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This guide explains how to set up your homepage using the Woords theme in Ghost.

1. Header

Section titled “1. Header”

Add Logo and Slogan:

  1. Go to Ghost Admin → Settings → Design & Branding → Brand.
  2. Upload your Primary Logo:
    • Find the “Publication logo” field.
    • Click Upload logo and select your file.
    • Click Save to apply changes.
  3. For dark mode logo:
    • Go to Settings → Design & Branding → Theme.
    • Upload your logo for dark mode.

2. Navigation

Section titled “2. Navigation”

The Woords theme provides flexible navigation options.

📌 Primary Navigation

Section titled “📌 Primary Navigation”

(Displayed at the top of your site)

  1. Go to Ghost Admin → Settings → Navigation.
  2. Click Customize next to Primary Navigation.
  3. Add/Edit Menu Items:
    • Drag to reorder links.
    • Click + to add new items.
    • Click the trash icon to remove items.
    • Click Save to apply changes.

➕ Secondary Navigation

Section titled “➕ Secondary Navigation”

(Optional menu for extra links or CTAs)

  1. In the same Navigation settings, click Customize next to Secondary Navigation.
  2. Build your menu following the same steps as above.
Section titled “3. Adding Social Media Links”
  1. Go to Ghost Admin → Settings → Social accounts.
  2. Add your links:
    • Facebook: Paste full profile URL (e.g., https://facebook.com/yourpage)
    • X (Twitter): Enter handle or full profile URL (e.g., https://twitter.com/yourhandle)

Other Social Networks

Section titled “Other Social Networks”
  1. Navigate to Settings → Design & Branding → Theme → Site-wide.
  2. Add your Instagram and Pinterest and the other profile links.

4. Editor’s Pick Posts

Section titled “4. Editor’s Pick Posts”
  • Displays 4 posts with internal hashtag editor as #editor at the top.

5. Subscribe & Tags

Section titled “5. Subscribe & Tags”
  • To display the Subscribe form, make sure access is set to “Anyone can sign up”. To do this, go to Ghost Admin → Membership → Access.
  • To change the title text, go to Settings → Design & Branding → Theme in the admin panel and update it there.
  • For tags section, by default, Woord displays tags with a title, description, and background. Make sure each tag belongs to at least one post.
Section titled “6. Featured Posts”

The next section displays the latest 5 featured posts. To show posts here, mark them as featured.

Section titled “7. Carousel Posts”
  • This section has a special background for displaying a specific tag. In our demo, the tag used is “podcast”.
  • To use your own tag, go to Settings → Design & Branding → Theme → Tag section and enter your tag slug.
  • You can then set the section title by adding text in the Tag section title input field.

8. Recent Posts

Section titled “8. Recent Posts”
  • Automatically added, this section displays latest posts.
Section titled “11. Footer”
  • Logo ais displayed automatically if configured initially.
  • To edit copyright text go to :
    **Settings → Design & Branding → Theme → Footer text **