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Get the latest Ghost CMS news and updates. Find useful guides and tutorials. Useful tips to improve and customize your Ghost theme and optimize your workflow.

Ghost CMS News: One-time payments & collecting sales tax

Learn about Ghost CMS's latest updates, including one-time payments through tips and donations, and the new Stripe Tax integration for handling sales tax, VAT, and GST.

How to customize the private site access template in Ghost

How to use custom fonts in Ghost themes

Ghost CMS News: Additional payment methods & internal linking

Ghost now supports additional payment methods like CashApp, iDEAL, and WeChat. Improved internal linking and newsletter subtitles enhance user experience.

How to use Code Injection in Ghost

Enhance your Ghost CMS with Code Injection. Easily add custom scripts and styles, integrate tools, and new features site-wide or per post for seamless customization.

How to set meta data of your custom routes & collections in Ghost

Optimize SEO for custom routes and collections in Ghost by setting detailed meta data, including titles, descriptions, and canonical URLs.

Ghost CMS News: TK reminders, ActivityPub and improvements

Check out the latest Ghost CMS updates: TK reminders to improve editing workflow, planned ActivityPub support to enable decentralization, and many more improvements and bugfixes

How to format dates and use the date helper in Ghost

Dive into Ghost CMS's Date Helper to streamline your content's date formatting. From basic to advanced techniques, discover how to customize dates for maximum clarity.

Understanding and optimizing post and page settings in Ghost CMS

Learn how to optimize Ghost post settings to enhance content visibility, improve user experience, and boost search engine rankings for a robust online presence.

Trigger the Ghost Portal popup based on page scroll progress

Learn how to enhance user engagement on your Ghost CMS website by triggering the Ghost Portal popup based on page scroll progress.

How to create a custom recommendations page for your Ghost CMS theme

Discover how Ghost's recommendations feature allows publishers to share their favorite sites with readers and be recommended by other publications. Find out how to manage recommendations in Ghost Admin, and create a custom recommendations page.

Ghost CMS News: New editor, refreshed settings & recommendations

Discover the new Ghost editor, explore refreshed settings, get webmention based recommendations, and enjoy the convenience of emoji autocomplete.

Upgrade to Node v18 for Ghost CMS & common errors

Discover how to upgrade to Node v18, update Ghost CMS, and resolve common issues. This article includes detailed steps and solutions to ensure a seamless update process.

Ghost Snippets: Adding Schema markup in Ghost

Learn how to enhance your SEO with schema markup and structured data in Ghost CMS. Examples of recipe, product, breadcrumbs, FAQ, and event types.

Ghost CMS News: Source - the new default theme and native image editing

Discover the latest Ghost CMS updates in our blog post! Learn about the sleek new default theme, Source, and how the native image editing feature enhances your content creation process.

How to add a scroll-based progress bar to your Ghost CMS site

Learn how to add a scroll-based progress bar to your Ghost CMS site using plain JavaScript and CSS, enhancing user experience and engagement.

The best way to create a contact page in Ghost

Learn how to create a captivating contact page in Ghost CMS. Explore options like Formspree, Tally, Typeform, Google Forms for a seamless communication with your audience.

How to update your Ghost site URL when self-hosting

A step by step guide to changing the URL of your Ghost CMS site when self-hosting. From setting up your domain DNS and Ghost config, to creating the SSL certificate

Ghost CMS News: Signup cards and better landing pages

Unlock new possibilities in the Ghost editor by seamlessly integrating signup forms, customize landing pages, and create stunning headers for your content.

How to integrate the Applause Button into your Ghost theme

Enhance user engagement on your Ghost theme with the Applause Button. Learn how to integrate this interactive feature and boost reader participation.

Ghost CMS block and contentFor helper overview & tips

Discover the power of Ghost CMS block and contentFor helpers. Create modular templates and inject dynamic content. Boost website customization.

Ghost CMS News: Signup form embed, new editor and bulk actions.

Signup form embed, portal translations in beta, new Ghost editor beta, post bulk actions and duplicating, and new announcement bar.

Biron Themes becomes Bright Themes 🎉

With Bright Themes, we're taking a bold step forward, infusing our themes with even more luminosity, and ensuring that your website shines brighter than ever before.

How to Create Related Posts Section in Ghost

Guide on how to show related posts section in a Ghost Blog. Step by step instructions and code snippets to create related posts for a Ghost CMS Theme.

