How to create a blog post in Ghost?

To build a custom homepage on Ghost CMS, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Ghost Admin page
• Create a new page
• Design it as needed
• Set the URL slug for the page
• Navigate to Settings > Design > Advanced > Routes
• Download the current routes.yaml file
• Define the homepage route in the file as:

• Re-upload the modified routes.yaml file
• Adjust the routes file to move the blog to a subpath like /blog/
• Ensure the new homepage is live and functional

To create a custom homepage in Ghost, you can either create a new template file (like home.hbs) or utilize the page.hbs template within your Ghost theme. If you choose to create a new template, you'll have full control over the layout and design, but it requires coding skills. Using page.hbs is easier, as you can manage content through the Ghost Admin editor, but it offers less customization.

To disable memberships on your Ghost CMS site, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Ghost account
• Navigate to Settings
• Click on Membership
• Choose the ‘Access’ option
• Set the 'Subscription access' to 'Nobody'

You can use Zapier to integrate your Ghost site to email services like ConvertKit or Mailgun so that when a new user signs up, a welcome email is immediately delivered to them in Ghost CMS.

To import your data from Substack into Ghost, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Ghost account
• Navigate to settings
• Go to the ‘Import/Export’ section
• Now, by entering your Substack URL and using the built-in migration tool, import your Substack content and subscriber list
• Download and upload a CSV file that contains your Substack subscribers.