The default theme for Ghost with localization support
Go to file
Daniel Lockyer cf24eccdf2
Added Renovate to package.json
no issue

- the renovate.json file was removed to clean up the repository files,
  but we still want Renovate to update dependencies
- Renovate allows us to configure the config in the package.json, so
  this commit moves the previous contents there
2021-03-03 13:24:16 +00:00
.github Added main as a deploy branch for theme uploading 2021-01-07 13:50:49 +00:00
assets Cleanup 2021-03-03 08:11:16 -05:00
partials Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
.gitignore Extended yarn ship: more automation 2019-03-15 14:38:26 +01:00
author.hbs Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
default.hbs Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
error-404.hbs Cleanup 2021-03-03 08:11:16 -05:00
error.hbs Cleanup 2021-03-03 08:11:16 -05:00
gulpfile.js Removed the need for config.json when releasing 2021-03-03 13:20:58 +00:00
index.hbs Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
LICENSE 2021 2021-01-25 15:58:47 +00:00
package.json Added Renovate to package.json 2021-03-03 13:24:16 +00:00
page.hbs Cleanup 2021-03-03 08:11:16 -05:00
post.hbs Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
README.md 2021 2021-01-25 15:58:47 +00:00
tag.hbs Style refresh 2021-03-02 21:48:32 -05:00
yarn.lock Update dependency postcss to v8.2.6 2021-02-10 19:29:09 +00:00

Casper

The default theme for Ghost. This is the latest development version of Casper! If you're just looking to download the latest release, head over to the releases page.

 

screenshot-desktop

 

First time using a Ghost theme?

Ghost uses a simple templating language called Handlebars for its themes.

This theme has lots of code comments to help explain what's going on just by reading the code. Once you feel comfortable with how everything works, we also have full theme API documentation which explains every possible Handlebars helper and template.

The main files are:

  • default.hbs - The parent template file, which includes your global header/footer
  • index.hbs - The main template to generate a list of posts, usually the home page
  • post.hbs - The template used to render individual posts
  • page.hbs - Used for individual pages
  • tag.hbs - Used for tag archives, eg. "all posts tagged with news"
  • author.hbs - Used for author archives, eg. "all posts written by Jamie"

One neat trick is that you can also create custom one-off templates by adding the slug of a page to a template file. For example:

  • page-about.hbs - Custom template for an /about/ page
  • tag-news.hbs - Custom template for /tag/news/ archive
  • author-ali.hbs - Custom template for /author/ali/ archive

Development

Casper styles are compiled using Gulp/PostCSS to polyfill future CSS spec. You'll need Node, Yarn and Gulp installed globally. After that, from the theme's root directory:

# install dependencies
yarn install

# run development server
yarn dev

Now you can edit /assets/css/ files, which will be compiled to /assets/built/ automatically.

The zip Gulp task packages the theme files into dist/<theme-name>.zip, which you can then upload to your site.

# create .zip file
yarn zip

PostCSS Features Used

  • Autoprefixer - Don't worry about writing browser prefixes of any kind, it's all done automatically with support for the latest 2 major versions of every browser.
  • Color Mod

SVG Icons

Casper uses inline SVG icons, included via Handlebars partials. You can find all icons inside /partials/icons. To use an icon just include the name of the relevant file, eg. To include the SVG icon in /partials/icons/rss.hbs - use {{> "icons/rss"}}.

You can add your own SVG icons in the same manner.

Copyright & License

Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license.