I’d like my website to look like levernews.com. I understand i have to tweak the basic templates a lot to add different sections, organize posts and add static content like sponsors/ads.
Is this doable without developers?
And, is this possible to achieve with 3rd party templates and minimal tinkering?
I would say not without a decent amount of tinkering. Theres a heck of a lot going on there with code injections that you can see from the source. You could maybe start with Crimson, Newspaper, Reporter, or Tripoli themes and customize those. Or maybe email their support address on their contact page and see what theme they based theirs off of since it does look like a ghost backend.
To help you DIY your site, take a look at https://www.fantasma.io/ from @PriorityVision
So much personalisation available. It’s still in development. If you want anything specific, reach out to them, as they might manage to build it in for you. Good luck.
I believe this is a game-changer for Ghost for us non-developers.