Ghost or something else for blog?
I know this question has been asked before, but I wanted to hear what others have been using.
OneUp is now at the point where we feel we should migrate our blog away from Medium, and are leaning towards using Ghost.
Thoughts?
I've been using ghost for a while now through a few of their updates and have no complaints. I actually find myself liking it more as time progresses and they release new features and upgrades. It's also a great experience using their native app. In terms of hosting, I self-host on Digital Ocean and have no issues. They've also recently updated and improved their one-click app install on DO.
Awesome, thanks for this feedback!
I liked ghost until they raised their prices. i didnt blog enough to justify the $$$ so i've since switched to Jekyll
Isn't Ghost free though?
It's free if you self-host, which for Ghost is kind of a pain to do (unless you use DO 1click).
You can use managed hosting for around 29$/mo.
ya, either way you're paying someone to host.
jekyll is basically free. and free is good.
tho i do think about hopping back over to Tumblr every now and then.
@DavisBaer What's the tech stack for the rest of your site? I run ButterCMS, a headless CMS. We have a API-based blog engine that plugs into any tech stack: https://buttercms.com/docs/
We're SaaS so take all of the hassle out of hosting + maintaining your blog CMS.
Also - we'll import all of your existing blog posts into Butter for you; the migration is painless.
I noticed that no one has mentioned Wordpress. It has an absolutely huge list of plugins that provide marketing options, e.g. SEO optimisation per post (via Yoast), chat bots/pop-ups, off screen message activation, Email sign up, and more.
Other CMS systems don't have nearly as many options. And these are all valuable considering your blog will support your business (as opposed to being a personal blog).
These are must haves for companies looking to sell online.
Ghost is good but for them who want to spend money. And medium is best for them who have good content writer & don't want to spend money on content marketing.
I went with Ghost for our blog. I didn't want to use Wordpress since it just seemed so heavy and bloated for what we needed. So far Ghost has been a great choice.
I haven't had a chance to try out Ghost 2.0 yet but I assume it's even better.
Story Chief FTW
What is StoryChief? I've heard about it but it doesn't seem like a blogging platform?
Here ya go: https://storychief.io/
It is a blogging platform and more.
https://www.netlify.com and https://gohugo.io: it is free up to a quite reasonable point, and it has useful functionality for expanding your website. I wouldn't use it for a complex website, but it is great for a simple landing page or blog.
I used Ghost for years, I use Hugo now.
It's way way simpler to install on a server
It's super fast
Nodejs and npm are a pain to maintain. Hugo is written in Go, it's super easy to upgrade.
It's a static site generator so you don't have to upgrade it every two months (with potential crash / data lost)
Super easy to publish with git hooks
I recommend.
I have been eyeing Ghost, but I am a sucker for Go 😂 so I have to check that out! Thanks :)
Are you using a CMS in front of it? I'm likely using Netlify CMS for this.
I write my article with Vim and I deploy them via git hooks (easy to find resources on Internet explaining how). You can do so using any editor you want... so no need of a CMS for me.
I do something similar for Jekyll but compared to having a simple web interface, the added friction can get in the way of you quickly fixing typos or writing articles I find.
Well the only things I have to do is:
Open my article with vim (one command line)
Fix typo
Save & close (one command in Vim)
Push to master / prod (two command lines,could be reduced to one)
It's live
Against:
Open my web browser
Connect on a web interface
Fix the typo in a textarea (I prefer a true editor personally)
Save
It's live
Not a big difference IHMO. I suppose it's a question of taste :)
I've only heard good things about Ghost. One alternative to consider would be a static site generator like https://gohugo.io. It's a little cheaper and simpler to run than something like Ghost.