Changelog

Key updates that changed how Fantasma works for real projects.

v1.0.0May 15, 2026

Fantasma 1.0 is live!

Fantasma is leaving beta with Fantasma Pro, a paid subscription that unlocks Ghost theme publishing, uploads, connected site preview, page transitions, and a higher active-project quota.

This release also adds Layouts, a larger builder library, stronger security checks, and better project handling.

Plans and billing

Ghost connection

  • Added Ghost site connection for direct theme publishing and builder previews with Ghost content. Read the guide

  • Improved theme ZIP naming so downloads follow the project name more reliably.

Templates and layouts

  • Added Layouts for shared Navigation, Footer, and template structure. Read the guide

  • Added custom templates for advanced Ghost routes.

  • Added tagged Post and Page templates.

  • Added recommended page templates: About, Contact, Authors, Tags, and Recommendations.

  • Added recommended collection templates: Projects, Courses, Writings, and News.

  • Added recommended error templates: 404, 4xx, and 5xx.

Sections, blocks, and presets

  • Added 45+ new section presets.

  • Added dark mode support. Read the guide

  • Added page transition effects. Read the guide

  • Added featured video support. Read the guide

  • Added code syntax highlighting.

  • Added dropdown navigation support. Read the guide

  • Added Table of Contents block.

  • Added Authors and Authors List blocks.

  • Added Tags and Tags List blocks.

  • Added Recommendations and Recommendations List blocks.

  • Added custom social links.

  • Added more button size, radius, color, and icon options.

  • Changed Sharing block styles and settings.

  • Changed Social Links block styles and settings.

  • Changed Banner text width to follow the section content width.

Builder and project management

  • Added copy and paste for sections and blocks.

  • Added editable labels for inserted sections and blocks.

  • Added image library. Read the guide

  • Added trash and restore for projects in your account.

  • Changed Free accounts to allow up to three active projects. Read the guide

  • Improved left sidebar structure.

  • Improved template and layout context menus.

  • Improved add-section and insert controls.

  • Improved image upload field interactions.

  • Improved settings panels, dropdowns, tabs, badges, buttons, and icon pickers.

  • Improved preview loading states, selection outlines, and scroll behavior.

  • Polished UI details across the builder.

Security and data handling

  • Improved project writes with server-side API checks.

  • Improved project state validation, sanitization, normalization, and size limits.

  • Improved rate limits for theme downloads, uploads, duplicate, preview, and Ghost routes.

Reliability and polish

  • Fixed duplicated builder instance IDs.

  • Fixed Posts list empty-state rendering.

  • Fixed search and subscription form styling.

  • Fixed featured media sizing.

  • Fixed mobile navigation icon behavior.

Migration notes

  • Added loading for older saved projects with automatic migration to the new project schema.

  • Banner migration guidance: review content width if hero text looks wider than before. Adjust content width under Layout → Content width.

  • Block migration guidance: review Sharing and Social Links on the page; these blocks were updated substantially.

  • Layouts guidance: move repeated Navigation and Footer sections into a Layout when they should stay synced.

  • Changed Free tier behavior: active projects are limited to three per account.

  • Removed template reset action buttons.

v0.6.0Mar 19, 2026

Subscribe form upgrades and builder polish

This release adds richer subscribe form messaging and delivers a round of layout, translation, and visual polish fixes across the builder output.

  • Added subscribe form notice text with rich text support and an optional consent checkbox.

  • Improved form styling inside content areas, including better button alignment for form layouts.

  • Improved heading wrapping with balanced text and applied the theme accent color to native form controls for more consistent output.

  • Fixed search block alignment issues in rendered layouts.

  • Fixed stacked author image presentation on post cards and post pages.

  • Fixed untranslated interface strings, the mobile menu logo focus outline, and section card column visibility when background images are enabled.

v0.5.0Feb 21, 2026

Lightbox and sharing buttons, plus download pipeline and editor improvements

This release introduces a new lightbox setting and configurable sharing buttons for post layouts, alongside stronger theme asset handling when you download or publish and editor reliability improvements.

  • Added a lightbox setting for image and gallery cards.

  • Added sharing block with post-content sidebar support.

  • Added post-content sidebar and narrow presets.

  • Added a global theme asset registry to include scripts and styles in a consistent, template-aware way when building downloadable and published themes.

  • Improved post content elements spacings, sizes and styles.

  • Fixed conflicts with Ghost helpers by reserving helper names and migrating legacy button url fields to href.

v0.4.0Feb 17, 2026

Builder compatibility and editing improvements

This release improves Ghost Source compatibility, reduces styling conflicts, and makes block editing more reliable in the visual builder.

  • Added smooth scroll support and common Source theme classes for better compatibility with Source-based custom styles.

  • Added bordered button color selection for more flexible CTA styling in sections that use bordered button variants.

  • Improved nested block editing by supporting context menus consistently in both the preview canvas and sidebar.

  • Switched navigation rendering to the standard Ghost {{navigation}} partial for closer Source theme behavior.

  • Fixed block field naming and button config migration paths to avoid Ghost rendering conflicts and preserve legacy button content.

  • Fixed style conflicts by removing the social links .nav class and correcting bordered color mapping in card-icon and eyebrow blocks.

v0.3.0Feb 12, 2026

Performance and download reliability update

Daily editing became faster and more stable, while theme downloads and project upgrades started failing much less in real-world usage.

  • Added rich text field support and safer reserved field name handling.

  • Added deprecation migration helpers for blocks and sections.

  • Moved Handlebars and CSS compilation to workers and reduced preview churn for smoother editing.

  • Improved loading states, auth flow reliability, and project switching UX.

  • Fixed theme packaging to better detect used templates/styles and avoid broken download cases.

v0.2.0Dec 18, 2025

Theme download and content building improvements

Fantasma became more production-ready here: downloaded themes install cleaner in Ghost, and preset-driven page setup got noticeably faster.

  • Expanded preset and block library (FAQ, testimonials, ratings) for faster page setup.

  • Added pagination and About sidebar block to Posts List layouts.

  • Normalized image URLs in theme ZIPs to reduce broken media after theme install.

  • Improved migration and download dialogs for clearer project transfer and download flow.

  • Improved Ghost helper compatibility (including concat behavior).