Ghost CMS newsletter settings and post analytics

New post analytics export, newsletter settings, newsletter comment CTA, subscription details and latest posts.

How to Serve JSON or XML Data in Ghost

How to serve static JSON, XML or text data from your Ghost theme, with custom routes and template files.

Ghost CMS News: Automatic list cleaning & email troubleshooting

Ghost CMS added automatic list cleaning, and email troubleshooting. Two new free themes were released (Taste and Episode), as well as a new VS Code extension for development.

How to Change Your Default Post Template in Ghost

Tutorial for changing the default post template in your Ghost theme. Change the existing template, or switch on of the custom ones your theme comes with.

Ghost CMS Price Helper Overview & Tips

How to use the price helper in your Ghost theme. Overview of the available options and specific use cases with examples on what you can do with the helper.

Ghost CMS News: Member Growth Sources & Audience Feedback

Ghost CMS extended the analytics capability wih the new member growth sources, they also added audience feedback and it is also possible to edit your email newsletter links.

How to Open External Links in a New Tab in Ghost

How opening external links in new tab can affect user experience, analytics and time on site. How to achieve it in Ghost using HTML or Javascript.

Ghost CMS News: History Log & Newsletter Analytics

Ghost CMS new official theme called Solo, a new History Log for an overview of changes to your publication, and Newsletter Analytics.

How to Automatically Add Member Labels From Referral Traffic in Ghost?

How to apply member labels to new subscribers based on the referral traffic and UTM parameters. Tutorial to automatically generate member labels.

Ghost CMS News: Free trials & email notifications

Ghost CMS free trials for tiers, with offers and complementary plans limits. Email notifications for comments, signups, and paid subscriptions.

Ghost CMS Match Helper Usage & Tips

How to use the match helper in your Ghost theme. Overview of the available operators and specific use cases with examples on what you can do with this helper.

Ghost CMS News: Native Comments

Ghost CMS native comments was introduced in version 5.8.0. The new comment system is clean and intuitive and it will help to increase engagement, with built-in email notifications

Ghost CMS News: Ghost Explore & Premium Newsletter Previews

Ghost explore is a place to discover publications built with the Ghost CMS. You can submit your site so others can find it. Ghost added new premium previews for email newsletters.

Ghost Snippets: Custom Progress Cards & Steps

How to add custom progress cards and progress step elements in your posts in Ghost. Complete HTML markup and CSS for styling.

The best Ghost CMS hosting platforms

Discover the best options for hosting your Ghost CMS! From managed services like Ghost(Pro) and MagicPages to self-hosting on DigitalOcean, this article gives you the basic information to choose the right provider for hosting Ghost.

Ghost CMS News: Native Search

Ghost CMS native search function was introduced in version 5.3.0. It provides clean, fast and intuitive way fo find content across your publication

Ghost Snippets: Custom Stylish Tables

How to add create custom stylish tables in your Ghost theme. You can use these tables when you want to compare data or highlight information in a tabular fashion.

How to Add a Scroll Top & Progress Indicator Button in Ghost

Tutorial to add a scroll to top button to your Ghost theme, to give users thee option to quickly scroll back to the top. Enhance it to work as a progress indicator at the same time.

Ghost Snippets: Accordions

How to add create custom stylish accordions in your Ghost theme. Add collapsible customizable pieces of content using our complete tutorial including HTML markup and CSS for styling.

Ghost 5.0 released 🎉

Check out all the Ghost 5.0 features in the latest major release from the Ghost team. Memberships tiers, multiple newsletters, a new dashboard and more.

Ghost Snippets: Custom Subscribe Forms

How to add subscribe forms in your posts. Add subscription forms as CTA in your posts. Complete HTML markup and CSS for styling.

How to Self-Host Google Fonts in Ghost CMS

How to self-host Google Fonts with the Ghost CMS. Remove Google server request, download font files an generate CSS rules to have GDPR compliant Google Fonts.

Ghost CMS News: Membership, Tiers & Activity Feed

Ghost CMS news March 2022. Ghost Admin Membership improvements and more filtering options. Membership tiers out of beta.

Custom Pages in Ghost CMS Themes

Ghost CMS Custom Pages. How to create custom pages in your Ghost theme. Using routes.yaml, page templates and custom templates with examples.

