Have you install Gulp on NPM?. If not, do the following.
Install the gulp command line utility
npm install --global gulp-cli
Verify your gulp versions
gulp --versionInstall NPM Packages
npm installNow run Gulp command
gulpIf you see any error for node-sass or gulp-sass please install it, by using the following command npm install node-sass , npm install gulp-sass
Here is the details changelog of the Etube Ghost Theme. If you don’t have the latest version please download it from your account.
v5.1.0 (21 February, 2021)
-- Ghost Latest version support
-- Dropped Youtube API
v5.0.0 (20 June, 2020)
-- Bootstrap Version Updated
-- Ghost Content API support for v3.0.0
v4.1.0 (09 Oct, 2019)
-- Mega Menu Support
-- 3 New Custom Homepage Added
-- Visual Design Improved
-- Developer Friendly SCSS Added
-- Gulp File System Added ( Use command gulp, gulp production )
-- Search Option added in Menu
-- Few confusing options removed from config.hbs
-- Footer.hbs changed and call to action marged with that
-- Video post image/ thumbnail logic improved
-- All scripts / css minified
-- Jquery, bootstrap and few other plugins updated.
-- Custom Error Page Added
v4.0.0 (Private Release)
-- Improved Theme
v3.0.0
-- Ghost 2.0.x, Ghost 2.x.x ready
-- Changed Video Embed System ( Add @@[email protected]@ ) in expert to show the video
v2.1.0
-- Menu Bug fixing
-- Tag Page Dyanamic Image Issue Fix
-- Responsive Fix
-- Single Video Page Responsive Issue Fix
v2.0.0
-- Bootstrap 4 Supported
v1.1.0
-- Speed Optimization
-- Security Bug Fix
v1.0.0 (16 Sept, 2017)
-- Initial ReleaseHere following the details process to add video post in etube ghost theme.
1 (Add Title) At first add the video title for you video blog post.
2 (Add Content) Now write the content for your post. You can use any markdown, html or ghost editor blocks there.
3 (Add Tags) Add some tags for that video post. First tag will consider as primary tag and it will be display at the top of the post under title.
4 (Add Authors) Select the author who created that post.
5 (Add Video ID) Now add youtube video ID in the following format in Excerpt area. @@YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID@@@ it will generate thubnails for the post.
6 (Add Featured Image – Optional) If you want to show your custom featured image then upload it there.
Open your ghost admin dashboard and find the code injection area. Now paste the following code what you want to override,
<script>
// Slider Options
var slider_post_limit = 3;
// Single Carousel
var carousel_slider_tag = "trending";
var carousel_slider_title = "Trending Videos";
var carousel_slider_limit = "all";
// Post Category One
var cateogry_one_title = "Appetizers Recipe";
var cateogry_one_tag_name = "recipe ";
var cateogry_one_post_limit = 8;
//Product And Review Section
var cateogry_two_title = "Animal Plannet";
var cateogry_two_tag_name = "animals ";
var cateogry_two_post_limit = 8;
// news_posts Section Option
var cateogry_three_title = "Wild And Nature";
var cateogry_three_tag_name = "nature";
var cateogry_three_post_limit = 8;
// Recent News Widget
var recent_posts_title = "Recent Posts";
var recent_posts_limit = 5;
</script>To add sidebar ad use the following code,
<div class="sidebar-widget">
<div class="sidebar-adds">
<a href="http://themeix.com"><img alt="banner" src="IMAGE_LINK_HERE"></a>
</div>
</div>To add a wide banner ad use the following code under any section where you want to show the ads.
<div class="big-banner-area themeix-ptb-2 bg-themeix">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="big-banner">
<a href="https://themeix.com/get-ghost-hosting/"><img src="{{asset "images/banners/1.png"}}" alt="banner"></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
In that code use your own image link and the targeted url.
Here following the easy steps for the ghost theme installation :
1. At first login to the admin panel of your Ghost blog. If you dont have the blog ready then complete the ghost installation first.
Now login to your blog. Example URL: yourwebsite.com/ghost
2. Select the Settings option from the left side of your ghost admin panel and then navigate to the themes section.
3. Click on the Upload a Theme button.
4. An upload option should appear. Now drag the theme ( theme_file_name.zip ) file in that area. You should get that zip file from our downloaded package.
5. Once completed the theme upload, click on Activate Now button and then activate the theme.
Ghost theme installation is really easy task. But if you are unable to do that. Please feel free contact us. We would happy to help you free for Ghost theme installation.
Please follow the steps bellow to create ghost contact page :
<form action="https://formspree.io/[email protected]" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="your-name" placeholder="Your Name">
<input type="email" name="_replyto" placeholder="Email" class="float-right">
<textarea name='message' placeholder="Message"></textarea>
<button type="submit" class="btn-c buttonfx curtainup">Send Message</button>
<input class='btn-c buttonfx curtainup' type="submit" value="Send">
</form>Open the ghost admin dashboard and then create a new Page as Named Authors.
Now if you can see the custom template option at the bottom right of that page then simply select *authors and then save that page.
It will automatically pull all the authors data in that page.
Open the ghost admin dashboard and then create a new Page as Named Tags.
Now if you can see the custom template option at the bottom right of that page then simply select *tags and then save that page.
It will automatically pull all the tags data in that page.
Disqus allows you to embed comment threads within Ghost posts and pages, including additional functionality like upvoting and adding Emoji reactions. The platform is widely adopted and relatively easy to set up, so you’ve probably come across it before.
This theme comes with Disqus comments enabled. You may change it to other comments platform /plugin too. To change the disqus settings please open the file partials/disqus_comments.hbs and then change the value
https://xxx-themeix-1.disqus.com/embed.jsto your own disqus url (make sure you have the disqus account already) .
Here is the quick start guide for disqus.
That’s all you need to setup Disqus from the theme side. If you get any issue feel free contact us.
You can trun your general post to a featured post in ghost easily.
To set a post as featured, check the box next to “Feature this post” in the post settings menu. When a post is featured, a class of feature will be added to the {{post_class}} in the HTML code for the post.
To set up the navigation menu in ghost, open your Dashboard first.
The url of admin dashboard will be like https://yoursite.com/ghost
Now click the setting icon fom the bottom left panel.
You will get a screen where you can change your primary navigation menu items. Just setup navigation from there for your blog.
If you need any help to create custom style navigation in ghost, feel free to contact us
