Snook

Overview

KUSA Projects is a digital agency based in Slovenia that specializes in modern web development, including creating Ghost CMS themes, Webflow templates, and Shopify themes. They focus on building beautiful, high-performance websites and templates that help clients stand out in a crowded market.

Snook is one of KUSA Projects’ premium Ghost themes (i.e., a Ghost template for Ghost.org’s publishing platform). It’s described as a bold and creative theme designed for bloggers who “dare to stand out.” With its striking design and seamless user experience, Snook helps your blog break away from the ordinary. In other words, it challenges the norm (in a good way) and lets you showcase your content with confidence and originality.

Features

Snook comes packed with features that make it a flexible and powerful Ghost CMS theme. Some of the key features include:

• Ghost 5.x Ready & Responsive – Fully compatible with Ghost CMS v5.x (built for the latest Ghost.org platform) and 100% responsive design that adapts to any device. It also supports all modern browsers for broad accessibility.
• Smooth Animations & Scrolling – Eye-catching page transition animations (powered by GSAP) and smooth scrolling effects (via Lenis) give your site a dynamic, modern feel. Snook feels lively and engaging as users navigate, without sacrificing usability.
• Lightweight & SEO-Friendly – The theme is minimal and fast-loading, with clean code that’s optimized for speed. It’s also SEO friendly out-of-the-box, helping your Ghost blog rank well on search engines while keeping performance high.
• Extensive Customization – Snook is highly customizable. You can adjust colors (background, text, overlays), choose your typography (primary/secondary fonts via Google Fonts), and even set text style transformations (uppercase, lowercase, etc.). The theme includes lots of options to tweak layouts and behavior (enable/disable page load animations, smooth scrolling, etc.), so you can fine-tune the design to match your brand. It’s also translation-ready (comes with English by default), which means you can easily localize your site for different languages.
• Multiple Layouts & Templates – You’re not stuck with one look. Snook provides a variety of content presentation options. There are multiple post and page templates (e.g. Right Aligned, Default, with or without featured videos) and several post header styles (wide, narrow, centered, background image, etc.) to choose from. You also get two distinct footer designs (Creative or Normal) to give your site either an artistic flair or a traditional footer style.
• Membership & Custom Pages – The theme fully supports Ghost membership/subscription features. It includes custom page designs for member-related pages: sign-in, signup, subscribe, account/profile, as well as a pricing/membership tiers page for paid content. Beyond that, Snook provides nicely designed custom pages for common needs like Contact, FAQ, 404 error, Authors list, and an Archive of all posts or by tag – all styled consistently with the theme’s look. (In short, your entire site – not just the blog posts – gets a cohesive, polished appearance.)
• Rich Media & Social Integration – Snook is ready for media-rich content. It supports responsive images (with automatic sizing for full-width, regular, or narrow layouts) and features an image gallery with a zoom-in view for photos. You can embed multimedia from external services effortlessly – the theme supports embeds from Spotify, Twitter, SoundCloud, Codepen, and more, so you can drop in music players, tweets, etc., in your posts. It also handles videos gracefully (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted videos) with responsive sizing and even offers styled content cards for media like bookmarks, callouts, products, or downloads. On the social side, Snook provides built-in share buttons on posts (for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) to encourage readers to share your content. (There are also spots for social profile icons in the footer, so visitors can connect with you on various platforms.)
• Documentation & Support – KUSA Projects delivers Snook with extensive documentation and excellent support. The documentation covers everything from installation to customization, ensuring you can take advantage of all the theme’s features. If you have questions or run into any theme-specific issues, KUSA Projects provides fast support to help (they’ve got your back). The theme is also regularly updated with improvements and fixes, so it stays compatible with new Ghost versions and keeps getting better over time.

