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What blogging platform do you use?

5 points by sova 10y ago

Do you recommend I host my own? I know people use Github. Is there one that is free and fast and reliable? Maybe some that are "under the radar?"

MiaDavis 10y ago
The easiest way to get started is to use Medium, that's free, and beautiful, and simple to use. You can also create a publication there which allows you to use your own domain name. If you want to host your own blog, the easiest thing to use is WordPress on BlueHost. Personally, I use Pelican - it is a static website generator written in Python, and I absolutely love it. It's really simple and elegant and convenient. You can host it on github for free, or on DigitalOcean for like $5-10 per month. I recommend that if you're a bit more advanced. If you're just getting started, my advice is not to worry about this stuff too much, because what matters is writing good content, and that's where all the attention and energy should go. All that actually matters when it comes to technical side, is to have your own domain name, and to start building a mailing list. The blogging software itself is interchangeable, and you can easily experiment with a few platforms as you go and pick the one you like.
thebaer 10y ago
GitHub will definitely get the job done if you like going the static site route. Otherwise Ghost [0] is a popular alternative to WordPress for self-hosting. The answer really comes down to how much time you want to spend maintaining and updating your blogging software. If you don't want to worry about the backend, Medium is a popular free hosted solution, even if they've had some shakeups lately. Otherwise some popular paid platforms are Svbtle [1] and Posthaven [2], and I'm building Write.as [3], a light, writing-focused platform. [0] https://ghost.org/ https://ghost.org/ [1] https://svbtle.com/ https://svbtle.com/ [2] https://posthaven.com/ https://posthaven.com/ [3] https://write.as/ https://write.as/
du_bing 10y ago
Nanoc + GitHub Pages, it's good for a static blog.

5 points by sova 10y ago

Do you recommend I host my own? I know people use Github. Is there one that is free and fast and reliable? Maybe some that are "under the radar?"

MiaDavis 10y ago

The easiest way to get started is to use Medium, that's free, and beautiful, and simple to use. You can also create a publication there which allows you to use your own domain name. If you want to host your own blog, the easiest thing to use is WordPress on BlueHost. Personally, I use Pelican - it is a static website generator written in Python, and I absolutely love it. It's really simple and elegant and convenient. You can host it on github for free, or on DigitalOcean for like $5-10 per month. I recommend that if you're a bit more advanced. If you're just getting started, my advice is not to worry about this stuff too much, because what matters is writing good content, and that's where all the attention and energy should go. All that actually matters when it comes to technical side, is to have your own domain name, and to start building a mailing list. The blogging software itself is interchangeable, and you can easily experiment with a few platforms as you go and pick the one you like.

thebaer 10y ago

GitHub will definitely get the job done if you like going the static site route. Otherwise Ghost [0] is a popular alternative to WordPress for self-hosting. The answer really comes down to how much time you want to spend maintaining and updating your blogging software. If you don't want to worry about the backend, Medium is a popular free hosted solution, even if they've had some shakeups lately. Otherwise some popular paid platforms are Svbtle [1] and Posthaven [2], and I'm building Write.as [3], a light, writing-focused platform. [0] https://ghost.org/ https://ghost.org/ [1] https://svbtle.com/ https://svbtle.com/ [2] https://posthaven.com/ https://posthaven.com/ [3] https://write.as/ https://write.as/

du_bing 10y ago

Nanoc + GitHub Pages, it's good for a static blog.