Getting started

What you need

• Ghost 6.0 or later
• A Ghost(Pro) plan that allows custom themes (Starter doesn't), or self-hosted Ghost
• The stretch-2.0.0.zip file from your purchase email

What's in the zip

• The theme, ready to upload as it is
• Readable CSS and JavaScript source, plus build scripts, if you want to make changes
• routes.yaml.example for the Authors and Topics pages
• README.md and LICENSE

Install

1. In Ghost Admin, open Settings (the gear icon, bottom left).
2. Go to Design & branding and click Customize.
3. Click Change theme (bottom left), then Upload theme.
4. Choose stretch-2.0.0.zip. Upload the zip as it is; don't unzip it.
5. Click Activate.

First setup

1. Brand: in Settings → Design & branding → Customize, open the Brand tab. Set your accent color, publication logo, publication cover and fonts.
2. Theme: in the same window, open the Theme tab. Pick a colour scheme and homepage style. See Theme settings.
3. Menu: in Settings → Navigation, add your links. See Templates and menus for dropdowns.
4. Optional: add the Authors and Topics pages. See the routes file.

Update to a new version

1. Back up first: in Settings → Design & branding → Customize → Change theme, open the ⋯ menu next to Stretch and choose Download.
2. Upload the new zip the same way you installed it. Ghost asks whether to overwrite Stretch: choose Overwrite.
3. Done. Your theme settings are kept, because the theme name stays the same.

Edited the theme files? Check the changelog to see what changed, so you can copy your edits across.