Ghost magazine theme Inkline

Ghost magazine theme Inkline is a refined premium Ghost theme for writers, independent blogs, online magazines, newsletters, journalists, creators, and membership-based publications. It includes flexible editorial homepage layouts, featured post hero controls, topic bar, magazine/grid/list feed layouts, custom archive filtering, article reading progress, member-ready post actions, local Like/Dislike reactions, newsletter membership CTA, Ghost Portal links, native Ghost comments, typography controls, tone presets, custom color controls, configurable website width, and full Ghost Design & branding support.

General Features

• Ready for Ghost 5.0 or later
• Ghost 6.x compatible
• Built for writers, magazines, newsletters, and independent publishers
• Premium editorial design
• Lightweight Handlebars theme structure
• Fully responsive layout
• Mobile burger navigation
• Sticky frosted-glass header
• Scroll-aware header shadow
• Modern browser support
• Ghost GScan compatible
• SEO-friendly Ghost template structure
• Responsive Ghost image sizes configured
• Consistent image sizing for cards, list feeds, and article media
• Featured homepage hero section
• Fallback cover panel for homepage hero
• Homepage topic bar
• Magazine, grid, and list feed options
• Latest posts feed with pagination
• Newsletter membership CTA section
• Vanilla JavaScript enhancements
• 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 excerpts
• Post feature images
• Page feature images
• Tag archive pages
• Author archive pages
• Primary navigation
• Secondary navigation
• Publication title
• Publication description
• Publication logo
• Publication cover image
• Accent color
• Ghost Portal links
• Ghost Members
• Ghost native comments
• Koenig editor content
• Normal, wide, and full-width editor cards
• Ghost card assets support

Members & Subscriptions

• Ghost Members support
• Sign-in link in header
• Subscribe link in header
• Hero membership CTA button
• Newsletter CTA section
• Custom CTA text setting
• Custom CTA button label setting
• Portal signup links
• Portal signin links
• Footer subscribe button
• Footer member sign-in link
• Member-ready navigation layout
• Locked-content membership prompt

Custom Pages

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

Homepage Features

• Featured post hero mode
• Automatic fallback cover panel when no featured post exists
• Configurable homepage header style
• Split editorial header option
• Editorial rail header option
• Gallery lead header option
• Custom hero label setting
• Custom hero title setting
• Site description fallback text
• Hero Portal signup button
• About publication button
• Hero panel image setting
• Hero panel title setting
• Hero panel text setting
• Featured post image, tag, and configurable panel copy display
• Topic bar below hero
• Configurable topic bar visibility
• Latest posts section
• 9 posts per page by default
• Pagination support
• Magazine feed layout
• Grid feed layout
• List feed layout with consistent image sizing
• Post cards with image fallback
• Post card author, date, tag, excerpt, and reading time metadata
• Newsletter CTA section

Post Features

• Large editorial post header
• Feature image support
• Feature image alt text support
• Feature image caption support
• Primary tag badge
• Post title
• Custom excerpt display
• Primary author display
• Publish date
• Reading time
• Reading progress bar
• Wide and full-width content support within consistent article width
• Sticky article sidebar
• Author profile card
• Author image and bio support
• Member navigation in article sidebar
• Like and dislike reaction buttons
• Mutually exclusive Like/Dislike behavior
• LocalStorage reaction counters per post
• Share modal with copy link, X, LinkedIn, Email, and native share actions
• Ghost native comments in modal
• Next post section
• Related stories by primary tag

Archive & Directory Features

• All Posts archive template
• Archive post count display
• Tag dropdown filter
• Author dropdown filter
• Filter reset button
• Live filter status text
• Empty filter state
• Tag archive pages
• Tag post count display
• Author archive pages
• Author directory page
• Topic directory page
• Author profile image support
• Author bio support
• Author website support
• Author social link support
• Author post count display

Design & Branding Options

• Theme tone selector
• Custom tone option
• Custom website background color setting
• Custom body text color setting
• Custom post badge background color setting
• Custom directory card background color setting
• Configurable website width setting
• Typography selector
• Optional site display name setting
• Ghost logo support
• Ghost site title fallback
• Ghost publication description support
• Ghost cover image support
• Ghost accent color support
• Homepage header style selector
• Feed layout selector
• Featured hero visibility toggle
• Topic bar visibility toggle
• Hero label setting
• Hero title setting
• Hero panel image setting
• Hero panel title setting
• Hero panel text setting
• Newsletter CTA text setting
• Newsletter CTA button label setting

Theme Tone Presets

• Custom
• Pearl
• Midnight
• Sage
• Paper

Website Width Options

• Standard
• Narrow
• Wide
• Full

Typography Presets

• Editorial serif
• Modern sans
• Calm mixed

Comments

• Ghost native comments support
• Comments displayed on post pages
• Comments modal placement on article layouts
• Managed through Ghost membership commenting settings

Performance & Testing

• Lightweight Handlebars templates
• Minimal vanilla JavaScript
• No JavaScript framework dependency
• CSS responsive layout behavior
• Responsive Ghost image size configuration included
• Ghost card assets enabled
• Reading progress enhancement
• Header elevation on scroll
• Client-side archive filtering
• LocalStorage post reaction enhancement
• Theme validation script included
• Marketplace zip script included

Compatibility Notes

• Requires Ghost 5.0 or later
• Compatible with Ghost 6.x validation
• Designed for modern desktop and mobile browsers
• Uses Ghost Portal for signup and signin actions
• Uses Ghost Design & branding custom settings
• Theme tone is controlled by Ghost Design & branding settings, not by domain
• Uses Ghost native comments
• Uses Ghost responsive image helpers
• Uses Ghost primary and secondary navigation
• Docker deployment setup included
• GitLab CI/CD deployment setup included