Latest

Crimson includes a ready-to-use Latest page that lists your posts in chronological order, with the newest post shown first. This page is ideal if you want a clean, always-updated feed for readers who want to browse everything you publish—without relying on tag filters or featured sections.

Latest Page in Crimson

What the Latest page does

The Latest page:

• Shows all posts (your full publication feed)

• Sorts posts with the most recent first

• Updates automatically whenever you publish something new

This is especially useful for:

• News or magazine sites (a dedicated “Latest” feed)

• Blogs that publish frequently

• Readers who prefer browsing by date rather than by category

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How Crimson creates the Latest page

Crimson uses Ghost’s routes.yaml to define a custom collection at /latest/:

collections:
  /latest/:
    permalink: /{slug}/
    template: index

What each line means

collections: This section tells Ghost: “Create custom post collections (lists) with their own URLs.”

/latest/: This creates a new route at: https://your-site.com/latest/ . Ghost will treat this as a listing page (like a special archive).

permalink: /{slug}/ This controls how individual posts are linked when opened from the Latest collection.

• {slug} is your post’s slug (the short URL name)

• Example: a post with slug my-first-post becomes https://example.com/my-first-post/

template: index This tells Ghost to render the Latest page using the theme’s index template.

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How to access the Latest page

Once your routes.yaml is uploaded and active, open:

• https://example.com/latest/

If you want visitors to find it easily, add it to navigation.

Add Latest to Primary Navigation

1. Go to Ghost Admin → Settings → Navigation

2. Under Primary navigation, click Add item

3. Label: Latest

4. URL: /latest/

5. Save

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How the Latest page sorts posts

The Latest page lists posts in reverse chronological order:

1. Your newest published post appears first

2. Older posts appear below it

3. As you publish new posts, they automatically appear at the top

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Changing the Latest page URL (example: /latest/ → /new/)

Crimson’s Latest page URL is controlled by your routes.yaml. To change /latest/ to something else, you only need to update the route key inside the collections section and re-upload the file.

1) Download your current routes.yaml

In Ghost Admin:

1. Go to Settings → Labs

2. Find Routes

3. Click Download current routes.yaml

If you already have the Crimson routes.yaml locally, you can edit that file directly.

2) Edit the collection path

Find this block:

collections:
  /latest/:
    permalink: /{slug}/
    template: index

Change /latest/ to your preferred URL slug.

Example: Change to /new/

collections:
  /new/:
    permalink: /{slug}/
    template: index

3) Upload the updated routes.yaml

• Go to Settings → Labs

• Under Routes, upload your edited routes.yaml

• Wait for Ghost to apply the routes

• Clear caches and refresh

After changing the URL: Update navigation and links

If you previously added “Latest” to navigation, update it:

• Old: /latest/

• New: /new/ (or whatever you chose)

Also update any internal links, buttons, or menus that point to /latest/.

SEO tip: Redirect the old URL (recommended)

After changing the route, the old URL (/latest/) will no longer exist.

If you already have visitors or search engines using the old URL, add a redirect in Ghost Admin:

1. Go to Settings → Labs → Redirects

2. Add:

• From: /latest/

• To: /new/ (your new URL)

This helps avoid 404 errors and preserves SEO value.

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Troubleshooting

I opened /latest/ but it shows 404

Most likely causes:

• You haven’t uploaded the theme’s routes.yaml yet

• You uploaded it but Ghost didn’t apply it (try re-uploading and saving)

• You have a typo/formatting issue in the YAML file

Can I use Latest as my homepage?

Yes—if you want the homepage to behave like a chronological feed, you can configure your routes.yaml file to change the routes for latest page and home page.