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Installation

To install Verse:

  1. Download the theme zip file.
  2. Log in to your Ghost admin panel.
  3. Go to Settings → Theme → Change theme.
  4. Upload the zip file and activate Verse.

Design & customization

Go to Settings → Design & branding.

Brand

Use Ghost Admin's brand settings to customize the visual identity of your publication.

  • Accent color — Used throughout the theme for highlights and interactive elements.
  • Social icon — Add a custom icon for your publication.
  • Logo — Upload your publication logo to display it in the theme header.
  • Typography — Select the font style used by the theme. The default theme fonts are “Merriweather Sans” for headings and “Merriweather” for body text.
Note: Verse does not support the Publication cover image. This setting is available in Ghost Admin but is not used by the theme.

Theme

Homepage

Customize the hero section shown on the homepage.

  • Hero title — The main heading shown in the hero section.
  • Hero subtitle — Supporting text shown below the heading.
  • Hero action — Controls the action shown below the hero content:
    • Subscribe — Shows a newsletter subscription form.
    • CTA — Shows a custom button.
    • No action — Shows only the title and subtitle.

When CTA is selected, additional options become available:

  • CTA text — The button label.
  • CTA URL — The destination URL for the button.

Post

Customize the content shown below individual posts.

  • Signup heading — The heading above the subscription form.
  • Signup subheading — Supporting text below the heading.
  • Show recent posts footer — Shows a list of recent posts at the end of each article.

Site wide

Customize the content shown in the site footer.

  • Footer text — Custom text displayed in the footer. If empty, the site title and current year will be shown.
Note: Footer navigation links are managed from Settings → Navigation → Secondary in Ghost Admin.

Localization

The theme is translation-ready and includes the following languages:

  • English (en)
  • Spanish (es)
  • French (fr)
  • German (de)
  • Portuguese (pt)
  • Italian (it)
  • Dutch (nl)
  • Swedish (sv)

To change the theme language, go to Settings → General → Publication Language in Ghost Admin and select one of the supported language codes.

Note: If a language is not included, Ghost will fall back to English.

Development

To work with the theme source files, you need Node.js installed.

Install the dependencies:

npm install

Run the development environment:

npm run dev

Edit the source files in /assets/css/. Changes are compiled automatically into /assets/built/.

To generate a production-ready zip file:

npm run zip

This will generate dist/verse.zip, ready to upload to Ghost.

Note: If you modify the theme source files, future updates may overwrite your changes. Keep a backup of your customizations before updating.

SVG Icons

The theme uses free Font Awesome SVG icons with Handlebars partials.

Icons are located in /partials/icons.

Changelog

For a complete list of changes, improvements and bug fixes in each release, please see the changelog.

Support

Need help with the theme? Get in touch:

contact@webvy.xyz