I've been spending all of a lazy Saturday tinkering off and on with completely redoing my blog (including... making my own template for it?!) and it's still as fun as it was 20+ years ago. Feels good, man.
@aotearoa_ben @anildash @billbennett has just moved from WP to Ghost FWIW
@dialogcrm @aotearoa_ben @anildash @billbennett I'm a big fan of Ghost. Running it self-hosted at https://theoutlet.page/
@Essjax nice! What are you running that on? VPS?
@aotearoa_ben yeah a mini at Linode
@Essjax @aotearoa_ben @anildash @dialogcrm @billbennett that looks pretty awesome!
@aotearoa_ben @Essjax @billbennett @dialogcrm I’m just moving off of ghost, actually, to a simple site builder where I can just write my blog posts as plain markdown text files
@anildash @aotearoa_ben @Essjax @dialogcrm I considered building a static site using Jekyll or one of the other static builders, even handcrafted HTML, but went with Ghost Pro because a) I’m not a coder and b) I wanted to get it done this year… ;)
@anildash @aotearoa_ben @Essjax @dialogcrm But I love the idea of direct Markdown to HTML, it’s what I was originally looking for.
@anildash @aotearoa_ben @Essjax @dialogcrm Oh… and newsletters.
BTW. You can see the Ghost site at https://billbennett.co.nz and the old WordPress site is still here for the next five months or so https://billbennett.mystagingwebsite.com
@anildash same, working on reviving my blog. Sans WordPress this time.
@anildash Ha - oddly that's exactly what I did all day today, trying to build a Tailwind theme for Ghost from scratch. Yep... 'twas fun :)
@anildash staying on gh*st?
@jenn n*pe (I’m actually fleshing out a remix of the 11ty blog starter on glitch!)
@anildash i’ve heard of that!
@jenn I think it's coming along nicely! I need to add some more personality, but all the basics are good already. https://anildash-dot-com-eleventy.glitch.me It is a pain to import... 3000+ posts
@anildash the burden of the blogger
@anildash Indeed. I did this last year. Good to see others from the blogosphere back in action. One problem is that trackback/pingbacks are dead.
@nitin @anildash Kind of ironic how #ActivityPub seems to be the natural evolution of trackbacks/pingbacks (which I completely forgot about till you mentioned them!)
@anildash web 1.0 ftw! ※\(^o^)/※
@anildash I spent the day redesigning my blog too. I’ve been using WordPress for 15 years and this is my 4th redesign. This is my first time trying out one of WP’s full site editing themes. https://docpop.org
@anildash I’m doing the same since a few days. Refreshing feels good! Hope to push to live soon, but with kids there isn’t that much time left for tinkering.
I’m using @getkirby as it’s fast, easy to use and provides a panel. Oh, and hosting is straight forward with php. Moved away from ghost a few years ago and I’m still happy with that decision.
@anildash wait! How about the World Cup? That Argentina vs Mejico, by example…
@anildash what are you running it on? I converted my ancient Wordpress to Squarespace a couple of years ago, but am keen to DIY again. Ghost looks good.