Basho

Multipurpose Ghost Blog Theme

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Big, bold typography. Big, bold imagery. Wide layouts. If you want to make a statement, consider Basho. With four different layouts including white (the main version), color, dark, and partial dark, this is one of the most versatile multipurpose Ghost themes.

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Author Theme Description

THIS IS NOT A WORDPRESS THEME. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT PROVIDE REFUNDS FOR MISTAKEN PURCHASES.

Hi, I’m fueko. I create Ghost themes that are easy-to-use, without compromising the design and code quality. You can find more from me at fueko.net and on Twitter at @fuekothemes.

Meet the Basho

Basho

is a multipurpose Ghost theme with a creative touch. Carefully designed with new technology enthusiasts in mind, however, it can easily be used in other areas. Play around with layouts, colors and fonts — create with Basho.

General features

  • Light, Dark, Partial Dark and Color version
  • Ready for Ghost 5.x
  • Compatible with Ghost 4.22.0 or later versions
  • Clean design
  • Lightweight and minimal
  • Super fast
  • Fully responsive
  • Compatible with modern browsers
  • Updated regularly
  • Fast support

Supports inbuilt Ghost features

  • Translation ready English included
  • Membership tiers
  • Accent color
  • Responsive images
  • Publication title and description
  • Publication logo
  • Post, page, tag and author page
  • Author avatar, bio, location, website and social accounts
  • Tag cover and description
  • Tags in post-cards
  • Multiple authors
  • Markdown, Bookmark, Button, Callout and Toggle card
  • Audio, File, Product and Header card
  • Gallery card
  • Image card with normal, wide and full width
  • Video card with normal, wide and full width
  • Secondary navigation
  • Featured posts
  • Reading time in post view
  • Next and previous post navigation
  • Social accounts

Members & subscriptions

  • Custom membership page
  • Custom account page for member
  • Custom account page for paid-member
  • Custom sign-in page
  • Custom sign-up page
  • Custom subscribe page
  • Custom Call-to-Action in post for member
  • Custom Call-to-Action in post for paid-member
  • Pricing tables on custom account and membership page
  • FAQ section on membership page
  • Sign-in, sign-up, subscribe and checkout custom notifications
  • Account details
  • Avatar with Gravatar
  • Cancel & continue subscription button
  • Padlock icon on post-cards for premium posts
  • Option to edit billing info
  • Custom currencies
  • Public preview for members posts
Payment testing

Genuine card information cannot be used in test mode. Instead, use any of the following test card numbers.

Additional theme features

  • Light, Dark, Partial Dark and Color version
  • Custom background color for the whole site
  • 15+ font pairs
  • Hero text with three sizes: Large, Medium and Small
  • Hero section with Subscription form or Button
  • Slider for 15 posts with two sizes: Small and Large
  • Slider images orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
  • Feed images orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
  • Post image orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
  • 3 post header layouts:
    • Default
    • Classic
    • Center
  • Custom contact page with Formspree or Getform
  • Custom authors page
  • Custom tags page
  • Custom error page
  • Reading progress indicator in post view
  • Special section for posts based on primary tag
  • Image zoom in post view
  • Dropdown navigation for many items
  • Search function
  • Related posts in post view
  • Sharing post on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter
  • Copy link function in post view
  • Comments with Disqus
  • Responsive video
  • Responsive tables
  • Four columns in the footer
  • Automatic dark version depending on system settings
  • Additional social links

Theme tested on without Members feature – Ghost adds scripts that affect the result

  • PageSpeed Insights – 99 points for desktop
  • Pingdom – 93 points, performance grade „A”
  • Ghost GScan – 100/100 points
  • W3C Markup Validation Service – correct validation

Credits

All photos used in the theme demo are from Unsplash.

Supported Ghost versions

5.2.x, 5.1.x, 5.0.x, 4.48.x, 4.47.x, 4.46.x, 4.45.0, 4.44.0, 4.43.x, 4.42.x, 4.41.x, 4.40.x, 4.39.x, 4.38.0, 4.37.0, 4.36.x, 4.35.0, 4.34.x, 4.33.x, 4.32.x, 4.31.0, 4.30.x, 4.29.0, 4.28.0, 4.27.x, 4.26.x, 4.25.x, 4.24.0, 4.23.0, 4.22.x

Changelog

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  Version 2.1.3  Jun 24th 2022
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∙ Improved: Tags without posts are now filtered on the tags page
∙ Improved: Default column names in the footer 'Column [1,2,3]' have been renamed to 'Links'

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    custom-tags.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 2.1.2  Jun 21st 2022
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∙ Improved: Added clickable links to images in a search result

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    assets/js/global.js
    package.json

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  Version 2.1.1  Jun 4th 2022
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∙ Improved: Authors without posts are now filtered on the authors widget on the homepage
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    assets/js/global.js
    partials/loop.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 2.1.0  Jun 1st 2022
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∙ Added: Ability to remove Portal, subscription form and login panel from the theme via Membership settings on the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: Notification for 'signup-paid' and 'updateEmail' actions
∙ Added: Ability to change account settings on the account page via Portal (free members)
∙ Improved: On the account page (paid-members) the 'Change Plan' option was replaced with the 'Account settings' option (via Portal)
∙ Improved: Authors without posts are now filtered on the authors page
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    partials/members/login_panel.hbs
    partials/members/notifications.hbs
    partials/members/subscribe_form.hbs
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    partials/hero.hbs
    custom-account.hbs
    custom-account-basic.hbs
    custom-authors.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 2.0.0  May 23rd 2022
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∙ Added: Support for Ghost 5.0
∙ Removed: Deprecated {{monthly_price.value}} and {{yearly_price.value}} helper
∙ Removed: Deprecated {{name}} value for {{benefits}} helper
∙ Removed: API versioning from search function
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    partials/members/cta.hbs
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    partials/search.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 1.2.1  May 13th 2022
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∙ Removed: Deprecated {{@price}} helper
∙ Updated: English translation

- Changed files:
    locales/en.json
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 1.2.0  Apr 23rd 2022
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∙ New: Custom authors page
∙ New: Custom tags page
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Added files:
    partials/images/archive_image.hbs
    custom-authors.hbs
    custom-tags.hbs

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    partials/members/cta.hbs
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 1.1.0  Apr 12th 2022
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∙ Added: Support for 'Tiers'
∙ Added: Ability to change plan on the account page via Portal
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Removed: Deprecated 'ghost-api' property
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Added file:
    partials/members/tiers.hbs

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    partials/members/cta.hbs
    partials/post_header.hbs
    custom-membership.hbs
    custom-account.hbs
    custom-account-basic.hbs
    package.json

- Removed files:
    partials/members/plans.hbs
    partials/members/plan_free.hbs
    partials/members/plan_monthly.hbs
    partials/members/plan_yearly.hbs

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  Version 1.0.2  Apr 9th 2022
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∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    assets/js/index.js
    package.json

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  Version 1.0.1  Mar 29th 2022
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∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    partials/services/google_fonts.hbs
    partials/post_header.hbs
    default-custom.hbs
    default.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 1.0.0  Mar 29th 2022
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∙ Released

Rating

Number of Sales

377

Last Updated

June 25, 2022

Published

March 29, 2022

Author

fueko

Tags

  • blog
  • blogging
  • bold
  • color
  • creative
  • elegant
  • ghost
  • magazine
  • masonry
  • minimal
  • mobile
  • modern
  • technology
  • typography
  • unique