Open Tabs

Open Tabs is a Ghost theme with a lead story, split feed, link posts and newsletter issues. It suits writers, critics, researchers, teachers, librarians and local or culture newsletters.

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Writers, critics, researchers, teachers, librarians, local newsletters and culture publications
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
Stories, link posts and issues
Post
Text only
Post
Standard pages
Detail
Issues
Archive
Links
Archive
Journal
Journal
Topic pages
Archive
Author pages
Archive
404
Utility
Error
Utility

Design controls

Palette and accents
Choose Paper, Mint, Evergreen or Follow system, with green accents or your site accent color.
Home layout
Choose Lead and feed or Stream, and select the latest featured post or latest post as the lead.
Feed details
Show or hide the headline band, latest issue and feed photographs.
Labels and introduction
Edit the link post label and the home page's about text.
Newsletter
Edit the newsletter heading and text, and toggle the signup box at the end of posts.
Authors and credit
Show or hide author boxes, related posts and the theme credit.

Features

  • Lead story with a large headline and panoramic photograph, followed by a four-story headline band.
  • Home page with the latest issue beside signup and recent stories beside a column of link posts.
  • Stream layout with a dated, paginated list and distinct treatments for stories, links and issues.
  • Link posts with labels in lists and a large first bookmark card on the post.
  • Digest issues with bookmark cards numbered Tab 01, Tab 02 and onwards.
  • Issues, Links and Journal page templates for browsing issues, link posts and all posts.
  • Text only post template that removes the header photograph.
  • Fifteen custom settings, including Paper, Mint, Evergreen and Follow system palettes.
  • Member signup through theme forms and Portal, with sign-in and account links.
  • Members-only, paid and tier-specific posts with access labels and calls to action.
  • Newsletter signup beside the latest issue, at the end of posts, on the Issues page and above the footer.
  • Built-in Ghost search and native comments that follow the selected palette.
  • Responsive images and matching styles for every Ghost editor card.
  • Theme strings in an English translation file, locally served fonts and no theme JavaScript.

What the download includes

  • The package contains Handlebars templates and partials and the theme stylesheet.
  • Vollkorn and DM Sans font files are bundled with their SIL Open Font License text.
  • English interface strings are supplied in locales/en.json.
  • README.md covers setup, CHANGELOG.md records releases, and LICENSE contains the Peachfin Themes Ghost License.

Setup

  1. Use Ghost 6.0 or later, and open Settings → Design & branding → Change theme → Upload theme in Ghost Admin.
  2. Upload open-tabs-1.0.0.zip and click Activate.
  3. Open Settings → Design & branding → Customize to choose your theme settings.
  4. Publish Issues at issues with the Issues template, then Links with the Links template and Journal at journal with the Journal template.
  5. Create ordinary About and Contact pages, then add primary navigation links and secondary links for your topics.
  6. Create the internal tags #link and #digest to identify link posts and newsletter issues.

Open Tabs by Peachfin Themes leads with a large headline and panoramic photograph, followed by a band of four more stories. The latest newsletter issue sits beside a signup form, with recent stories beside a column of the newest link posts below.

The alternative Stream layout gathers every post into one dated list, with distinct layouts for stories, links and issues. Link posts display a large link card, while digest issues number their bookmark cards as tabs. Dedicated Issues, Links and Journal page templates organise the archives, and the Text only post template leaves the photograph out of the header.

Fifteen custom settings control the layouts, palettes, signup wording and other display options. Open Tabs supports Ghost members, Portal signup, calls to action for members-only and paid posts, built-in search and native comments. It includes responsive images, styles for every editor card and theme strings prepared for translation, with no theme JavaScript.

Open Tabs suits writers who share what they read, curators and critics, and local, culture and hobby newsletters. Researchers, teachers and librarians can use its link posts and numbered issues for reading lists. It also suits small editorial teams and any publication that mixes longer stories with short posts about a single link.

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