THE GHOST WITH 1,000 FACES

As with any new toy or gadget, it’s easy to become bored quickly once you’ve mastered the basics, and you want more things to tinker with. Understandable; it’s either that or crack on with the hard work of writing 3,000 word posts on the nature of your own personal brand of spirituality.

Fear not! You can put off the inevitability of doing any actual writing work by giving your blog a complete makeover. Ghost’s overall look is governed by themes. The default theme is called Casper (for obvious reasons), and to our mind, it’s pretty good. Everything is laid out nicely, and it’s a pleasure for your visitors to view. Head over to https://ghost.org/themes and you’ll see hundreds of themes which can completely change the way your blog appears. There are themes suitable for photo galleries, bulletins, newsletters, travel journals and more.

Some of these themes are free. Most are not, and the highest price we saw on the marketplace was (gulp) $149. We’re not criticising here – people work hard to create these themes, and deserve to be compensated for their toil – but we chose London from the 24 available free themes. We’re not suggesting that we’re cheap here at LXF Towers, but, well, we drink the free coffee offered here.

The creators of the London theme describe it as “A bold, minimal theme for Ghost, focused on clean typography & beautiful imagery”, and it is. We installed it by the simple expedient of clicking install on the theme’s page, entering the address of our blog, clicking install again, then activate. Honestly, it couldn’t have been simpler.

In our opinion, the new theme looks better than fabulous. Now all we need to do is actually write some fascinating copy for our legion of fans.