Anyone using Ghost ?
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@jac Only drawbacks I would note are below
- Not as “simple” as WordPress in the sense of “a plugin for everything”
- No “native” comment support (you’d need to use an external service) - not an issue for me, as I use NodeBB
The benefits hugely outweigh the negatives
@phenomlab said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
Not as “simple” as WordPress in the sense of “a plugin for everything”
Absolutely it does seem that way of ‘a little is more than enough’ it’s the stance they are going for.
Maybe I guess people don’t want to be bombarded with adding plugin after plugin, but if you’re like me and it’s all you’ve ever known of until now then it’s certainly what you’re going to keep going back to every time.
The key issue or way of thinking for people who are looking to use Ghost (and I don’t know a lot about it but it’s the way I’d look at it) - can I get what I want from it, will it be useful as let’s say a football website, probably not because that would mostly likely require plugins, but will it be useful as a blog tool ultimately yes, it’ll flourish in my opinion.
Of course I’m yet to try it out and I can only say the above having use WordPress in the past even with its vast amount of plugins it has its own limitations - I’d probably say the loading speed and the ease of being hacked was a big draw back as both have happened to me in the past
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@phenomlab said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
Not as “simple” as WordPress in the sense of “a plugin for everything”
Absolutely it does seem that way of ‘a little is more than enough’ it’s the stance they are going for.
Maybe I guess people don’t want to be bombarded with adding plugin after plugin, but if you’re like me and it’s all you’ve ever known of until now then it’s certainly what you’re going to keep going back to every time.
The key issue or way of thinking for people who are looking to use Ghost (and I don’t know a lot about it but it’s the way I’d look at it) - can I get what I want from it, will it be useful as let’s say a football website, probably not because that would mostly likely require plugins, but will it be useful as a blog tool ultimately yes, it’ll flourish in my opinion.
Of course I’m yet to try it out and I can only say the above having use WordPress in the past even with its vast amount of plugins it has its own limitations - I’d probably say the loading speed and the ease of being hacked was a big draw back as both have happened to me in the past
.@jac The loading speed is an unfortunate drawback of WordPress, and it’s lack of security “out of the box” (as you well know) can be problematic, which is why I always reference this guide I wrote some time ago as a way of working around that
The real issue with WordPress slowness is the fact it is written in PHP.
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Thought I’d open this up for discussion. I’ve setup ghost in blog.sudonix.com mostly at this stage to play with the features. Whilst it’s lightning fast being based on node, it seems to lack (to me at least) some of even the most basic features that you’d typically find in WordPress just aren’t there in ghost.
One of the most (glaringly) obvious omissions is the ability to modify CSS directly. It can be done, but requires the usage of code injectors directly in the headers which isn’t clever. Furthermore, theme development is clunky in the sense that changes need to be recompiled using grunt.
Interested in other experiences.
@phenomlab
Hi, I just created my blog in Ghost, I really do not like that there is no Hebrew support, and that it is not possible to simply enter custom css.
Beyond that I love the platform
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@phenomlab
Hi, I just created my blog in Ghost, I really do not like that there is no Hebrew support, and that it is not possible to simply enter custom css.
Beyond that I love the platform
I’m new to the platform, so I might be wrong.@elhana-fine Hmm - does this go any way to assist with that issue ?
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@elhana-fine Hmm - does this go any way to assist with that issue ?
@phenomlab
Thanks so much phenomlab, I will check it out. Regarding css is there a magic solution that can help me? -
@phenomlab
Thanks so much phenomlab, I will check it out. Regarding css is there a magic solution that can help me?@elhana-fine No problems. The RTL CSS in the above article should help - let’s try that first and see where it takes us.
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@elhana-fine No problems. The RTL CSS in the above article should help - let’s try that first and see where it takes us.
@phenomlab
Thank you very much friend, I am very glad it helped me.
blog.phone-plus.ovh
Is there a way to translate a topic assessment?
I want the whole blog to be in my language.
For example blog - בלוג -
@phenomlab
Thank you very much friend, I am very glad it helped me.
blog.phone-plus.ovh
Is there a way to translate a topic assessment?
I want the whole blog to be in my language.
For example blog - בלוג@elhana-fine glad it helped. I’m pretty sure Hebrew language support is built into ghost as it’s part of the i18. I’ll get back to you.
Edit - have a look here
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@downpw
Yes, it’s completely free (open source in GitHub) and hosted on your server.
Consider using this hosting guide on your server:
https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-ghost-blog-ubuntu
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Arf no problem if I can hosted myself.
wordpress being a gas factory, I will test this one -
Arf no problem if I can hosted myself.
wordpress being a gas factory, I will test this one@downpw said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
gas factory
That’s certainly the best description for WordPress I’ve heard in a while
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@elhana-fine glad it helped. I’m pretty sure Hebrew language support is built into ghost as it’s part of the i18. I’ll get back to you.
Edit - have a look here
https://abdelhadi.medium.com/ghost-cms-casper-rtl-theme-supports-with-multi-language-414f35d92d2b
@phenomlab said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
@elhana-fine glad it helped. I’m pretty sure Hebrew language support is built into ghost as it’s part of the i18. I’ll get back to you.
Edit - have a look here
Is it relevant to all subject assessments?
Today I built a new ghost and I use it in another theme, is it effective for the other theme as well? -
@phenomlab said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
@elhana-fine glad it helped. I’m pretty sure Hebrew language support is built into ghost as it’s part of the i18. I’ll get back to you.
Edit - have a look here
https://abdelhadi.medium.com/ghost-cms-casper-rtl-theme-supports-with-multi-language-414f35d92d2b
Is it relevant to all subject assessments?
Today I built a new ghost and I use it in another theme, is it effective for the other theme as well?@elhana-fine sorry. Not sure what you mean ?
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@elhana-fine sorry. Not sure what you mean ?
@phenomlab I’m really looking forward to trying out ghost fairly soon. Should I underestimate the fact I’m not a writer?
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