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Theme settings
Open Settings → Design & branding → Customize → Theme in Ghost Admin to configure Coside. Some controls appear only when their related newsletter placement is enabled.
| Setting | Default and options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter | Home & Sidebar; Sidebar; Home | Chooses where Coside displays its newsletter area. The sections are hidden when Ghost memberships are disabled. |
| Sidebar title | “Stories from the road, in your inbox” | Heading above the sidebar signup area. Leave it blank to omit the heading. |
| Sidebar description | “A weekly letter of hidden destinations and honest travel notes.” | Supporting text below the sidebar heading. Leave it blank to omit the text. |
| Sidebar signup method | Default popup; Inline form | Chooses whether the sidebar signup control opens Ghost Portal or shows the inline Ghost members form. Available when the sidebar placement is selected. |
| Home newsletter title | “Read along with us” | Heading for the homepage newsletter section. Available when the home placement is selected. |
| Home newsletter tagline | “A weekly letter for people who’d rather be somewhere else…” | Supporting copy in the homepage newsletter section. Leave blank to omit it. Available when the home placement is selected. |
| Number of topics | 8 | Maximum number of public topics displayed in the homepage topic section. |
| Table of contents | On | Shows or hides the generated table of contents on post pages. |
The home and sidebar newsletter headings and copy are controlled separately. Changing one does not change the other.
Choose a newsletter layout
- Home & Sidebar: show newsletter content in both locations.
- Sidebar: show newsletter content in the sidebar only.
- Home: show newsletter content on the homepage only.
If the newsletter area is missing, first confirm that memberships are enabled in Ghost. Then check the Newsletter placement setting.