IMPORTANT: this template is for Ghost CMS not Wordpress. We don’t offer refund for mistaken purchases.

IMPORTANT: this theme is for Ghost CMS not Wordpress.

Symmetric is a well structured magazine theme for Ghost. It is focused in the content and extend main Ghost funcionalities so the user get a unique web experiencie in this platform.

Support:

We offer direct help via our support system, just submit a ticket if you have any question.

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Features

Tested up to Ghost v3.0.2.
New!: Prepos 6 autocompiler (symmetric v5.0).
Translation ready.
Google Insights Score: 85% desktop and 93% mobile, check here.
*New: added 2 dispositions (one sidebar and no sidebar) for posts and pages.
Editorial style.
HTML5 & CSS3 ready.
Ghost 0.7.x to 3.x compatible.
PSD logo included.
Featured Articles carousel.
Featured sidebar (with 2 main categories).
Breaking news widget.
4 Single post dispositions
- Fullwidth: cover for large images, see here.
- Standard: image inside the article, see here.
- One sidebar: featured sidebar is hidden, see here.
- No sidebar: both sidebars are hidden, see here.
Custom Tag page, see here.
Custom Author page, see here.
Custom 404 Page see here.
Blog background cover support.
Search Widget.
Gallery Support, similar to a Wordpress Shortcode.
Native Google Maps v3 Integration, similar to a Wordpress Shortcode.
Optimized advertising sections.
Disqus Support.
Syntax Highlighter.
Fully responsive.
Video Support (Vimeo, Youtube, etc).
Retina Display Ready.
Font Awesome icons.
Works on Android, Ipad and Iphone.
Documentation included.
Clean Design.
Well Coded.
Navigation Menu.

Changelog

v5.6.0 - 04 October 2019
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- * Improved: compatibility up to Ghost 3.0
- Added: lazy load for posts on homepage.
- Added: Bookmark card support.

v5.5.0 - 01 March 2019
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- Improved: Search Engine not working with latest Ghost Content API (v2), check section 3.4 on documentation to get it work.
- Improved: now Symmetric is fully compatible with the latest Content API (v2), so it's not required Public Beta API anymore.
- Improved: according to the new Content API, Symmetric will work with Ghost v2.12 and higher, for lower versions, is still recommended to use Symmetric v5.3
- Improved: now Symmetric uses image scalation functions, this will improve the overall load time (smaller images).
- Removed: Google Maps api key support (now it is premium so only iframes are allowed).

v5.3.1 - 03 September 2018
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- Minor fix: Added css/plugins.css file instead of css/plugins.min.css
- Updated: now plugins.css will be auto-compiled into dist/plugins.min.css automatically

v5.3 - 01 September 2018
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- Feature: Now Symmetric supports Galleries on Koenig Editor
- Minor fix: changed lightbox arrows color, from gray to white

v5.2 - 23 August 2018
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- Updated: symmetric now is fully compatible with Ghost v2.0.x
- Important: symmetric v4.7 to v5.1 is compatible with Ghost v2.0 with minor warnings.

v5.1 - 17 August 2018
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- Fixed: comments count not working on Symmetric v5.0
- Improvement: higher contrast with markdown for codes.
- Minor changes to the documentation.

v5.0 - 17 August 2018
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- Important Update: now Symmetric uses Prepos 6 autocompliler so any CSS or JS change will be minified and optimized automatically.
- Improvement: removed several CSS and JS folders to keep to folder structure clean.
- Improvement: several structures on default.hbs were changed to work with the new autocompiler. Same applies to CSS and JS.
- Documentation Updated: new section "How to edit CSS (prepos installation"

v4.8.1 - 11 August 2018
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- Minor fix: content width changed from 1170px to 120ppx

v4.8 - 11 August 2018
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- Feature: added full support for koenig editor (ghost 1.25)

v4.7 - 26 May 2018
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- Minor optimization: minified CSS will be loaded from partials folder.
- Documentation updated.

v4.6 - 27 April 2018
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- Minor fix: preloaded CSS not working properly on Firefox and Old browsers (Internet Explorer).
- Improved: Google Maps scripts will be loaded asynchronously and only in the pages that will be needed.
- Update: now Google Insights is 85% Desktop and %93 mobile with crossbrowser compatibility.

v4.5.1 - 26 April 2018
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- Minor fix: embed iframes not displaying correctly on mobile devices.
- Minor fix: long description for tag's page not working properly on mobile devices.