Ghost CMS Search Using Fuse.js

Add Search function to Ghost with the Fuse.js library. Fuse.js overview and detailed guide for Ghost Themes including Content API setup, fetching posts, Fuse setup and markup & script for handling the search event.

Ghost CMS News: Offers and Discounts & New Cards

Ghost CMS news in December 2021. Create offers & discounts, Custom theme settings and new cards in the editor (GIFs, buttons and NFTs).

Ghost Custom Theme Settings

Ghost CMS custom theme settings, types of custom settings and how to use them. Guidelines and use cases for settings with specific examples.

Self-Hosted Ghost CMS with DigitalOcean

Self Hosting Ghost CMS on DigitalOcean. The cheapest and best self hosting option for Ghost Blogs. Pros and cons when hosting Ghost by yourself, and guide for install Ghost on DigitalOcean.

How to Add Different Logos for Dark & Light Themes in Ghost

How to show different logos for dark and light themes in your Ghost theme. Alternate logo using SVG and CSS or using custom theme settings.

Ghost CMS News: Membership tiers, email CTA & filters

Ghost CMS news in October 2021. New membership tiers beta, email specific promotions with Email call to actions, segment members with advanced filtering.

How to Create a Custom Navigation Template in Ghost

How to change the default navigation layout in Ghost or create a custom navigation template. Adding icons to your menu items.

How to Segment Subscribers with Member Labels in Ghost

How to use segment your subscribers during sign up using member labels. Tutorial for member label usage with predefined values and dynamic usage with tags or authors.

How to Use the Ghost Subscription Forms in Your Theme & Posts

How to use the sign up forms in your Ghost theme or Ghost CMS posts. Member subscription customizing and useful snippets to improve the subscription process.

Ghost CMS News: Grammarly Support & Feature Image Captions.

Ghost CMS news in September 2021. Grammarly support, segmented newsletters, invite-only website, more email design options, feature image captions and free newsletter themes

How to Add Breadcrumbs to Your Ghost Theme

How to add breadcrumbs to your Ghost theme and improve user experience and SEO. Guide to add and style breadcrumbs in Ghost CMS.

How to Hide a Post From the Home Page in Ghost CMS

Ghost CMS hiding posts using internal tags. Hiding posts using routes.yaml, hbs files or CSS.

Ghost Snippets: Custom Alert Boxes

How to add alert boxes to your Ghost Theme. How to highlight critical information using alert boxes in your Ghost theme. Guide to add the HTML markup and style it with CSS.

Ghost CMS Dynamic Routing & routes.yaml

Ghost CMS routing overview, basic configuration, and using custom routes, collections, channels, and taxonomies. Create a custom site structure with the routes.yaml file in Ghost.

How to Update Your Ghost Theme When We Release New Versions

How to update your Ghost Theme when a new version of the theme is released. Basic update process is backup theme, update the files, build the assets and finally zip and upload.

How to Add Members Specific Section in Your Ghost Template

How to implement member specific code blocks in Ghost themes and specific use cases such as custom account page, membership page and other elements.

How to Show Post or Newsletter Issue Number in Ghost

Add newsletter issue number using css. Tutorial using css counter for adding issue number to posts or newsletters in Ghost CMS.

How to Use the Public Preview & Custom Content CTA in Ghost CMS

Tips on how to use the Public Preview divider in Ghost 5.0 and how to add your own content CTA. Advanced guide for fading content CTA for the Ghost CMS modifying your Ghost theme template.

Ghost 4.0 Launched With Native Newsletters & Membership

Check out all the Ghost 4.0 features from the latest major release from the Ghost team. Memberships, newsletters, a new look and much more.

Ghost CMS News: Cancellation Feedback & Newsletter Stats.

Latest news about the Ghost CMS in March 2021. New features, updates and changes. Cancellation feedback, new member redirects, newsletter stats and more.

How to Create a Featured Post Slider in Ghost

Creating a featured post slider for your Ghost theme using the tiny slider plugin. Move your featured posts to the top of the page in Ghost CMS.

How to Add Reading Time to Ghost Blog Posts

Adding reading time to Ghost Themes and customizing the default reading time text. Guide to translate the reading time text in Ghost Themes. '

How to Create a Post Archive for Your Ghost Theme

How to add a post archive to a Ghost Theme. Create a Post Archive Page in Ghost and grouping by month or year.

How to Add Tag Dropdown to Your Ghost Theme

How to add a tag dropdown to a Ghost Theme. Guide to add a category dropdown containing tags to Ghost.

