diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 0574c345..9ec488dd 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ collections:
     output: true
     custom_permalink_placeholders: ["publisher"]
     #permalink: "/:publisher/:title"
+  news:
+    output: true
+    permalink: /news/:year/:month/:day/:title
   posts:
     permalink: /blog/:year/:month/:day/:title
 
@@ -42,6 +45,11 @@ defaults:
       type: "posts"
     values:
       layout: "post"
+  - scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "news"
+    values:
+      layout: "news"
   - scope:
       path: ""
     values:
diff --git a/_data/general/footer.yml b/_data/general/footer.yml
index eb05fcee..aa1afa70 100644
--- a/_data/general/footer.yml
+++ b/_data/general/footer.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     site: demo-link
   - name: Plugins
     internal: plugins.html
+  - name: News
+    internal: news.html
 
 - title: Contribute
   link:
diff --git a/_layouts/collection_base.html b/_layouts/collection_base.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82ca2e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/collection_base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+<header>
+    {% if page.backLink or page.backLink == nil %}
+    <a href="{{ layout.base_link | relative_url }}" class="flex items-center m-5 text-xl hover:underline">
+        <img class="w-6 h-6" src="{{ '/assets/back.svg' | relative_url }}" />
+        <span>Back</span>
+    </a>
+    {% endif %}
+</header>
+
+<article>
+    <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+    <p>
+      {{ page.date | date_to_string }}
+      {% assign publisher = site.publishers | where: 'short_name', page.publisher | first %}
+      {% if publisher %}
+        - <a href="{{ publisher.url | relative_url }}">{{ publisher.name }}</a>
+      {% endif %}
+    </p>
+    {{ content }}
+</article>
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diff --git a/_layouts/news.html b/_layouts/news.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31d8afae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+layout: collection_base
+base_link: '/news'
+---
+{{ content }}
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index cca97078..6da5956c 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 ---
-layout: default
+layout: collection_base
+base_link: '/blog'
 ---
-
-<header>
-    {% if page.backLink or page.backLink == nil %}
-    <a href="{{ '/blog' | relative_url }}" class="flex items-center m-5 text-xl hover:underline">
-        <img class="w-6 h-6" src="{{ '/assets/back.svg' | relative_url }}" />
-        <span>Back</span>
-    </a>
-    {% endif %}
-</header>
-
-<article>
-    <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
-    <p>
-      {{ page.date | date_to_string }}
-      {% assign publisher = site.publishers | where: 'short_name', page.publisher | first %}
-      {% if publisher %}
-        - <a href="{{ publisher.url | relative_url }}">{{ publisher.name }}</a>
-      {% endif %}
-    </p>
-    {{ content }}
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ content }}
diff --git a/_news/2021-10-25-starting.md b/_news/2021-10-25-starting.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..650e2b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_news/2021-10-25-starting.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+publisher: matmair
+title: Starting with templates
+---
+A good starting-point for developing your own plugin is taking a look at the [documentation](https://inventree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extend/plugins/).
+
+You could also use one of the current plugins as a sample.
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diff --git a/news.html b/news.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e5ca7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: News
+permalink: /news
+---
+  <section class="cm-gray-2 body-font">
+    <div class="pt-3 pb-1 section-container">
+      <h1 class="header-text title-font mb-4 cm-gray-2">InvenTree News</h1>
+      <div class="flex flex-wrap">
+
+      {% for post in site.news %}
+        <div class="p-6 md:w-1/2 flex flex-col items-start">
+          <h2 class="header-text title-font mb-4 cm-gray-1">
+            <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+          </h2>
+          <span class="leading-relaxed mb-4">{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 156  }}</span>
+          <span>{{ post.date | date_to_string }} | </span>
+        </div>
+      {% endfor %}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </section>