(As you can see, Snook is a feature-rich Ghost theme – it’s like the Swiss Army knife of Ghost templates, wrapped in a bold design.) 🔧🎨

Use Case

Who is Snook for? This theme’s bold, creative style makes it ideal for blogs and websites that want to make a visual statement. It’s particularly well-suited for creative and content-heavy sites – think personal blogs, lifestyle and travel journals, fashion or design magazines, and other editorial websites where an eye-catching presentation matters. If you’re a writer or publisher who wants your Ghost blog to have a unique, standout aesthetic, Snook was built for you. (On the flip side, if you’re running a super conservative corporate site, Snook’s artsy flair might be a bit much – but hey, to each their own!) 😉

Performance

Performance is a big plus with the Snook Ghost theme. The design is minimal and lightweight, which means your site won’t be bogged down by heavy scripts – pages load quickly and feel snappy to navigate. Snook also uses smart loading techniques: posts and images are lazy-loaded as you scroll, so initial page load times stay fast (content loads only when it’s needed, instead of all at once). This ensures that even image-rich or long-scrolling pages perform well for readers. Additionally, the theme’s clean code and SEO-friendly structure contribute to faster rendering and help search engines crawl your site more efficiently. In short, Snook helps keep your Ghost blog both fast and visitor-friendly – nobody likes a slow site, and with Snook you won’t have to worry about that.

Compatibility

Snook is built to work with the latest Ghost platform. It’s officially compatible with Ghost CMS version 5.x (Ghost 5.x). If your site is running on Ghost.org’s current release (Ghost 5.x), this theme will plug in seamlessly. The theme is also designed to be forward-compatible with Ghost’s modern features (like membership and native search, which it supports out-of-the-box).

Browser compatibility is broad as well: Snook has been tested on all modern web browsers, so whether your readers use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or a mobile browser, the site will display and function correctly. And of course, since it’s responsive, it doesn’t matter if visitors view your Ghost blog on a desktop, tablet, or phone – Snook will adapt and look great on any screen size.

(Note: As Ghost CMS evolves, KUSA Projects regularly updates Snook to maintain compatibility with new versions, so you can expect it to work with future Ghost updates as well.)

Theme Setup

Getting the Snook Ghost theme up and running is straightforward, even if you’re new to Ghost CMS. Here’s a quick rundown of the setup process:

1. Download the theme: After purchasing Snook, download the snook.zip theme file from KUSA Projects (you’ll receive this zip file upon purchase).
2. Upload in Ghost Admin: Log in to your Ghost Admin dashboard and navigate to your Settings → Design (or Design & Branding) section. Click on the “Change theme” button (usually at the bottom of the design screen).
3. Install Snook: In the Themes screen, click “Upload theme”. Choose the snook.zip file you downloaded, or drag-and-drop it into the uploader – Ghost will upload and install the theme package for you.
4. Activate the theme: Once the upload finishes, Snook will appear in your theme list. Just click the “Activate” button to activate the Snook theme on your site. After a moment, your blog will start using Snook’s design. 🎉

That’s it – your new Ghost theme is now live! You can visit your site to see the Snook template in action immediately.

Next Steps (Customization): With Snook activated, you can customize various aspects of the theme through Ghost’s admin settings. For example, you might update your site logo, tweak the color scheme or typography, and set up navigation menus. Snook provides a lot of built-in options (as noted in the features list), and you can access many of these in Ghost Admin under Settings → Design, where you’ll find fields for things like accent colors, font choices, enabling/disabling animations, homepage layout style, etc. The theme’s official documentation guides you through all these options in detail. It even covers advanced tweaks – like setting up multi-level navigation menus or adding custom code – so you can fine-tune your site exactly as you want.

One thing to keep in mind: if you decide to edit the theme code itself (for deeper customization beyond the standard settings), make sure to follow the documentation’s advice. KUSA Projects notes that Snook allows extensive customization, but you should be cautious with code changes – always back up files and test changes, since altering theme files can break things if done incorrectly. The good news is that the docs provide tips for safe modification, and in most cases, you won’t need to touch the code at all to personalize your site.

Overall, the combination of Ghost’s user-friendly admin and Snook’s thorough documentation means the setup and customization process is smooth. Even if you’re not a developer, you can install the theme and configure your Ghost blog with relative ease – and if you do run into trouble, KUSA Projects’ support is there to help. Happy blogging with Snook! 🚀