A free Ghost 6 theme inspired by the visual language of early Mac OS X. Aqua presents publications through a Finder-style homepage and a focused document window for reading.
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- A publication menu bar with primary navigation
- Finder-style columns for browsing topics and stories
- Story previews with images and publication details
- A Dock for Home, Search, Latest, and membership actions
- Reading controls for text size, copying links, and comments
- Story details and previous/next story navigation
- Aqua Blue and Graphite appearances
- Responsive layouts for desktop and mobile
See docs/DIRECTION.md for the design direction.
- Download or create the theme ZIP.
- Open the Themes section in Ghost Admin and select Upload theme.
- Upload the ZIP and activate Aqua.
- Configure the appearance and Dock in the theme's homepage settings.
Aqua includes a /latest/ page that requires the route defined in
routes.yaml.
Before uploading the included file, download and back up your publication's
current routes.yaml. If your site already uses custom routes, add Aqua's
/latest/ route to your existing configuration instead of replacing it.
Upload the completed file under Settings → Labs in Ghost Admin.
Aqua has no frontend framework or build step. It uses Ghost Handlebars templates, plain CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.
Validate changes with:
npm testAqua does not include Apple logos or copied macOS artwork and system icons.
Aqua is designed and maintained by Aspire Themes, which creates premium Ghost themes for independent publishers.