Basic Theme Setup

Here are the basic information for you to start using Ghost themes.

Installing Ghost

In your hosting cPanel, via Softaculous, find Ghost in category Blog. Click Install.

Here are some other resources for you to get started :

• A Small Orange
• DigitalOcean

Installing the theme

1. Unzip the downloaded file from Themeforest you have purchased
2. The zip containing pdf docs and theme folder
3. Upload the theme folder to '/ghost/content/themes/'
4. Restart Ghost
5. Activate the theme trough Ghost backend

How to add your logo

How to add background

How to add author background

How to add author avatar

How to add author bio

Adding featured image

Follow step 1, 2 then 4

Adding featured post

Follow step 1, 3 then 4

How to embed media

Just put the embed code.

How to add Navigation

• Login to Ghost Dashboard, yoursite.com/ghost/
• Go to Settings
• Choose Navigation menu
• Add your links

Content Formatting

(only availabe in Vlevet theme)
#Images

• To make image to align to the right, you have to make a blockquote and put image there. For example :

> ![](/content/images/2015/03/your-image.jpg)

• To make image to pull out of content area you have to wrap the image with *.media class. For example :

<p class="media">
![](/content/images/2015/03/your-bigger-image.jpg)
</p>

How to setup Disqus comment system

1. Open post.hbs
2. Replace text playworkdemo with your Disqus shortname.
3. You can register your Disqus shortname here: https://disqus.com/admin/create/