Ghost theme · Education

Syllabus

A calm, structured Ghost theme for online courses, with a lesson sidebar, chapters, progress tracking and quizzes.

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$59 · Regular licence · v1.0.0 · Ghost 6+

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Highlights

Courses from tags: each public tag is a course, its posts are the lessons, oldest first

Chapters from internal tags (#chapter Getting started): no plugin, no code

Lesson page with a course outline sidebar, "Lesson 2 of 4", the chapter in the breadcrumb and an "On this page" list

Mark as complete: readers tick off lessons and see a progress ring on every course, saved on their device with no account needed

Continue learning: the homepage brings readers back to the last lesson they opened

Quick checks: a list under a "Quick check" heading becomes a clickable quiz with a score and Try again

Course page with a hero, facts (lessons, chapters, reading time), Start / Continue button, full curriculum and instructor card

Locks on members-only and paid lessons for readers without access; members see them unlocked

Homepage with a notebook-style syllabus card, course cards with progress, How it works steps, new lessons and instructors

Courses and Instructors page templates

Previous / next lesson links that stay inside the course, and an end-of-course link

Mobile lesson bar with a slide-in course outline

Membership page with tiers and a monthly/yearly switch; styled paywall for members and paid lessons

Each course has its own colour (tag accent colour) for its cards, outline, progress and links

Light, dark and system modes with a reader toggle

Reading progress bar, image lightbox, galleries, tables and toggle cards

Self-hosted, easy-to-read fonts (Lexend, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next)

Fully translatable, 19 theme settings, no jQuery

On the phone

Is Syllabus for me?

A great fit if…

You teach a craft, a skill or a subject in short lessons
You want courses without a separate course platform
You sell membership access to some lessons
Your readers like to track their progress

Maybe not if…

You publish news — see Gazette
You run a recipe site — see Saffron
You need video hosting, certificates or graded exams

Questions

Which Ghost version do I need?

Ghost 6.0.0 or later, self-hosted or Ghost(Pro) Creator plan and up.

Do memberships and payments work out of the box?

Yes. Connect Stripe in Ghost and the membership page, paywall and Portal buttons work. We test every release with Stripe test payments.

Is the demo content included?

The demo text and photos are not included. The documentation shows how to rebuild every demo page in minutes.

How do updates work?

Download the new version from ThemeForest and upload it in Ghost. Your settings and content are kept.

What support do I get?

Six months of support from the author for questions and bugs, extendable on ThemeForest.

Can I use it for a client?

Yes, with one Regular licence per end product (site).

Get Syllabus

One payment, lifetime use on one site, free updates, six months of support.

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