v4.5 - 26 April 2018
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.22
- Minor fix: now tag "breakings news" is hidden
- Major changes: symmetric was updated to achieve the highest score possible on Google Insights (87% desktop, 91% mobile).
- Major changes: documentation was fully redesigned and there is a new section "optimization".

v4.0 - 20 January 2018
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.20
- Now Symmetric is Translation Ready: includes English and Spanish.
- Major changes to CSS and JS files, now is using minified files to improve the overall speed of the template.
- FontAwesome updated to v4.7.

v3.2.1 - 22 September 2017
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.9
- Fixed: error with comment id for Disqus at index.hbs and partials/default-article.hbs
- Tested all functions on gscan.ghost.org 100/100 passed rules.

v3.2.0 - 21 September 2017
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.8.7
- Fixed: error with comment id for Disqus.
- Improved: breaking news slider effect.
- Improved: gallery shortcode on latest Ghost (v1.5 and greater) some inconsistencies with the linebreaks (br) and paragraphs.
- Documentation updated.

v3.1.2 - 04 September 2017
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.8.x
- Fixed: now posts without a featured image, will be displayed in fullwidth on any posts loop.

v3.1.1 - 17 August 2017
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- Minor Change: added close button to the search results.
- Minor Change: added clearfix to every 2nd child to search results.

v3.1 - 16 August 2017
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- Compatibility Test with Ghost v1.1.x
- Added 2 single and page dispositions: one sidebar and no sidebar.
- Updated: Documentation.
- Some minor fixes on mobile devices.

v3.0 - 26 July 2017
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- Symmetric now is fully compatible with Ghost 1.0.x
- Updated: Documentation.
- Added: new readme file about wich zip file must be installed.

v2.4 - 24 May 2017
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- Removed: Twitter slider is not longer available (twitter API doesn't allow access anymore).
- Added: Breaking news slider.
- Documentation updated (how to add breaking news slider).
- Tested on latest Ghost v0.11.9.

v2.3 - 12 March 2017
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- Fixed: disqus comments count on home and single post.
- Documentation updated, added some tips about twitter widget.

v2.2 - 26 December 2016
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- Improved: twitter account box now is wider, for long twitter names.
- Improved: twitter text box, now will cut any text if this one is longer than the parent box.
- Fixed: submit buttons (when using forms) is now aligned to left.

v2.1 - 16 August 2016
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- Fixed: tags not showing up on carousel (symmetric v2).
- Updated: documentation about how to use a twitter widget.

v2.0.1 - 08 July 2016
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- Added: ios momentum on mobile devices.

v2.0 - 22 June 2016 (IMPORTANT UPDATE)
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- Now carousel, featured-top, featured-bottom, cloudtag and search form will use the latest Ghost Public API (Ghost 0.7.8+ is required).
- Fixed cloudtag now show all tags, not just the recent ones.
- Fixed search form, now this will search inside all website, not just the recent post.
- Improved: featured-top and featured-bottom sections has an independent limit (7).
- Improved: carousel section has an independent limit (10).
- Added: ghost-symmetric v1.5 legacy zip file, if you are experiencing some errors with version 2.0 of Symmetric.

v1.5 - 19 June 2016
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- Fixed Twitter carousel.

v1.4 - 31 October 2015
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- Updated to latest disqus integration code.
- Added comments icon when single standard view is displayed.

v1.3.1 - 27 October 2015
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- Improved: now facebook widget is displayed in English by default.

v1.3 - 24 October 2015
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- Fixed: latest tweets widget (now works in a diferent way so check the documentation).

v1.2 - 22 October 2015
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- Fixed: menu links overlapping on mobile devices.
- Improved: single post share buttons disposition on mobile devices.

v1.1 - 13 October 2015
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- Added: flickr widget (config file was updated too).
- Added share buttons on articles.
- Minor fix: Removed search box animation from sticky menu to optimize menu max width.
- Minor fix: footer logo title now is white when no image logo is uploaded.
- Changed Gallery shortcode animation.
- Improved main-color.css file so now the user have more control over the design.
- Improved menu disposition on tablet devices and small desktops.
- Improved author page disposition when no cover image is uploaded.
- Improved advertising banners.
- Documentation updated.

Credits

Images by: unsplash

Fonts:

Roboto – https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto
Roboto Condensed – https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Condensed

Fonts icons by: Fonts Awesome

Symmetric - A Magazine Theme for Ghost