Media
Publishing tools that make the work publishable
Media software covers content platforms, streaming and audience analytics. Criza builds it for publishers and creators who need to publish efficiently and understand what their audience actually does. This describes an area we build for, not a list of past clients.
What we build for this sector
Content platforms
Articles, categories, tags and authors with a searchable archive and structured data for search and discovery.
Editorial CMS
A publishing workspace with drafts, previews, scheduled release and revisions, built around your editorial process.
Membership and subscriptions
Accounts, paywalls, plans and receipts — enforced on the server, not hidden in the browser.
Audience analytics
Read-through, return rate and referral sources reported per article and per topic.
What's included
- Draft, preview and scheduled publishing
- Server-rendered article pages
- Categories, tags and author profiles
- Search and related content
- Membership and paywall support
- Read-through and referral reporting
How long it takes and what it costs
How long does it take?
Depends on scope. You get a written milestone schedule with your quote, and a realistic estimate rather than one designed to win the job.
What does it cost?
Fixed quote after a free 30-minute call. The scope is written down first, including anything specific to your sector.
Common problems in this sector
Publishing takes too long
Every article needs a developer for formatting, embeds or a small layout tweak, so output is limited by engineering time.
Pages readers abandon
Heavy ads, late-loading fonts and layout shifts make long reads unpleasant on a phone, which is where most traffic arrives.
Audience data nobody uses
Reports exist, but nobody can answer which topics actually bring returning readers.
Where software helps most
Editor-first workflow
Drafts, previews, revisions and scheduling handled by the people writing, with no code needed for standard formats.
Reading experience as a feature
Server-rendered articles, predictable typography and no layout shift — the things that keep a reader to the end.
Measurement that guides content
Completion, return visits and subscription conversion by topic, in a report the editorial team can act on.
Tools we typically use
- Next.js
- React
- PostgreSQL
- Markdown/MDX
- Cloudflare
- Analytics
Frequently asked questions
Can editors publish without touching code?
Yes. The editorial workspace covers text, images, embeds, categories and scheduling. Code is only needed for a genuinely new page format, which we build once so it is reusable.
Will articles be indexable by search engines?
Yes — server-rendered HTML, unique metadata per article, structured data, a sitemap and clean internal links. That is a requirement of the build, not an add-on.
Do you support video and podcasts?
Yes, through hosted players with poster images and transcripts where possible. We avoid self-hosting large media unless there is a clear reason.