Anyone using Ghost ?
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@jac it would be interesting to see how and what @justoverclock has done with his Ghost installation. Do you have a link I can look at?
For anyone looking at a simple way to blog the new recommendation from @phenomlab is Ghost CMS.
It’s Wordpress OUT, and Ghost IN it seems! *preference based
.From my early viewing Ghost loads up super quick! it also seems very streamlined and modern compared to Wordpress, less bloat with the plugins, and more of a limited approach, something that I’d say helps, but the thing that clearly separates the two CMS’s is speed 100%! I mean who wants a slow loading site? - not me!
I can only say my experience is purely on a viewing basis and not from the admin area (back-end) or anything of that nature, it’s just purely from the front-end only.
Here’s some examples of sites using Ghost.
https://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Ghost
Disclaimer: May get hooked after viewing
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@jac it would be interesting to see how and what @justoverclock has done with his Ghost installation. Do you have a link I can look at?
@jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
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@jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
). You can also look at my Ghost site below@phenomlab said in WordPress site:
@jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
). You can also look at my Ghost site belowMany thanks Mark, will take a look
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@phenomlab said in WordPress site:
@jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
). You can also look at my Ghost site belowMany thanks Mark, will take a look
.@jac said in WordPress site:
site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
Very nice, very simple design!
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@phenomlab said in WordPress site:
@jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian
). You can also look at my Ghost site belowMany thanks Mark, will take a look
.@jac said in WordPress site:
You can also look at my Ghost site below
The same with your blog Mark, very simple and nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme
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@jac said in WordPress site:
You can also look at my Ghost site below
The same with your blog Mark, very simple and nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme
.Ok Mark, are there any drawbacks that you’ve come across since 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
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@jac said in WordPress site:
You can also look at my Ghost site below
The same with your blog Mark, very simple and nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme
.@jac said in Anyone using Ghost ?:
nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme
Exactly. A lot of time and effort spent there
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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
https://content.sudonix.com/hardening-wordpress/
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
https://abdelhadi.medium.com/ghost-cms-casper-rtl-theme-supports-with-multi-language-414f35d92d2b
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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
And if you run into difficulties, I’ll be happy to help you. -
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
