Futura
Futura crafts a clean, minimal haven for Ghost bloggers, prioritizing content with subtle elegance and effortless media embeds—ideal for personal journals, travel logs, tutorials, or multi-author collaborations. This lightweight theme taps Ghost’s native memberships and subscriptions for monetization, delivering SEO-optimized speed, translation readiness, and seamless integrations like Disqus and Mailchimp, all wrapped in a fully responsive, retina-ready design that’s easy to install and customize via LESS CSS and detailed docs.
- Versatile Layouts & Native Power: Multi-author support with dedicated author/tag archive pages; widgetized sidebar/footer for easy reordering; static pages, previous/next navigation, and content-focused posts with responsive embeds for YouTube/Vimeo/SoundCloud/Mixcloud—full Ghost 5.x+ compatibility including memberships/tiers and subscription previews.
- Responsive Excellence: 100% mobile-optimized across devices with fluid Bootstrap 3.3.2 grids, retina-ready Font Awesome icons, and adaptive media scaling for crisp viewing on any screen size.
- Performance & Integrations: Bloat-free HTML5/CSS3 code with Highlight.js for syntax, Fitvids for video responsiveness, jFlickrFeed for feeds; native Ghost search/comments, Disqus discussions, Mailchimp newsletters, Google Fonts, and cross-browser polish (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/IE9+)—table-less, image-less for top-tier speed.
- Proven Stats & Support: 576+ sales since 2014; dedicated 6-month support from GBJsolution via ThemeForest profile and docs; last update June 2022 for Ghost 5.x compatibility with archive enhancements—no ratings listed, but praised for simplicity in feedback.
- Standout Perks: LESS CSS for instant color tweaks, multi-user readiness, easy featured image handling, well-commented code for devs, and child-theme compatible—demos showcase members-only and plain-text posts for quick setup inspiration.