Tips & Tricks

Here are two different Ghost blogs embedded into one post . . .

Article History/Revisions in Ghost are only partially implemented. Here is a way to access the 10 revisions that are currently stored in the SQLite database . . .

Add a beautiful, fully functional contact form to your Ghost blog or website without paying for external services.

Play-With-Ghost.com - a playground to explore Ghost by using it . . . Log into the backend (admin area) of a Ghost site. (No worries - you can't break it.)

How to Display the Last Updated Date of Your Posts in Ghost.

This website is neither static nor headless :-) I'll go there after someone else has simplified that process a bit. In the meantime, Ghost's inherently efficient architecture makes optimization tweaks mostly inconsequential. But, I do always notice (and do always loathe) even millisecond delays.

In Chrome, while looking at your live post, click one button to enter editing mode for that post or page.

Make your Ghost site's front page display "Featured Posts" at the top of the page regardless of the date.

You can re-use the same HTML that generates the bookmark cards on your Ghost site. In the editor, add an HTML block, paste in the HTML, and edit the contents.

Run this installGhost.sh script (as root user) in the cPanel terminal of your Cloud VPS (or other terminal) to download and install all needed components to run Ghost on your Cloud VPS. Not for use on shared hosting.

GHOST LANDING -- a Ghost blog themed as a business site with a modern landing page

On the home page of this site (at the top of the header image) is a menu. In Casper, by default it shows only your site links (not your logo). I wanted that menu in the header image to include my site logo as

Below is a Ghost Blog themed as a Flip-Book. I've embedded that site into this page using an iFrame... you can swipe to turn the pages if you're using a touch screen. Or, you can click the bottom of the pages... You can also

Method 1 There is more than one way to do this, but here is the official tutorial (which I've used on this page): How to add a table of contents to your Ghost site - TutorialIn this tutorial we’ll show you how to

See this post on the Ghost Forum... Author Cloud Hover MenuI’ve implemented an Author Cloud Hover Popup Menu utilizing the fizzy theme. I re-purposed the button at the top right, and modified some of the CSS to create a clean and simple navigation

See this post on the Ghost Forum... Tag Cloud Hover MenuI’ve implemented a Tag Cloud Hover Popup Menu utilizing the fizzy theme. I re-purposed the button at the top right, and modified some of the CSS to create a clean and simple navigation

Put this in your Ghost site's Code Injection Site Footer: <script> [...document.querySelectorAll("a[href*='?xgtab&']")].forEach(link => { link.setAttribute("target", "moredetail"); }); </script> (From David Darnes at https://forum.ghost.

See the pink bar scrolling across the top as you scroll down this page? Building a reading progress barFor this post, I will do what I did with Typing animation with JavaScript: start from zero and experiment my way through the problem, to show

See this post on the Ghost Forum... How To Exclude Specific Posts from the Home PageStep 1: In the ghost admin, Tags, add a new Internal Tag #noindex. You will add this tag to any post or page that you want to exclude from

Use simple HTML tags to make any content on your Ghost site expand and collapse - accordion style! Fun and Easy! Click this accordion to reveal the hidden contents... Surprise! You can include in your accordions any and all content that you want to

See this post on the Ghost Forum... 3.x.x themes on Themeforest require Extended LicenseWell Envato/Themeforest need to work this out for their own good. Until they can provide a reasonable solution to this, I am, whenever possible (which is most always)