Ghost CMS News: Member Support, Portal & Content Snippets.

Latest news about the Ghost CMS in December 2020. New features, updates and changes. Member support, the new Portal feature, content snippets and more.

Ghost CMS News: Referral Programs & Responsive Images.

Latest news about the Ghost CMS in August 2020. New features, updates and changes. Custom from-addresses for newsletters, membership referral programs, automatic responsive images and more.

How to add Image Lightbox to Ghost Themes

How to Add Image Lightbox to Ghost Themes. Setup Lightbox Gallery for images within a post using minimal Javascript and CSS. Ghost CMS Image Lightbox.

How to Deploy Your Ghost Theme with GitHub Actions

How to deploy your Ghost Theme using Github Actions. Guide to setup and configure automatic Ghost Theme deployment whenever theme files are changed.

How to Add Google Fonts to Ghost Themes.

How to use Google Fonts with the Ghost CMS. The best way to include and use Google Fonts in Ghost Themes without affecting the performance of your website.

How to Audit & Test a Ghost Theme

Ghost Theme Testing. Guide for testing Ghost Themes using Gscan. How to Audit a Ghost Theme using Lighthouse and other tools to improve site performance.

How to Configure Ghost with Mailgun

Guide to setup Mailgun with Ghost CMS. How to configure Mailgun and update Ghost configuration then test the implementation. Setup for Ghost Members with Mailgun.

Ghost Theme Structure & Organization

Ghost Theme Structure. Guide for organizing files and folders in a Ghost Themes. Basics of a Ghost Theme with optional and required files.

How to Make Custom Templates in Ghost Themes

Ghost Custom Templates. Guide to create a custom template for your Ghost Theme. Examples on how to create custom templates and using them for posts and pages.

How to Use Ghost Filter Expressions

Ghost Filter expressions and queries. Guide to use filtering in the Ghost CMS and an overview of the available syntax with examples and use cases in Ghost Themes.

The Best Ghost CMS Search Plugins & Libraries

Ghost Search plugins. A detailed overview of the available Ghost CMS search libraries that you can use to add search functionality to your Ghost Theme.

Ghost Themes as Progressive Web Apps

Guide to convert your Ghost Theme into a Progressive Web App (PWA). How to define a manifest file and create a service worker then test it using Lighthouse.

Ghost CMS News: Improved Member Accounts & Personalized Newsletter.

Latest news about the Ghost CMS in May 2020. New features, updates and changes. Improved member accounts with location and impersonation, new currencies, personalized newsletter and more.

How to Install Ghost CMS via Ghost-CLI

Guide on how to install Ghost CMS locally or on your server using the command line tool (CLI). Configuration options for Ghost.

Ghost CMS News: Improved Member Dashboard & Sidebar Views.

Latest news about the Ghost CMS in March 2020. New features, updates and changes. Improved member dashboard, filter and sidebar views, member labels and more.

Ghost CMS News: Google Pay support, email newsletters & secondary navigation

New in Ghost CMS: new theme helpers, Google Pay support, email newsletter beta, secondary navigation and subscription management.

Ghost 3.0 is here with brand new features

What's new in Ghost 3.0? An overview of the new features in the Ghost Publishing Platform. Membership & subscriptions, JAMstack and theme deployment with Ghost 3.0.

Ghost 2.0 is here with new features

What's new in Ghost 2.0? An overview of the new features in the Ghost Blogging Platform. A brand new editor, multi-language support and more.

How to Integrate Google Analytics with Ghost

Guide on how to integrate google analytics tracking with your Ghost blog or Ghost blog theme. Installing Google Analytics to Ghost Blogging Platform.

How to Add Search to Ghost Using ghostHunter

Guide on how to add search functionality to Ghost blog. Code snippets and instructions how to add search to your Ghost theme using the ghostHunter plugin.

How to Add Syntax Highlighting to Ghost

Guide on how to add Syntax Highlighting to a Ghost theme using Prism. Step by step description on how to add a code highlighting plugin to your Ghost Blog.

How to Add Facebook Comments to Ghost

Guide on how to add Facebook comments to Ghost. Step by step description and code snippets to help you install Facebook comments in your Ghost Theme.

How to Add Disqus Comments to Ghost

Guide on how to add Disqus comments to your Ghost Blog. Instructions and code snippets to help you install the Disqus commenting system in your Ghost Theme.