Novaryn is a modern, customizable Ghost theme for editorial blogs, magazines, creators, newsletters, and membership-based publications. It includes a split featured hero, cover and studio-collage hero styles, responsive post grids, custom archive pages, topic and author sections, creative color tone presets, DNS-based tone switching, membership support, Docker deployment files, GitLab CI/CD configuration, automatic fallback logo initials, and full Ghost Design & branding controls.

General Features

Ready for Ghost 5.x and later
Modern editorial sidebar design
Lightweight Ghost theme structure
Fully responsive layout
Mobile burger navigation
Sticky topbar navigation
Modern browser support
Ghost GScan compatible
SEO-friendly Ghost template structure
Search button support
Responsive images
Split featured post hero
Cover hero style
Studio collage hero style
Configurable homepage post count
Author carousel section
Topic sections
Newsletter section
Custom color tone system
DNS-based tone switching support
Automatic fallback logo initial from site name
Dockerfile included
GitLab CI/CD configuration included

Ghost Built-In Features Supported

Posts
Pages
Tags
Authors
Primary tag in post cards
Multiple authors
Featured posts
Reading time
Post feature images
Page feature images
Tag archive pages
Author archive pages
Primary navigation
Publication title
Publication logo
Accent color
Ghost Portal links
Ghost Members
Koenig editor content
Normal, wide, and full-width editor cards
Ghost card assets support

Members & Subscriptions

Ghost Members support
Sign-in link
Sign-up link
Account link for signed-in members
Custom membership page
Portal signup links
Portal signin links
Portal account management link
Member-ready navigation

Custom Pages

Custom All Posts page
Custom Membership page
Custom Contact page
Custom Topics page
Custom Authors page
Default page template
Tag archive template
Author archive template
Post template

Homepage Features

Split featured hero layout
Large featured post card
Secondary featured post stack
Cover hero visual style
Studio collage hero visual style
Configurable featured layout toggle
Responsive latest posts grid
Configurable home post count: 8, 12, 16, or 24
Configurable grid layout: 2 columns, mixed rows, or default grid
Image post cards
Tag chips
Author metadata
Reading time display
Authors carousel section
Per-tag post sections
Newsletter signup section

Post Features

Editorial post header
Feature image support
Tag labels
Post title
Author list
Publish date
Reading time
Author box
Wide and full-width content support
Responsive article content
Share links

Design & Branding Options

Custom display site name
Publication logo support
Automatic text-logo initial fallback
Ghost accent color support
Theme tone selector
Website background color picker
Body text color picker
Post badge background color picker
Topics card background color picker
Authors card background color picker
Homepage hero style selector
Homepage featured layout selector
Homepage post count setting
Homepage grid layout setting
Newsletter heading setting
Newsletter subtitle setting
Footer note setting
Contact email setting
Social profile URL settings

Theme Tone Presets

Sand & Ink
Midnight Blue
Forest Green
Rose Gold
Slate Gray
Warm Amber
Custom

Archive & Directory Features

All Posts archive page
Topics directory page
Authors directory page
Contact page with configurable email
Author archive pages
Tag archive pages
Pagination support

Deployment

Dockerfile included
Custom Docker entrypoint included
GitLab CI/CD configuration included
Docker Hub image build pipeline support
VPS deployment workflow support
MySQL production compose configuration generated by CI/CD

Performance & Testing

Lightweight Handlebars templates
Minimal JavaScript
CSS-only responsive layout behavior where possible
Ghost image size configuration included
Ghost card assets enabled
Validated with Ghost GScan
Modern responsive CSS layout

Compatibility Notes

Requires Ghost 5.0 or later
Uses Ghost Portal for members, signup, signin, and account actions
Uses Ghost Design & branding custom settings
Works with modern desktop and mobile browsers
Docker deployment setup included
GitLab CI/CD deployment setup included

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