and reading time

    “Useful / Like / Doubt / Against” reactions under every story, reading time on cards, a “Under 5 minutes / Long read” filter and “N min left” in the article header.

    included
  • Follow sections and “My feed”

    Readers follow sections and see their latest stories on the “My feed” page. Each section shows its follower count, monthly stats, a chronicle and its authors.

    included
  • Morning newsletter

    Subscription with address confirmation: at 08:00 the five top stories of the day, on Fridays the best of a section. Emails go through DLE mail; one-click unsubscribe.

    included
  • Reader photos and videos

    A “Send a photo or video” form under the story: drag and drop, previews, author consent. Files are stored on the site; editors get a private message and an email.

    included

Screenshots

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Choose a version

“Standard” is the template with its plugins, “Extended” adds our modules, “Premium” also includes installation and setup on your site. You can move to a higher version later by paying the difference.

Standard
$66
  • Time template
  • Read-aloud articles
  • Weather, rates and “City today”
  • Reactions and reading time
  • Follow sections and “My feed”
  • Morning newsletter
  • Reader photos and videos
  • DLE Parser PRO
  • Installation and setup on your site
  • Open source code
  • Updates forever
  • Downloads forever
Extended
$102

Template + module separately: $126 · you save $24

  • Time template
  • Read-aloud articles
  • Weather, rates and “City today”
  • Reactions and reading time
  • Follow sections and “My feed”
  • Morning newsletter
  • Reader photos and videos
  • DLE Parser PRO (“Standard” license)
  • Installation and setup on your site
  • Open source code
  • Updates forever
  • Downloads forever
Premium
$144
  • Time template
  • Read-aloud articles
  • Weather, rates and “City today”
  • Reactions and reading time
  • Follow sections and “My feed”
  • Morning newsletter
  • Reader photos and videos
  • DLE Parser PRO (“Standard” license)
  • Installation and setup on your site
  • Open source code
  • Updates forever
  • Downloads forever

Version history

  1. 1.0.0 current 3 New

    New 3

    • First release of the Time template for DLE 21.0: a news home with a slider, “Hour by hour”, sections and a summary, an article page with a table of contents and read-aloud, section pages, light and dark themes and every DLE page
    • Videos, photo reports, podcasts and opinions get their own look: a player, a full-screen gallery, episode timestamps, a big quote
    • The “Time: extras” plugin: reading time, weather and rates, topics of the day, reactions, “Follow the section” and “My feed”, a morning newsletter, reader photos and videos
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