What is the simplest & cheapest blog site?
Hey wonderful IH's :D
I'm currently using Carrd to build websites and am loving it.
However I'm now looking for a cheap and easy to use site for Blogging.
- I've used Wordpress before and found it cumbersome.
- Webflow is expensive etc..
Ideally it would be a blog site as simple to use as Carrd, that I can:
- Add a custom domain to
- Paywall at a later-stage
Any suggestions would be amazing - thank you!
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Blogstatic.io is it
Agree with Bhavesh -- check out Ghost.
I use Ghost. Not hosted by Ghost themselves, that can get expensive down the line. Hosted on Digital Ocean using their one-click installer, comes to $5/month
Astro is the static website generator that's getting talked about these days.
If you want to get started and play around with it. you can use Astrolize the Astro starter theme
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My website is in Astro, so I am using Storyblok as a CMS.
But heard wonders about Contentful, generous free plan.
If you're aiming at simplicity, go for UnicornPlatform
WordPress with Divi plugin
My website is in Astro, so I am using Storyblok as a CMS.
But heard wonders about Contentful, generous free plan.
If you're aiming at simplicity, go for UnicornPlatform.
Hey Jaime 👋🏻
Which WordPress theme were you using when you tried it out? There are some really awful themes out there which may have put you off. Were you self hosting or using WordPress's hosting?
I build themes from scratch, but also love using themes from GeneratePress. They are very well developed, performant and super flexible. They utilise the block editor vs horrible bloated visual editors.
I'd personally pick something like WordPress or CraftCMS so you have complete ownership over your content. This will give you the ability to easily integrate payment gateways, fully customise the site and grow at a relatively low cost.
Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to recommend some awesome hosts if you're going down the self hosted route.
There are static site generators that you can then host for free on some providers like GitHub pages or pay storage and traffic only in cloud/CDN providers.
I'm not up to date with the serviced blogging platforms but use to start free, go to like 5$/month and up by features, they are the simplest know nothing have a site
Thank you
Talking about static site generators, I could recommend to you Jekyll. It is very easy to use, and you can serve it for free on Github Pages. If you are interested, you can read more here