Custom builds
A Ghost theme that's yours alone.
When off-the-shelf stops fitting, I design and build a bespoke Ghost theme from the ground up — your brand, your editorial workflow, careful engineering.
How it works
Three steps, no mystery.
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Scope
Tell me about your publication, your readers, and what your current setup can't do. I'll reply with a fixed quote and a realistic timeline — no discovery-call theatre.
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Design & build
I design directly against your content and hand-code the theme: custom templates, Ghost-native memberships, and performance budgets baked in from the first commit.
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Launch & handover
I deploy to your Ghost site, run GScan and cross-device checks, and hand over documented source code that another developer can maintain.
What's included
Every build ships with
- A fully bespoke design — never a reskinned template
- Hand-coded, dependency-free theme files you own outright
- Ghost memberships, tiers, and newsletter integration
- GScan verification and cross-browser testing
- Written documentation and a handover walkthrough
- Thirty days of post-launch support and fixes
I take on a limited number of custom builds each quarter so every project gets senior attention from start to finish. Most builds run four to eight weeks depending on scope.
If you're not sure whether you need a custom build or a catalogue theme is close enough, email me anyway — I'll tell you honestly.
Ready when you are
Tell me about your project.
A few sentences about your publication and what you need is plenty to get started.
hello@themesbykyle.com