# GhostSolo - a free and open source theme for solo bloggers

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802>\
**Category:** Themes\
**Created:** [August 30, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802 "2020-08-30T04:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukencode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/lukencode/32/9468_2.png) [@lukencode](https://forum.ghost.org/u/lukencode)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/1 "2020-08-30T04:13:33Z")

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Hi everyone,

I am keen to get some feedback on an early version of my custom theme GhostSolo. I created this theme with myself (and hopefully others like me) in mind. Something clean and simple for writing my personal technical blog.

- **[GhostSolo source on Github](https://github.com/lukencode/GhostSolo)**
- **See it live on [lukelowrey.com](https://lukelowrey.com/)**

 ![full-screen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/0/062a9c5f9efef6979aca193c2851d5e9909aeae9.jpeg)

### Features

- Clean responsive design
- Dark/light theme toggle
- The theme is customisable via CSS variables
- Ghost membership support
- Curate the homepage with pinned posts using #pinned tag
- Tag pages
- Clips tag template option to format shorter posts. See Notes on [lukelowrey.com](http://lukelowrey.com).

### Roadmap

- Better doco and usage guide - I have struggled a little with using the routes.yaml myself so I need to put in som guideance here
- Better support for Ghost editor blocks (bookmark etc)
- Full paid membership support
- Post template with table of contents
- Tag listing page
- A cool animated header with the current post title
- More post curation options

### Technical

GhostSolo is built on Bootstrap v5 and the Ghost Starter Theme.

Is anyone interested in a theme like this? What do you think I could improve?

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**Author:** ![MereCivilian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/merecivilian/32/36234_2.png) [@MereCivilian](https://forum.ghost.org/u/MereCivilian)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/2 "2020-08-30T08:49:59Z")

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I really like what I see. I am solo too and its refreshing to see a theme for solo bloggers

Quick question, for bloggers that do not have a newsletter, is that easily removed from the website?

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**Author:** ![inoryum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/inoryum/32/11866_2.png) [@inoryum](https://forum.ghost.org/u/inoryum)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/3 "2020-08-30T12:45:11Z")

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Awesome concept… Keep up the good work.  
Cheers!

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**Author:** ![lukencode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/lukencode/32/9468_2.png) [@lukencode](https://forum.ghost.org/u/lukencode)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/4 "2020-08-30T21:06:06Z")

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Hi @MereCivilian the subscribe button and member forms should disappear if you have members disabled - might look a little bare though. I thought most people would be using the free membership.

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**Author:** ![MereCivilian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/merecivilian/32/36234_2.png) [@MereCivilian](https://forum.ghost.org/u/MereCivilian)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/5 "2020-08-31T09:24:27Z")

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At this stage, I just want visitors to my site have access to everything. Hence, membership is a friction at best.

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**Author:** ![ENAMUL\_HAQUE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/enamul_haque/32/16837_2.png) [@ENAMUL\_HAQUE](https://forum.ghost.org/u/ENAMUL_HAQUE)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghostsolo-a-free-and-open-source-theme-for-solo-bloggers/16802/6 "2020-08-31T19:47:47Z")

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Hi @lukencode,

This is Awesome idea. Keep it up.

Thanks