Aspect

🎨 Overview

Meet Aspect, a premium Ghost theme crafted by Priority Vision. Designed to transform your Ghost site into a dynamic magazine, Aspect offers a versatile grid layout and co-author support, making it perfect for collaborative content.

✨ Features

• Visual and Design:
  • Dark/Light Mode: Automatic and manual color schemes ensure optimal readability and reduce eye strain, day or night.
  • WEBP & Lazy Load: Speed up your site with modern image formats and lazy loading, enhancing performance on slower connections.
  • Code Syntax Highlight: Beautify code blocks with syntax highlighting, making technical content more readable.
  • Footer Copyright: Easily customizable footer copyright options built into the theme settings.
• Content Management:
  • Post Reading Time: Automatically calculates and displays estimated reading times for each post, helping readers manage their engagement.
  • Featured Video: Display a featured video in your post, enhancing visual engagement and storytelling.
  • Co-Authors: Support for multiple authors on a single post, perfect for collaborative content and showcasing team contributions.
  • Native Search: Built-in support for Ghost's native search module, allowing visitors to find content quickly.
  • Native Comments: Support for both Ghost's native comments and third-party solutions ensures vibrant user interaction.
  • Membership & Subscriptions: Offer exclusive content and services to your visitors, with built-in subscription management.
• User Experience:
  • AJAX Loading: Load posts and pages without browser reload for instant content access with smooth animations.
  • Infinite Scroll: Enable instant load more and infinite scrolling to posts lists without the need for full page reloads, providing a smooth user experience.
  • Lightbox: Display larger versions of images on click with a lightweight and fancy lightbox.
  • Table of Contents: Add a navigable index for your posts, improving content structure and reader navigation.
  • Contact Forms: Pre-styled form inputs that blend perfectly with your theme, ready to use right out of the box.
  • Navigation Sections: Organize your navigation links by dividing them with section titles.
  • Navigation Separators: Add line separators to distinguish between different sets of navigation items.
  • Navigation Icons: Enhance navigation items with the addition of icons.
  • Tag Colors: Enhance tag visibility with customizable colors, making it easy to differentiate and highlight specific topics.
• Responsive Design:
  • Responsive Videos: Embed YouTube and Vimeo videos responsively with automatic aspect ratio adjustment.
  • Responsive Tables: Show horizontal scroll bars on small screens for tables that exceed available width.
• Social:
  • Social Sharing: Simplify sharing your content across various social platforms, seamlessly increasing your reach and engagement.
  • Social Links: Integrate custom social links that aren't available in Ghost by default, easily connecting your visitors to your social presence.
  • Recommendations: Showcase your recommended services and businesses, adding value and trust for your audience.
• SEO and Accessibility:
  • Translation Ready: Each theme is prepared for translation, allowing you to cater to a global audience in their native language.
  • SEO Ready: Optimize your site for higher search engine rankings, increased organic traffic, and better visibility.
  • Accessibility: Comply with accessibility standards to ensure your site can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities.

📝 Use Case

Aspect is ideal for digital magazines, blogs, and websites that feature collaborative content. Its dynamic grid layout and co-author support make it perfect for showcasing diverse content across various categories.

🚀 Performance

While specific performance metrics aren't provided, Aspect's features like WEBP image support, lazy loading, and AJAX loading are designed to enhance site speed and user experience.

🔧 Compatibility

Aspect is compatible with Ghost 5, ensuring you have access to the latest features and improvements.

🛠️ Theme Setup

Setting up Aspect is straightforward:

1. Log in to Ghost admin.
2. Navigate to Settings → Site → Design & branding.
3. Click Customize → Change theme.
4. Upload the aspect.zip theme file.
5. Once uploaded, click Activate.

For detailed instructions, refer to the Aspect Theme Documentation.