Maido

Multipurpose Ghost Blog Theme

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Multipurpose Ghost theme with numerous capabilities. The Corben font gives it a kind of funky, retro look.

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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 Maido

Maido

is a clean & multipurpose Ghost theme. Whether you are an agency, a designer or a writer, Maido is a perfect choice. It has a unique character with loads of options and features.

General features

  • Light and Dark version [all demos]
  • 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, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian included
  • Membership tiers
  • Accent color
  • Publication title and description
  • Publication logo and cover
  • Post, page, tag and author page
  • Multiple authors
  • Koenig editor
  • Bookmark card
  • Gallery card
  • Secondary navigation
  • Featured post and page
  • Reading time in post view
  • Next and previous post navigation in post view
  • Custom post excerpt in home view
  • Page image in contact page view
  • Author cover, avatar, bio, location, website and social accounts
  • Tag cover and description
  • 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 newsletter page
  • Custom Call-to-Action in post for member
  • Custom Call-to-Action in post for paid-member
  • Pricing tables in custom account and membership page
  • Sign-in, sign-up, subscribe and checkout custom notifications
  • Custom Call-to-Action
  • Cancel & continue subscription button
  • 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

  • Dark version [all demos]
  • 22 colors of posts in the loop
  • 4 possible homepage layouts
  • Pinned section for 8 posts and 2 pages
  • Pinned “hero” post or page
  • Custom tags page
  • Custom authors page
  • Custom contact page with Formspree or Getform
  • Custom error page
  • Search function
  • Related posts
  • Sizes items in the loop
  • Color labels in post view
  • Reading progress indicator in post view
  • Image zoom in post and page view
  • Share post on Facebook and Twitter
  • Copy link function for share section in post view
  • Comments with Disqus
  • Responsive video
  • Responsive tables
  • Automatic dark version depending on the system settings
  • Additional social links

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

  • PageSpeed Insights – 96 points for desktop
  • Pingdom – 92 points, performance grade „A”
  • Ghost GScan – 100/100 points
  • W3C Markup Validation Service – correct validation

Fonts

This theme contains several language sets. However, the Corben and Mulish fonts used are intended for ‘latin’ and ‘latin extended’ language. If your language is not supported, I can help you choose and implement another font – please contact me directly.

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 3.0.0  May 25th 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, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

- Changed files:
    assets/css/screen.css
    locales/en.json
    locales/fr.json
    locales/ja.json
    locales/pl.json
    locales/ru.json
    partials/members/cta.hbs
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    partials/header.hbs
    partials/search.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 2.2.1  May 13th 2022
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∙ Removed: Deprecated {{@price}} helper
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations

- Changed files:
    locales/en.json
    locales/fr.json
    locales/ja.json
    locales/pl.json
    locales/ru.json
    partials/members/tiers.hbs
    package.json

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  Version 2.2.0  May 10th 2022
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∙ Added: Support for 'Tiers'
∙ Added: Ability to change plan on the account page via Portal
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ 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
    locales/fr.json
    locales/ja.json
    locales/pl.json
    locales/ru.json
    partials/members/cta.hbs
    custom-membership.hbs
    custom-account.hbs
    default.hbs
    package.json

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

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  Version 2.1.4  Jan 16th 2022
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∙ Added: 'Wide' and 'full' option for 'Video' card
∙ Improved: Visual fixes for new cards
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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

Changelog Archive

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  Version 2.1.3  Dec 14th 2021
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∙ Added: Initial support for 'Product' and 'Audio' card
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 2.1.2  Dec 13th 2021
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∙ Fixed: Inactive 'hover' selector for links within a post

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  Version 2.1.1  Dec 13th 2021
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∙ Added: Initial support for 'Button', 'Callout', 'Toggle' and 'NFT' card
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 2.1.0  Nov 20th 2021
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∙ Added: 'Color scheme' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'White text when accent color is dark' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Search API key' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Contact form endpoint' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Footer copyright' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Layout' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Two large posts in a grid layout' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Color label on the left side' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Added: 'Disqus shortname' option to custom settings in the Ghost Admin
∙ Deprecated: '#dark-version', '#auto-dark-version', '#grid', '#grid-hero', '#double', '#white-text' and '#labels' options is no longer supported
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Removed: formspree.hbs and search_api_key.hbs files
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 2.0.1  Oct 6th 2021
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∙ Improved: Google fonts optimization
∙ Updated: lightense-images.js to v1.0.17
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 2.0.0  Mar 19th 2021
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∙ Added: Support for Ghost 4.0
∙ Added: Support for 'Public preview' for members posts
∙ Added: Support for 'Accent color'
∙ Added: Support for new {{price plan}} helper
∙ Added: Support for native lazy loading behaviour to images
∙ Added: Support for 'preconnect' attribute for Google Fonts
∙ Added: default-custom.hbs template in root folder
∙ Improved: The search function now includes 'html' field instead 'plaintext'
∙ Improved: Moved (and renamed) members files to the '../partials/members/' folder
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Updated: {{@site.locale}} helper replaces deprecated {{@site.lang}} helper
∙ Updated: clipboard.js to v2.0.8
∙ Removed: Deprecated {{@labs.members}} helper and visibility="all" parameter
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.6.3  Jan 15th 2021
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∙ Added: YouTube Music icon
∙ Fixed: Issue with double background cover image
∙ Improved: The free plan is hidden on membership page if member is logged in
∙ Improved: The search function now includes 'custom_excerpt' field
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.6.2  Nov 27th 2020
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∙ Added: Google Play and BandCamp icons
∙ Updated: Instructions for adding a Formspree contact form
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.6.1  Nov 20th 2020
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∙ Restored: Custom notifications
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations

