Curious Documentation

Theme Details

• Ghost version: 6.38.0 and later
• Theme version: 4.0.0
• Last updated: May 29, 2026
• Changelog
• Demo

Installation & Updates

Installation

To install Curious, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Ghost Admin at yoursite.com/ghost.
2. Click Settings in the bottom left corner.
3. In the Site section, click Theme.
4. Click Change theme, then Upload theme.
5. Drag and drop your theme’s .zip file, or click to browse and select it.
6. Once the upload is complete, click Activate to apply the theme.

Updates

Your purchase includes all future updates for free. We announce new releases in our newsletter, and you can always check the latest version in the changelog.

To update Curious:

1. Download the latest .zip using the download link from your purchase email.
2. Log in to your Ghost Admin at yoursite.com/ghost.
3. Click Settings in the bottom left corner.
4. In the Site section, click Theme.
5. Click Change theme, then Upload theme.
6. Upload the new .zip. Ghost will detect the existing version and ask to overwrite it. Confirm to continue.
7. Click Activate to switch to the new version.

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Getting Started

Publication Icon

A publication icon (favicon) is a square image that appears in browser tabs, bookmarks, and other places where your site is shown. For the best results, use an image at least 60 × 60 px.

To upload it:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Under Publication icon, click Upload icon and select your image.
5. Click Save.

Publication Logo

A publication logo is your site’s main branding image. For the best results, use an image with a transparent background, such as a PNG or SVG.

To add a logo:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Under Publication logo, click Upload logo and select your image.
5. Click Save.

Publication Cover

The publication cover image is used as the background of the homepage hero section and the error pages. For the best results, use a high-resolution landscape image.

To add a publication cover:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Under Publication cover, click Upload cover and select your image.
5. Click Save.

Navigation

The theme supports both Primary and Secondary navigation. The primary navigation is displayed in the site header and slide-out sidebar, while the secondary navigation is displayed in the footer.

To set up navigation:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Navigation.
3. Click Customize.
4. Add navigation items by entering a label and its destination URL.
5. To configure the secondary navigation, switch to the Secondary tab.
6. When you’re finished, click Save.

Social Media Links

Curious supports Ghost’s built-in social links. When configured, they are displayed in the theme’s slide-out sidebar and footer.

To add social media links:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the General settings section, click Social accounts.
3. Enter the URLs for your social profiles.
4. Click Save.

Sidebar

The theme sidebar contains the site navigation, member actions, and social links.

Footer Sections

The footer can display an Authors list, Popular posts (posts tagged with #popular), a Tag cloud, and an About section.

To enable, disable, or customize these sections:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Switch to the Theme tab.
5. Turn the desired sections on or off. If enabled, fill in the available text fields where applicable.
6. Click Save.

Copyright Information (Footer)

The copyright text displayed in the footer is defined in the /partials/footer.hbs file.

You can either download, edit, and upload the theme again, or make the change directly in the Theme Editor. See Making Theme Customization Easier with Ghost’s Theme Editor for step-by-step instructions.

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Content & Pages

Homepage Header

Curious lets you display the site title and description, a featured posts carousel, or hide the homepage header entirely.

To change the homepage header:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Switch to the Theme tab.
5. Scroll down to the Homepage section and choose an option from the Section above post feed dropdown.
6. Click Save.

Archive Cover Images

Curious supports optional cover images for tag and author archive pages.

Tag Cover Images

To add a tag cover image:

1. In your Ghost Admin, navigate to Tags.
2. Create a new tag or open an existing one.
3. Click Upload tag image and select an image.
4. Click Save.

Author Cover Images

To add an author cover image:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the General settings section, click Staff.
3. Select the staff member you want to edit.
4. Click Upload cover image and select an image.
5. Click Save.

Post Layout

In addition to the default post layout, Curious includes four alternative layouts that you can apply using internal tags:

• #post-vert-right
• #post-vert-left
• #post-horiz-top
• #post-horiz-bottom

To use one of these layouts, add the corresponding internal tag to your post. For example, to apply the vertical image layout with the image on the right, add the #post-vert-right tag.

Landing Page

Ghost lets you create custom landing pages without writing any code. By hiding the default page title and feature image, you can build completely custom layouts using the Header card and other cards available in the Ghost editor.

To hide the page title and feature image:

1. Open the page in the Ghost Editor.
2. Open Page settings.
3. Turn off the Show title and feature image toggle.

This is ideal for creating landing pages, FAQ pages, about pages, or any page with a custom design.

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Membership

Members

Ghost’s built-in Members feature lets you turn your site into a membership business with member signups, paid subscriptions, and email newsletters.

When Members is enabled, the theme displays Subscribe and Sign in links in the header and slide-out sidebar, connecting visitors directly to the Ghost Members Portal.

Posts with Post access set to anything other than Public are marked with a small lock icon in post lists, making it easy for visitors to identify member-only content.

Comments

Curious supports Ghost’s native commenting system.

To enable comments:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Membership section, click Access.
3. Select the desired option from the Who can comment on posts? dropdown.
4. Click Save.

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Customization

Color Scheme

Curious is available in both light and dark color schemes.

To change the color scheme:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Switch to the Theme tab.
5. Select a color scheme from the Color scheme dropdown.
6. Click Save.

Accent Color

To change the theme accent color:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Site section, click Design & branding.
3. Click Customize.
4. Choose your color.
5. Click Save.

The default accent color for Curious is #07BEB8.

Posts Per Page Number

By default, Curious displays 12 posts per page. To change this, edit the posts_per_page setting in the theme’s package.json file. For example, to display 9 posts per page:

"config": {
  "posts_per_page": 9
}

Save the file and upload the updated theme.

Alternatively, you can change this setting directly in the Theme Editor. See Making Theme Customization Easier with Ghost’s Theme Editor for step-by-step instructions.

Theme Translation

Curious is translation-ready and includes all theme text in the locales folder.

To add a new language:

1. Copy locales/en.json to locales/[language_code].json, replacing [language_code] with a valid language code.
2. Open the new file in any plain text editor.
3. Translate the text values while keeping the JSON structure and keys unchanged.
4. Upload the updated theme.

If your publication is in English, you can still customize any built-in theme text by editing locales/en.json. This lets you change labels, buttons, and other interface text without modifying the theme templates.

For more information about theme translations, see the Ghost translation documentation.

Custom Styles

Use Code Injection to add custom CSS without editing the theme files. Place your CSS rules in the Site Header field.

To add custom styles:

1. In your Ghost Admin, click Settings in the bottom left corner.
2. In the Advanced section, click Code injection.
3. Click Open.
4. Add your CSS inside the Site Header field using <style> tags.
5. Click Save.

For example, to make all headings semibold, add the following CSS:

<style>
  :is(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) {
    font-weight: 600;
  }
</style>

You can replace the example with your own CSS to customize the appearance of the theme.

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Credits

• Montserrat font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat
• Simple icons: https://simpleicons.org/
• Reframe.js: https://github.com/yowainwright/reframe.js
• Swiper: https://swiperjs.com/
• SimpleLightbox: https://simplelightbox.com/

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Support

Didn’t find what you were looking for? Email us at support@justgoodthemes.com and we’ll be happy to help.

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome too. Hearing how you use Curious is what makes the theme better.