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Making Ghost and Algolia work better together
(Post in progress! Writing in public!)
Ghost
Ghost is the ultimate platform for blogs and newsletters. Super fast, easy to use, and no nonsense with perpetual security updates and incompatible plugins. Check it out!
A better related block for Ghost
Many themes offer a "read more" or "related posts" section at the bottom of each post. I unpack what it's doing, why yours might not be working so well, and some possible fixes.
Life without {{ghost_head}}
If you want to customize more fully, you might want to replace {{ghost_head}} with your own code. Here we break it down.
Help! Ghost is cropping my posts!
What to do if Ghost is cropping your images.
Migrations and hotlink protection
Migrating to Ghost from TypePad - oh, the hotlinks!
Can we talk about the announcement bar?
I really want to love the announcement bar, and yet...
Fixing CLS and other Page Experience issues in Ghost
Does Google Search Console show you have Ghost pages with problems? Read on for how to fix them!
Adding a dark mode button to your Ghost blog
Can you turn your theme dark? Yes, and it might be easy.
What if I want to do paywalls 'wrong'?
What if you really DO want your paywalled content to be available to the Google Bot? (Paywalls part 2)
How Ghost gets paywalls right
Getting paywalls right is one of the things I really like about Ghost. Ghost doesn’t serve paywalled content at all.
Single sign-on for Ghost
Log on to Ghost using one of your "social" credentials, instead of the typical "magic link" approach.
Using the Ghost API to create snippets
How to use the Ghost Admin API to create snippets the hard way.