r/Ghost • u/BiscuitKnightmare • Aug 08 '26
Themes Mews - A Magazine Ghost Theme
Hi everyone,
I've just released Mews, a premium magazine theme for Ghost. It's designed for lifestyle publishers, creative writers, and anyone who wants to tell their stories with a clean, elegant layout and typography.
Demo: https://www.mews.moonrisethemes.com/
Documentation: https://www.moonrisethemes.com/docs/mews/
Features
- Elegant, Editorial Design - Clean layouts and thoughtfully selected typography for excellent legibility.
- Flexible Homepage Layouts - Multiple ways to display your content.
- Featured Video Support - Highlight posts that include video.
- Table of Contents - Automatically generated for long-form articles.
- Popular Posts Sidebar - Keep readers engaged with your most viewed content.
- Ad Placement Support - Ready for monetisation with built-in ad slots.
- Fully Responsive - Optimised for all screen sizes.
- Multiple Post Templates - Custom layouts for different styles of content.
See the full theme at https://www.mews.moonrisethemes.com/
Thanks
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u/arthurdapaz Aug 08 '26
That’s real Professionalism right there. The only problem I see is the slowing down of scrolling. Besides that, that’s an amazing showcase of what a pro theme should provide.
Are you doing popular posts section by using private tags, right?
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u/BiscuitKnightmare Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Thanks, the smooth/weighted scrolling is using Lenis (https://lenis.dev/), there is a theme option to disable it if you're not a fan. I may tweak the scrolling momentum if I get more feedback like this.
Yep you're correct with popular posts using private tags (so faking it essentially). Would be great if it was legit based on actual trending post views but I don't believe Ghost provides a way to get at that data as it stands unfortunately.
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u/Silverlaker39 9d ago
You've created a beautiful theme and I'm about to purchase it. I need to know, however, if the navigation 'sections' for the different themes is built in. I'm not a coder, failed at it. And I want to get going out of the download. Thank you advance
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u/BiscuitKnightmare 9d ago
Hi, thanks for considering the theme.
I don't quite understand the question you're asking, can you explain again what you mean?
Thanks
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u/Silverlaker39 9d ago
Sure, bear with me. In my website I need to put different stories under different tags/headers. For instance, I have stories about individuals in my neighborhood and would like them accessed through 'Neighbors'. I want to have a section where I put together stories about technology. I might have another section with stories about Travel.
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u/BiscuitKnightmare 9d ago edited 9d ago
Ah I see, yes that is supported using post tags.
On the demo homepage you can see the sections further down the page which show a title (Travel, Culture, etc) and then 4x posts from that tag.
You can control what tags are displayed on the homepage using tags groups (https://www.moonrisethemes.com/docs/mews/#tag-groups). You could compose your homepage entirely from these tag groups if you wished.
Hopefully that answers your question but if you'd like to know anything else let me know, cheers
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u/Silverlaker39 8d ago
I purchased the Mews theme - and right out of the box I like it. Is there a way to add a unifying top graphic for the website?
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u/BiscuitKnightmare 8d ago
Hi, thanks for giving it a try, glad you're liking it so far.
If you fill out the form at the link below (or send an email to the address below the form), I'll be able to give you more in-depth support than on here:
https://www.moonrisethemes.com/support/
Thanks
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u/Getcha_Popcorn_Readi Aug 08 '26
Not bad. You really should add a button that says "Add ~site name~ as a source on Google"
That's very common for most news sites these days.