Basho

Basho infuses Ghost blogging with creative flair and modern tech-savvy design, offering lightweight, adaptable layouts for enthusiasts, portfolios, and beyond—perfect for swift, custom sites without the bloat. This responsive powerhouse leverages Ghost’s native features for seamless memberships, SEO-optimized performance, and multilingual readiness, complete with multiple demos, automatic dark mode, and easy integrations like Disqus and Stripe, all in a translation-ready package that’s browser-compatible and super-fast.

• Versatile Layouts & Native Power: Multiple demos (view at fueko.net/themes/basho); full Ghost 6.x support with clean, minimal design; customizable hero sections (subscription forms/buttons, sliders for 15+ posts in small/large sizes), 3 post header layouts, image orientations (portrait/landscape/square/natural), and card types (Markdown, galleries, videos in normal/wide/full widths).
• Responsive Excellence: 100% mobile-optimized with retina-ready responsive images, automatic dark mode via system settings, reading progress indicator, image zoom, and fluid elements like parallax-free sliders, dropdown navigation, and four-column footers for cross-device polish.
• Performance & Integrations: Super lightweight code for blazing speed; built-in Ghost tools for search, comments (Disqus/native), memberships (tiers, Stripe testing), social sharing (Facebook/LinkedIn/X/Bluesky/Threads), forms (Formspree/Getform), related posts, and SEO-friendly semantic structure—plus webp support and custom fonts.
• Proven Stats & Support: 1,485+ sales since 2022; fast, dedicated support with comprehensive docs; no ratings listed, but praised for ease in user feedback—includes English translations out-of-the-box.
• Standout Perks: 15+ font pairs and unlimited colors/backgrounds; custom pages (contact/authors/tags/error) with toggles; secondary navigation, featured posts, next/previous links, copy-link function, special tag-based sections, and beta editor enhancements like signup cards—child-theme ready for endless tweaks.