Riot

Riot is a loud, joyful neo-brutalist theme for creator newsletters, paid communities and personal brands. Stickers, candy colours and a big subscribe form make your newsletter feel like you, not like a template.

Who it is for

• You run a newsletter, course or creator business
• You want a personal, fun brand with your face on it
• You sell paid memberships or plan to
• You want colour without designing anything

Probably not for you if

• You want a quiet, minimal look — see Noir
• You publish breaking news many times a day
• Your brand must stay corporate and neutral

Pages and layouts

Page templates: Membership, Topics, Writers, Signin, Signup, Account.

Extra post layouts: No image.

Getting set up

• Hero image: upload a photo of yourself in Hero image (Homepage tab). A portrait photo of at least 900 × 1100 px works best.
• Tag colours: give each main tag a colour in Tags → Edit → Color. Post headers, cards and topic cards use it.
• Featured posts: mark 3 posts as Featured for the 'Start here' section.
• Upload the theme zip in Ghost Admin → Settings → Design, then fill in the theme settings.
• Import the sample content if you want to start from the demo and replace it with your own posts.

What you download

• The theme, ready for Ghost 6.0 or later (riot_1.0.0)
• Documentation in HTML
• Sample content you can import into Ghost
• 12 months of updates and support from the people who built it

Requirements

A Ghost 6 site: Ghost(Pro) on a plan that allows custom themes, or self-hosted Ghost. Memberships and paid tiers use Ghost's own members feature and its Stripe connection; the theme adds the pages and the paywall design. Demo photos are not included in the download.