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Ask HN: Are you interested in a very simple blogging platform?
There exist a plethora of blogging platforms from WordPress to Ghost but most of the developers prefer just static blog engines like Jekyll, Hugo. But some people are even too lazy to do that too. So are you interested in a platform that is dead simple where you could just login, and write post in markdown, apply some tags and hit publish. Blog layout will be plain and super fast, no side crap. Just good old plain blogging.
Any suggestions?
- gigatexal 10y agoYup. Got a PoC?
- inputcoffee 10y agoHow would this be different from Medium? I love Medium, so I think it is a good idea. But is the idea to recreate Medium? The only feature you would need to add is the ability to customize CSS. But you would be providing lifetime free hosting, and the ability to have one's own URL. For free. Is that worth it to you?
- pvsukale3 10y agoNo, I was thinking like very simple plain text, fast loading blog . profile where you can have customizable pages ( about, work ,etc) links (github, fb , twitter ) and your recent and top posts. search . yeah will enable people to point custom domain to their homepage.
- inputcoffee 10y agoThis is potentially interesting but as you note, it sounds very similar to what is out there. I think the high order bit is if you are going to provide free hosting or not. ($0) If you will charge, then how much will you charge ($5, $10, $15, or $20). Then you can compare features in your price point but, as you point out, there is just so much out there. If I wanted to do what you are saying, I would just get on wordpress.com and pick a theme and post. Or else blogger.com, and update the CSS to something post 1990s.
- pvsukale3 10y agohere are my thoughts: Charge:0$ for hosting costs ? allow people to post a href text link ad at the bottom for a premium charge. It won't affect the flow. Won't slow it down. or get blocked in ad blocker. If traffic amount increases will allow more people to post links but only one link per page. edit: grammar
- Cexarr 10y agoWordPress is very good and popular CMS. It has a large collection of templates that can help developers to design the application in a very short period of time. I often use them. My favorite template is Enfold - https://www.templatemonster.com/blog/monstroid-2-vs-enfold/ https://www.templatemonster.com/blog/monstroid-2-vs-enfold/ it has 25 child themes, with their help, you can build a website for any niche.
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