Templates and layouts
Which template Ghost uses where, templates for one post or tag, headers, footers and menus.
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- Create a part of your site with its own URLA list of posts at its own address, such as /projects/, filled by an internal tag.
- Let writers choose a template in GhostA post or page design that writers pick for each post in Ghost Admin.
- Design your error pagesTemplates for the page visitors see when an address doesn't exist or the site has an error.
- Change the header and footer on every pageThe layout holds the header, footer and overlays that every page shares.
- Use a different header or footer on some pagesA second layout with its own header and footer, for the templates you give it.
- Open a popup or side drawer from a buttonA panel that opens over the page when a visitor clicks a button or a link.
- Set up your site menuMenu links, dropdowns, a header that stays on screen, and the menu on phones.
- Give posts with a tag their own designA post or page template that Ghost uses for every entry with an internal tag, such as #review.
- Design one post, page, tag or author on its ownA template that Ghost uses for one post, page, tag or author, picked by its slug.
- TemplatesThe built-in templates, the ones you can add, and the settings in a template's panel.
- Which template Ghost uses for each pageThe order Ghost follows to pick a template for every address on your site.
Ghost shows each page of your site with a template: one for the home page, one for posts, one for tags and so on. A layout is the frame around the templates, with the header and footer every page shares. These articles explain which template Ghost picks, how to add your own, and how to change the header, footer and menu.
Where to start
Which template Ghost uses
The order Ghost follows to pick a template for every address on your site.
Templates
The built-in templates, the ones you can add, and the settings in a template's panel.
Header and footer
The layout holds the header, footer and dialogs that every page shares.
Set up your site menu
Menu links, dropdowns, a header that stays on screen, and the menu on phones.
Design posts by tag
A post or page template that Ghost uses for every entry with an internal tag, such as #review.
Templates writers choose
A post or page design that writers pick for each post in Ghost Admin.