After Enova, I built a Ghost theme that reads like a newspaper front page: meet Meridian

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Hey everyone!

Some of you might remember my Enova post here a few weeks back. This is what I built next.

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Meet Meridian, a print-editorial Ghost theme made specifically for news publications: newsrooms, magazines, and digital publishers. Enova is the all-rounder for blogs and newsletters. Meridian goes the other way. The whole goal is to make a Ghost site read like a real newspaper front page instead of a blog feed.

What makes it a newspaper:

  • Newspaper-style front page with an asymmetric lead grid, a most-read rail, and a sticky newsletter signup

  • Seven homepage section layouts you arrange just by tagging posts: feature packages, briefings, opinion columns, tag columns, and grids

  • Built-in ads (banners or AdSense and Ad Manager code) you place from your dashboard, hidden automatically from paying members

  • Local bookmarks readers save right in their browser, with no API key and no signup

  • Reader-controlled text size and Light, Dark, or System mode, saved between visits and synced across tabs

  • Video posts that play YouTube, Vimeo, or uploaded clips in a click-to-play hero, with a sticky corner mini-player as you scroll

  • 13 languages, A true print edition and a Tailwind CSS v4 and Vite build, so it stays fast by default

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As with last time, Iā€™d genuinely value your thoughts and feedback, and Iā€™m happy to answer any questions.

Thank you!

Kasun.

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Very nice! I like the cleanness of the look.

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Thank you! Sorry about the docs link, and thank you for flagging it. I have corrected the link in the demo.

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