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  Version 1.6.0  Nov 5th 2020
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∙ Added: Support for 'Name' field in 'Newsletter' and 'Sign-up' page
∙ Improved: Center aligned Facebook, Twitter and Instagram embeds
∙ Updated: Font 'Muli' renamed to 'Mulish'
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Removed: Custom notifications
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.5.3  Jul 14th 2020
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∙ Added: Notification if the magic link has expired
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.5.2  Jul 4th 2020
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∙ Fixed: Issue with access to posts when members function is disabled
∙ Small bug fixes

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  Version 1.5.1  Jun 22th 2020
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∙ Fixed: The height of the images in the post content

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  Version 1.5.0  Jun 8th 2020
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∙ Added: Line.me icon
∙ Updated: Google fonts to API v2
∙ Removed: Outdated prefixes from screen.css
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements 

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  Version 1.4.1  Apr 26th 2020
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∙ Added: Buy me a coffee, Etsy, Notion, Riot, TikTok, Quip icons
∙ Updated: Kickstarter, Gitlab, Facebook, Reddit icons
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.4.0  Mar 10th 2020
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∙ Added: Ability to edit billing info on the member's account page
∙ Added: Custom currency support for member's plans
∙ Added: Support for {{price}} helper
∙ Added: Support for 'visibility' property check to {{#has}} helper
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Updated: reframe.js to v2.2.6
∙ Updated: clipboard.js to v2.0.6
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.3.2  Jan 20th 2020
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∙ New: Custom authors page
∙ Improved: Comments are hidden from non logged in users if the post is for members
∙ Updated: The search function now includes also 'plaintext' field
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.3.1  Dec 21st 2019
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∙ Updated: French, Japanese and Russian translations

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  Version 1.3.0  Dec 19th 2019
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∙ Added: Ability to cancel or continue subscription from member's account page
∙ Added: Some subscription specific data on the account page
∙ Updated: English, French, Japanese, Polish and Russian translations
∙ Removed: 'Invalid' status from subscribe forms
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.2.3  Dec 5th 2019
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∙ Added: Support for secondary navigation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.2.2  Nov 5th 2019
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∙ New: Custom tags page
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.2.1  Nov 3rd 2019
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∙ Added: Translations into French, Japanese, Polish and Russian
∙ Fixed: Issue with incorrect reading time in post view
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.2.0  Oct 29th 2019
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∙ New: Support for members & subscriptions
∙ New: Custom signin and signup page
∙ New: Custom account page with own featured image and excerpt
∙ New: Custom membership page with own featured image and title
∙ New: Pricing tables in custom account and membership page
∙ New: Custom Call-to-Action for posts with options: members/paid-members
∙ New: Notifications for signin, signup, subscribe and checkout
∙ Improved: Custom subscribe page now is custom newsletter page and shows own featured image and title
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.1.0  Oct 26th 2019
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∙ New: Compatibility with Ghost 3.0
∙ Improved: Custom subscribe page now shows own title
∙ Updated: Changed the search function behavior from "plaintext" to "excerpt" 
∙ Updated: Replaced labs/subscriptions with members/subscription feature
∙ Updated: {{statusCode}} helper replaces deprecated {{code}} helper
∙ Updated: English translation
∙ Small bug fixes and performance improvements

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  Version 1.0.0  Oct 17th 2019
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∙ Released

Rating

Number of Sales

396

Last Updated

June 3, 2022

Published

October 18, 2019

Author

fueko

Tags

  • blog
  • blogging
  • bold
  • clean
  • dark
  • elegant
  • ghost
  • journal
  • lifestyle
  • magazine
  • masonry
  • minimal
  • mobile
  • modern
  • photo