The theme file is a ZIP that Ghost installs like any other theme. Download it when you do not want to connect Fantasma to Ghost, when you install the theme on a site you cannot connect, or to keep a copy.
Before you start
Downloading needs Pro, the paid plan. On the Free plan, the menu says "Free to build. Pro to download and publish." and Download theme opens an offer to upgrade. See Free and Pro plans.
Download the theme
Open your project in Fantasma.
At the top of the right sidebar, click Download. A menu opens with when you last downloaded and the version the file gets, such as v2.0.0-2.
Click Download theme. Fantasma saves your latest edits, builds the theme and downloads it as a ZIP file, such as fantasma-ridgeway-dispatch.zip.
"Theme downloaded" appears, and a dialog repeats the steps to install it in Ghost.
The file is named fantasma- followed by the project's theme name. Fantasma makes the theme name from the project's name, and you can change it under Project settings › General › Theme name. The arrow on Download theme holds Download routes.yaml, the routes file described below.
If your project is connected to Ghost, the button at the top of the sidebar reads Publish instead, because Fantasma can send the theme to your site itself. Click it, click the arrow on the Publish button at the bottom of the menu, and select Download theme.
If a dialog named "Update routes in Ghost" opens first, you changed an address in the project, such as a collection's, and Ghost needs a new routes.yaml too. In that dialog, click Download routes.yaml, then Download theme. Upload the theme in Ghost first, then the routes file, as Upload routes.yaml shows.
Install it in Ghost
In Ghost Admin, open Settings, then Design & branding.
Click Change theme. Ghost's list of themes opens.
Click Ghost's upload button and choose the ZIP file you downloaded. Keep its name as it is. If Ghost asks whether to replace a theme with the same name, confirm.
Activate the theme when Ghost offers it.
Ghost lists the theme under the file's name. Uploading a file with the same name replaces the theme Ghost already has under that name, and if that theme is active, your site shows the new design at once. The theme settings you set in Ghost Admin stay. If your browser added a number to the file name, such as fantasma-ridgeway-dispatch (1).zip, rename it back first, or Ghost adds it as a second theme.
If Ghost refuses the file, Publishing to Ghost failed explains Ghost's messages, for uploaded files too.
Download again after changes
After you change the design, download again and upload the new file in Ghost. The version in the Download menu ends in a build number, the 2 in v2.0.0-2, that goes up only when the theme changed since your last download or publish. When the version shows in color, the file on your computer is older than your project.
The theme file is a ZIP that Ghost installs like any other theme. Download it when you do not want to connect Fantasma to Ghost, when you install the theme on a site you cannot connect, or to keep a copy.
Before you start
Downloading needs Pro, the paid plan. On the Free plan, the menu says "Free to build. Pro to download and publish." and Download theme opens an offer to upgrade. See Free and Pro plans.
Download the theme
v2.0.0-2.fantasma-ridgeway-dispatch.zip."Theme downloaded" appears, and a dialog repeats the steps to install it in Ghost.
The file is named
fantasma-followed by the project's theme name. Fantasma makes the theme name from the project's name, and you can change it under Project settings › General › Theme name. The arrow on Download theme holds Download routes.yaml, the routes file described below.If your project is connected to Ghost, the button at the top of the sidebar reads Publish instead, because Fantasma can send the theme to your site itself. Click it, click the arrow on the Publish button at the bottom of the menu, and select Download theme.
If a dialog named "Update routes in Ghost" opens first, you changed an address in the project, such as a collection's, and Ghost needs a new
routes.yamltoo. In that dialog, click Download routes.yaml, then Download theme. Upload the theme in Ghost first, then the routes file, as Upload routes.yaml shows.Install it in Ghost
Ghost lists the theme under the file's name. Uploading a file with the same name replaces the theme Ghost already has under that name, and if that theme is active, your site shows the new design at once. The theme settings you set in Ghost Admin stay. If your browser added a number to the file name, such as
fantasma-ridgeway-dispatch (1).zip, rename it back first, or Ghost adds it as a second theme.If Ghost refuses the file, Publishing to Ghost failed explains Ghost's messages, for uploaded files too.
Download again after changes
After you change the design, download again and upload the new file in Ghost. The version in the Download menu ends in a build number, the
2inv2.0.0-2, that goes up only when the theme changed since your last download or publish. When the version shows in color, the file on your computer is older than your project.What's in your theme file lists the files inside the ZIP. To skip the upload in Ghost each time, connect your Ghost site and publish instead.