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Post & Page Cards

The surface style for single posts, pages, and the comments section is controlled separately from the post list. Default is Solid for readability on long-form content.

Change post and page card style

  1. Go to Settings → Site → Design & branding
  2. Click Customize → Theme → Site wide
  3. Change Post page card style

Where it applies

The Post page card style setting affects:

  • Post content cards (post.hbs)
  • Page content cards (page.hbs)
  • Comments section wrapper

Post list cards use a separate setting. See Post List Cards.

Card styles

Solid (default)

Opaque dark content area. Recommended for long articles and pages where maximum readability matters.

Glass

Frosted backdrop blur around post and page content. Works in all modern browsers.

Post page with Glass card

Liquid

Refractive liquid-glass surface matching the post list effect.

Liquid requires Chrome or Edge. Other browsers fall back to Glass automatically.

Page with Liquid card

Blur and shading

When Post page card style is Liquid or Glass:

SettingOptionsEffect
Post page card blurNone → Heavy (default: Medium)Backdrop blur on the content card
Post page card shadingLight → Darker (default: Medium)Surface dimming for contrast

Comments

The comments section uses the same card style, blur, and shading as posts and pages. Native Ghost comments render inside the matching card surface.