Homepage & navigation
The Quietus homepage is intentionally sparse. It shows your publication’s identity and a list of essays — nothing else. Every element on the page serves the reader’s decision to begin reading or to return later.
Title and intro
Section titled “Title and intro”The homepage opens with your Ghost site title rendered in the primary serif. Beneath it, the homepage_intro line appears in a lighter weight. Set this to a single, precise sentence about your publication. Avoid slogans or abstract promises; a plain statement of what you write and for whom performs better as a first impression.
If homepage_intro is left blank, the subtitle area does not render — the title stands alone.
Essay list
Section titled “Essay list”Below the intro, Quietus renders a chronological list of your published posts. Each entry shows the post title and publication date. Feature images are not shown in the list; the list is typography only. Pagination follows Ghost’s standard mechanism.
Navigation
Section titled “Navigation”Quietus maps your Ghost primary navigation to a minimal header. The header shows your site title and any navigation links you have configured in Settings → Navigation.
Keep the primary navigation short — three to five items is appropriate for a reading-first publication. The header does not collapse to a hamburger menu on desktop, so long link labels will crowd the header bar.
Secondary navigation, if configured, appears in the site footer alongside the signature line.
Signature
Section titled “Signature”The signature setting places a short closing line in the footer of every page. It appears beneath the secondary navigation links and above the copyright notice. Write it as a final word — something that fits on one line and represents the spirit of your publication.
If left blank, the footer shows only the navigation links and copyright text.