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[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

This isn’t designed to put you off, but is generally my experience. I’ve repaired and maintained many a WordPress site. If you want an overview of the transition out, you should ask @justoverclock for his views as he recently moved to Ghost.

Mark many thanks for the detailed response.

I completely understand your thoughts on WordPress, I’ve had many many issues using it in the past and have looked for alternatives like Joomla, however the general issue I ran into was the themes, they we’re never up to scratch, they may be now but simply wasn’t back then.

Massively happy to try something else other than wordpress if something is available, I’ve not heard of Ghost I’m afraid. Is this a good alternative to WordPress @justoverclock?

Many thanks .

[phenomlab]

@jac Check out the speed of my blog site mate
https://content.sudonix.com

That runs on Ghost

[JAC]

https://ghost.org/vs/wordpress/ … Just about to delve into this.

[phenomlab]

@jac enjoy. Feel free to ask questions of course. There’s also a good level of support on their forums
https://forum.ghost.org

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac enjoy. Feel free to ask questions of course. There’s also a good level of support on their forums
https://forum.ghost.org

Looking good… Just looking for themes to find some.

[JAC]

@jac said in WordPress site:

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac enjoy. Feel free to ask questions of course. There’s also a good level of support on their forums
https://forum.ghost.org

Looking good… Just looking for themes to find some.

https://gbjsolution.com/ghost-themes/reditory/

[JAC]

@jac this looks cool! - https://ghost.org/integrations/beyondwords/

[phenomlab]

@jac looks nice. Is that a one time fee ? It’s a reasonable price.

[phenomlab]

@jac yes, there’s a load of possible integrations, and several you can do yourself (as I do) with JavaScript

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac yes, there’s a load of possible integrations, and several you can do yourself (as I do) with JavaScript

Brilliant, sounds positive! Yes mate a one off payment for the theme. It’s looking to be the best I’ve found so far.

I wonder can something like your RSS parser run with this?

[phenomlab]

@jac not natively, but ghost also has an API so with some modifications, it’s possible.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac not natively, but ghost also has an API so with some modifications, it’s possible.

Sounds great Mark! That’s something that I’d hoped you’d say .

[JAC]

I see Ghost are running Discourse as their forum software… always liked the look of it but so costly to run I believe.

[JAC]

@jac said in WordPress site:

@jac said in WordPress site:

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac enjoy. Feel free to ask questions of course. There’s also a good level of support on their forums
https://forum.ghost.org

Looking good… Just looking for themes to find some.

https://gbjsolution.com/ghost-themes/reditory/

Going back to this, having had a pretty extensive look for themes this probably is the best one for what I need it for.

[phenomlab]

@jac said in WordPress site:

always liked the look of it but so costly to run I believe.

No, actually you can self host Discourse - see below

https://sudonix.com/topic/86/nodebb-vs-discourse/7?_=1643973071754

The problem with this is that it is based on Ruby and requires it’s own “docker” container. Not a simple setup to maintain if you’re a beginner.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac said in WordPress site:

always liked the look of it but so costly to run I believe.

No, actually you can self host Discourse - see below

https://sudonix.com/topic/86/nodebb-vs-discourse/7?_=1643973071754

The problem with this is that it is based on Ruby and requires it’s own “docker” container. Not a simple setup to maintain if you’re a beginner.

Thanks for the link mate.

I do like it but I think it’s best to stick with NodeBB .

[JAC]

@jac said in WordPress site:

@jac said in WordPress site:

@jac said in WordPress site:

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

@jac enjoy. Feel free to ask questions of course. There’s also a good level of support on their forums
https://forum.ghost.org

Looking good… Just looking for themes to find some.

https://gbjsolution.com/ghost-themes/reditory/

Going back to this, having had a pretty extensive look for themes this probably is the best one for what I need it for.

Without setting out a big list the main thing I would require from Ghost is:

• A nice theme

• Good intergration of plugins

• Ability to import RSS feeds

• A wierd one, but to have it looking like and functioning like a football site, with widgets, league table etc.

[phenomlab]

@jac said in WordPress site:

Ability to import RSS feeds

See this
https://ghost.org/integrations/custom-rss/

@jac said in WordPress site:

Good intergration of plugins

The list of “plugins” isn’t extensive for Ghost - can you elaborate a bit more on what the requirements would be ?

@jac said in WordPress site:

A wierd one, but to have it looking like and functioning like a football site, with widgets, league table etc.

Certainly possible, but may require custom code

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

See this

                Official Ghost + Custom RSS Integration

I believe this is only if you wish to create a new RSS feed for your content?

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in WordPress site:

Certainly possible, but may require custom code

Thanks mate.