Andre Franca

Ghost as my blogging platform

Published: September 26, 2022
425 words · 1 minute to read
Tagged: #blogging#ghost-cms.

Share this post

Recently, I posted about how I successfully migrated my jekyll static blog from Github to Codeberg Pages, also explaining my attempt to use Writefreely as my blogging platform.

I really want to make writing a habit, but I’ve been struggling with the lack of a true editor in Jekyll, which makes it a pain to work on the build of this habit. Well, I still think that static websites are great for a number of reasons but produce a lot of content.

Here I go again, messing around with my blog… I took a deep breath, then listed three features that are indispensable to me, before getting started looking around for platforms:

Among all the options in my brief research, I liked Ghost CMS the most. Problem is, their managed hosting is more than I’d like to pay, so I self-hosted it. As of this writing, their starter plan is $9/mo billed yearly (or $11 billed monthly).

Ghost CMS screenshot Image from Ghost Website / Ghost CMS Screenshot

Pros:

Cons:

The newsletter/membership thing does not bother me at all, since I was able to disable it completely. I’m actually glad that if I ever want to work on it, there’s such a possibility.

Considerations

Can I guarantee that I will continue using Ghost in the future? No, because I love messing around with what isn’t broken.

Regardless of anything, I really liked the platform and I want to be able to keep posting more easily and often. In addition, the possibility of scheduling posts is excellent, since if I have time and manage to write more content, I can publish it in advance.

Questions, comments or concerns?
Please share your thoughts through email or mastodon.

<~ Previous: Oops! I made a mistake!

~> Next: How to self-host Vaultwarden with Podman on a VPS

Articles from blogs I follow around the world wide web

P&B: Piper Haywood

This is the 11th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Piper Haywood and her blog, piperhaywood.com. Piper is a software engineer, previously at SuperHi and currently …

via Manuel Moreale RSS Feed November 10, 2023

Seeking Pen Pals

I want to get to know you better. So I've decided to start a new mini-project where we become Pen Pals for a month. I've made a number of friends from blogging, but I'd like to take it one step further. Inspired by Jarro…

via Kev Quirk November 8, 2023

If I could be anything

My toddler's favourite song is I can be anything from the Teletubbies Ready, Steady, Go! album[^1]. We were listening to the song when I asked the boys what they would be, if they could be anything. "A superhero!" "A professional soccer play…

via Rach Smith's digital garden October 31, 2023

Generated by openring