Crimson

🎨 Overview

Crimson is a premium Ghost CMS theme developed by Theme Up Studio, designed specifically for news and magazine publications. It offers a sleek, modern design with a focus on readability and user engagement.

✨ Features

• Elegant Design: Clean layout with bold typography and minimal aesthetics to highlight your content.
• Dark Mode: Built-in dark mode for a comfortable reading experience in low-light environments.
• Customization Options: Easily adjust fonts, colors, and layouts to match your brand identity.
• Trending News Ticker: Display your most popular posts with an auto-scrolling ticker to grab readers' attention.
• Dropdown Menus: User-friendly navigation with dropdown menus for easy access to various sections.
• Sign-Up CTAs: Prominent call-to-action buttons and forms to grow your mailing list and increase reader engagement.
• Editor's Choice Section: Highlight selected posts by adding an internal tag, showcasing your best content.
• Table of Contents: Automatically generated for long-form posts, allowing readers to navigate easily.
• Sticky Sidebar: Keeps important widgets like the signup form visible as readers scroll through your content.
• Custom Archive Pages: Consistent styling for archive pages, including tags and author pages, with featured images and excerpts.

🎯 Use Case

Ideal for news and magazine websites aiming to provide a modern, engaging, and user-friendly experience. Whether you're an established publication or a budding blogger, Crimson offers the tools to elevate your online presence.

🚀 Performance

Crimson is optimized for speed and performance, ensuring fast load times and a smooth user experience. Its responsive design adapts seamlessly to various devices, from desktops to mobile phones.

🔧 Compatibility

Crimson is built for Ghost v5.0+ and scores 100/100 in Ghost's GScan, ensuring full compatibility and adherence to best practices.

🛠️ Theme Setup

1. Installation:
   • Log in to your Ghost admin panel.
   • Navigate to Settings > Design.
   • Click Change theme, then Upload theme, and select the crimson.zip file.
   • After uploading, click Activate.
2. Routes Setup:
   • In the admin panel, go to Settings > Labs.
   • Click Upload routes YAML and select the routes.yaml file from the theme package.
3. Custom Settings:
   • Access custom settings via Settings > Design.
   • Adjust brand settings, site-wide settings, and homepage settings to tailor the theme to your needs.
4. Dropdown Navigation:
   • Add a parent menu item linking to #.
   • Add sub-menu items prefixed with a hyphen (-).
5. Editor's Choice & Trending Ticker:
   • Add the internal tag #editors-choice to posts for the Editor's Choice section.
   • Add the internal tag #trending to posts for the Trending Ticker section.

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