Spectral Web Services
Importing posts, and only posts, into Ghost.
If you've ever wanted to import a JSON file straight into Ghost, rather than using the Admin API, this post is for you.
Sign up cards broke my search
Turns out the sign-up card doesn't play nice with the Algolia fragmenter -- at all.
Designing for a Ghost blog?
What I wish designers knew about Ghost CMS' capabilities.
Why Ghost's magic links don't work well with social media sharing
Magic links are great, unless you have mobile users with in-app browsers...
2023 year in review
Just the highlights
Happy Holidays from Spectral Web Services
May 2024 bring you joy, tranquility, and lots of website visitors.
How to upload a members CSV file using Node
I needed Stripe customer IDs in Ghost and this is the only method that works for me.
Recommendations, wrangled
An update on the lack of posts, and some discussion of recommendations, some of it misplaced.
Introducing our "Retainer" plan
Focus on creating. Put a Ghost Expert on retainer and we'll handle the technology!
How I built that: Layouts for Ghost
How can you build interesting page layouts in the Ghost editor? Several options!
Making Ghost and Algolia work better together
(Post in progress! Writing in public!)
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.