Monograph

Monograph is a Ghost theme with a magazine grid, lead story and full-bleed photographs. It suits arts magazines, photographers, design publications, travel writers, independent zines, galleries and studios.

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Best for
Culture magazines, photographers, design publications, travel writers, city publications, zines, galleries and studios
Platform
Ghost
Status
On sale
Price
$47 USD
Version
1.0.0
License
Ghost edition: Peachfin Themes Ghost License, included as LICENSE
Demo photography is licensed separately from theme code

Page inventory

Home
Home
Default post
Post
Split cover
Post
Text only
Post
Standard pages
Detail
Index
Archive
Contributors
Archive
Section pages
Archive
Author pages
Archive
404
Utility
Error
Utility

Design controls

Color and photos
Choose Paper, White, Ink or Follow system, use monochrome or your site accent color, and set photo tone and scroll motion.
Header and footer
Choose Masthead, Compact or Centered, edit the edition label, and show or hide the Monograph credit.
Home layout
Choose Lead and grid, Lead and index or Index only, select the lead story source, and toggle section rows and card excerpts.
Newsletter
Edit the signup heading and text, and show or hide the home newsletter band.
Post cover
Choose Full screen, Tall or Wide for the feature photograph's height.
Post details
Toggle the reading progress bar, numbered image captions, author boxes and related posts.

Features

  • Full-width masthead with an edition label, today’s date and publication description.
  • Lead story drawn from your latest featured post or latest post, followed by a mixed-size grid or numbered index.
  • Home page section rows drawn from your three largest primary tags.
  • Nineteen custom settings, including Paper, White, Ink and Follow system palettes, plus Lead and grid, Lead and index, and Index only home layouts.
  • Full-bleed feature photographs with three cover heights, plus wide and full-width images and galleries with optional numbered captions.
  • Reading progress bar at the top of posts.
  • Multiple authors in post bylines, with individual photos, names and biographies in author boxes.
  • Default, Split cover and Text only post layouts, plus Index and Contributors page templates.
  • Member signup through theme forms and Portal, with access labels and calls to action for members-only, paid and tier-specific posts.
  • Newsletter signup on the home page, in posts and above the footer on other pages, with editable headings and text.
  • Built-in Ghost search and native comments that follow the selected palette.
  • Optional photograph motion on scroll that respects reduced-motion preferences.
  • Responsive images from 200 to 2000 pixels wide, with lazy loading for card and preview photographs.
  • Styles for every Ghost editor card, including galleries, audio, video, products, embeds and signup cards.

What the download includes

  • The ZIP includes Handlebars templates, partials and the theme stylesheet.
  • Instrument Sans and IBM Plex Mono font files include their SIL Open Font License text in OFL.txt files.
  • locales/en.json contains the English theme strings for translation.
  • README.md, CHANGELOG.md and LICENSE provide setup instructions, release notes and the Peachfin Themes Ghost License.

Setup

  1. Use Ghost 6.0 or later, then open Settings → Design & branding → Change theme → Upload theme in Ghost Admin.
  2. Upload monograph-1.0.0.zip, click Activate, then open Settings → Design & branding → Customize to set the theme options.
  3. Create and publish an Index page with the Index template, then a Contributors page with the Contributors template.
  4. Create an About page and other ordinary pages with a title, excerpt, feature image and text.
  5. Add the home page, sections, Index, Contributors and About in Settings → Navigation, and choose footer links in secondary navigation.
  6. Give each section tag a description and, if needed, an image for its page header.

Monograph by Peachfin Themes opens with a full-width masthead, an edition line and a lead photograph. A mixed-size story grid or numbered index gives the home page the feel of a magazine issue, with rows for your three largest sections.

Posts pair condensed headlines with full-bleed photographs and a measured text column. Wide and full-width images and galleries have optional numbered captions. Three post layouts accommodate landscape photographs, portrait covers and text-led stories, while a reading progress bar tracks progress through each post.

Monograph supports Ghost members, Portal signup, newsletters, built-in search and native comments. Members-only and paid posts include a call to action for access. Nineteen custom settings control the appearance and layout, every editor card is styled to match, and all theme text is available for translation.

Monograph suits culture and arts magazines, photographers, architecture and design publications, travel and city writing, and independent zines. It also suits galleries and studios that publish photo essays and a newsletter.

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