Newsroom Puzzles

CMS

Ghost Install

Add puzzles to Ghost posts and pages — HTML cards, themes, and newsletter-driven newsrooms.

Ghost is a modern CMS popular with newsletter-first and indie newsrooms. Add puzzles via an HTML card in the editor, or drop the script into your theme for site-wide placement.

Option A: HTML card in a post or page

  1. Create or edit a Ghost Page (e.g. /puzzles) or post.
  2. Add an HTML card (/ → HTML).
  3. Paste: 
    <script src="https://newsroompuzzles.com/embed.js?site=yourpaper.com&game=sudoku"></script>
  4. Preview and publish.

Ghost sanitizes some tags in posts — the HTML card is the supported path for script embeds. If the card strips your script, use Option B.

Option B: Theme template

For a permanent games page or 404 puzzle, edit your Ghost theme (or a custom route template):

  1. Download the theme from Settings → Design.
  2. Add the script to error-404.hbs or a custom page-puzzles.hbs template.
  3. Zip and re-upload, or deploy via your CI pipeline.
{{! error-404.hbs excerpt }}
<p>Page not found — try a puzzle while you&rsquo;re here:</p>
<script src="https://newsroompuzzles.com/embed.js?site=yourpaper.com&game=akari&flat=1"></script>

Newsletter tie-in

Link from your Ghost newsletter to a /puzzles page on your site rather than embedding the script inside email — clients block JavaScript in mail. One link, full interactive puzzle on your domain.

Game & theme options

  • game=sudoku — default daily puzzle
  • game=wordsearch&pack=newsroom — on-brand vocabulary
  • theme=dark — if your Ghost theme uses a dark reader shell
  • accent=%23b23018 — match newsletter accent color

Browse all games.

Troubleshooting

Script removed after save

Use the HTML card, not a Markdown code fence. For site-wide installs, use theme templates.

Narrow content column

Ghost’s default post width is fine for Sudoku. For Word Search, use a full-width page template if your theme provides one.

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