r/Ghost

I’ve noticed a lot of creators using Discord alongside Patreon/Substack/Circle/etc, but not sure how many Ghost publishers are also running private Discord communities for members/subscribers.

If you use Ghost,
- is Discord a meaningful part of your membership/community experience?
- do you give different roles/access levels for different membership tiers? If yes, how do you manage?

Just curious to understand how popular this combo is.

Hey everyone!

Some of you might remember my Enova post here a few weeks back. This is what I built next.

Meet Meridian, a print-editorial Ghost theme made specifically for news publications: newsrooms, magazines, and digital publishers. Enova is the all-rounder for blogs and newsletters. Meridian goes the other way. The whole goal is to make a Ghost site read like a real newspaper front page instead of a blog feed.

What makes it a newspaper:

• Newspaper-style front page with an asymmetric lead grid, a most-read rail, and a sticky newsletter signup
• Seven homepage section layouts you arrange just by tagging posts: feature packages, briefings, opinion columns, tag columns, and grids
• Built-in ads (banners or AdSense and Ad Manager code) you place from your dashboard, hidden automatically from paying members
• Local bookmarks readers save right in their browser, with no API key and no signup
• Reader-controlled text size and Light, Dark, or System mode, saved between visits and synced across tabs
• Video posts that play YouTube, Vimeo, or uploaded clips in a click-to-play hero, with a sticky corner mini-player as you scroll
• 13 languages, and a Tailwind CSS v4 and Vite build, so it stays fast by default
• A true print edition

Links

• Live demo: https://meridian.labs.enova.studio
• Details: https://enova.studio/themes/meridian
• Documentation: https://docs.enova.studio/docs/meridian

As with last time, I'd genuinely value your thoughts and feedback, and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you!

Kasun.

Hi everybody,
I recently moved my website to Ghost and am now looking to integrate ads into my site. I would like to display ads to free members but also offer an ad free tier for paying users. How would I go about doing that? Right now. I use AdSense and would consider using AutoAds if I can get the segmentation working correctly.

Thanks for your help!