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Getting Started with Ghost

Getting Started with Ghost

By : Bracey, Balderston, Andrew J Boutte
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Getting Started with Ghost

Getting Started with Ghost

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By: Bracey, Balderston, Andrew J Boutte
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Overview of this book

If you are new to Ghost, this book is ideal for you. You might be completely new to content management systems or you might have experience with others such as WordPress. Some knowledge of web design basics such as HTML and CSS will be useful, but the book is designed so you can enter at the point relevant to you.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. The First Steps with Ghost
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1. The First Steps with Ghost
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Automated installation of Ghost
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Creating a blog on Ghost(Pro)
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Content management
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Markdown, image upload, and inline HTML
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Hosting Ghost on other providers
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2. Manual Installation and Configuration of Ghost
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2. Manual Installation and Configuration of Ghost
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Manually installing Ghost on your local computer
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Additional configuration for VPS usage
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Troubleshooting
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3. Preparing for Theme Development
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3. Preparing for Theme Development
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Handlebars' logicless templating
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Creating CSS via the Stylus preprocessor
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Setting up your environment
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4. Beginning Ghost Theme Development
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4. Beginning Ghost Theme Development
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An overview of the currently available design options
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Quick start theme quiz
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Creating your theme shell
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Adding test content and activating your theme
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5. Applying Design Choices and Visual Styling
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5. Applying Design Choices and Visual Styling
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Stylus files
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Applying the quick start theme quiz choices
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Adding unique visual styling
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A. Markdown Syntax and Ghost Shortcut Keys
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A. Markdown Syntax and Ghost Shortcut Keys
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Index
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Index

Chapter 5. Applying Design Choices and Visual Styling

With your theme shell created, and your answers to the quick start theme quiz mapped out, you're now ready to apply the choices you made to your theme. We'll be doing this through a combination of working with the Stylus files in your project source folder, and making additions and edits to your theme's template files.

We'll begin with a rundown of how the Stylus files in your project folder operate, so you know what type of code to add where. We'll then cover implementation of each of the choices laid out in the quick start theme quiz. Finally, you'll be given an example of how to lay a unique visual style over the theme you've created and how to make it fully responsive to any resolution.

This chapter includes:

  • Overview of the Stylus project file structure
  • Applying the quick start theme quiz choices:
    • Default:
      • Single or twin column overall layout
      • Using the blog cover image as a site, header or sidebar...
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