Getting Started

Welcome, it's great to have you here. We know that first impressions are important, so we've populated your new site with some initial getting started posts that will help you get familiar with everything in no time.

Discover familiar formatting options in a functional toolbar and the ability to add dynamic content seamlessly.

The Ghost editor post settings menu has everything you need to fully optimise and distribute your content effectively.

There are a couple of things to do next while you're getting set up: making your site private and inviting your team.

Ghost has a flexible organisational taxonomy called tags and the ability to create custom site structures using dynamic routes.

Work with all your favourite apps and tools or create your own custom integrations using the Ghost API.

Ghost comes with a beautiful default theme designed for publishers which can easily be adapted for most purposes, or you can build a custom theme to suit your needs.

Hey! Welcome to Ghost, it's great to have you :) We know that first impressions are important, so we've populated your new site with some initial Getting Started posts that will

Ghost uses a language called Markdown to format text. When you go to edit a post and see special characters and colours intertwined between the words, those are Markdown shortcuts

Ghost has a single, powerful organisational taxonomy, called tags. It doesn't matter whether you want to call them categories, tags, boxes, or anything else. You can think of Ghost tags

Ghost has a number of different user roles for your team Authors The base user level in Ghost is an author. Authors can write posts, edit their own posts, and

Sometimes you might want to put your site behind closed doors If you've got a publication that you don't want the world to see yet because it's not ready to

There are lots of powerful things you can do with the Ghost editor If you've gotten pretty comfortable with all the basics of writing in Ghost, then you may enjoy

Creating a totally custom design for your publication Ghost comes with a beautiful default theme called Casper, which is designed to be a clean, readable publication layout and can be