Creator — Building a Ghost Theme (Work Log)

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Building Creator, a free open-source multipurpose Ghost theme — documented step by step, in the open.

Build log 20 Jul 2026 1 min read

Part 20 — Building custom templates

Gave specific pages and posts their own bespoke layouts.

Ways to target a template

  • custom-{name}.hbs — selectable per post/page in the editor.
  • page-{slug}.hbs — a page with a matching slug uses it automatically.
  • tag-{slug}.hbs — a specific tag archive.
  • A collection's template: in routes.yaml.

Precedence

Ghost resolves most specific → least specific, falling back to post.hbs/page.hbs/index.hbs.

In Creator

Dedicated templates for projects, project-details, and static pages like About/Resume.

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