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Self host it if you can. I do at https://sdan.xyz/blog https://sdan.xyz/blog and https://sdan.xyz/essays https://sdan.xyz/essays and it works flawlessly regardl

by sdan 7y ago

Self host it if you can. I do at https://sdan.xyz/blog https://sdan.xyz/blog and https://sdan.xyz/essays https://sdan.xyz/essays and it works flawlessly regardless of visitors/staff members/etc. Obviously by paying Ghost to host it for you is a bit pricey since they have to make a profit as well, but the amazing thing is that the whole thing is open sourced for people like us to self host (I wrote a post about how I self host a bunch of stuff including ghost: http://sdan.xyz/sd2 http://sdan.xyz/sd2)

mkr-hn 7y ago
I'd rather pay them to do it. The last time I self-hosted, it was WordPress, and the temptation to tinker was too great and distracted from the actual goal of having a blog.
- jhymn 7y ago
  Then why not Svbtle or Write.as? You have lots of affordable or even free choices.
  - mkr-hn 7y ago
    The subscription system, as I mentioned upthread. Making a blog is easy. Making a blog with pay gated access to posts and downloads is not. The closest equivalent is Patreon + WordPress with the Patreon plugin. I already mentioned the issue with self-hosted WordPress. Managed solutions cost more than Ghost and provide less.
    - tyre 7y ago
      Sounds like a good business opportunity if someone's looking for it. call it gHosting
      - sdan 7y ago
        Sounds like an interesting idea... selling software under the MIT license which the software holder is maintaining... Looks like I have a weekend project now!
        setr 7y ago
        This complaint has never made sense to me; you're selling software/hardware management, not the software itself. And this is precisely the pain point of the gp... This isn't just reasonable, it's utterly sensible.
        mkr-hn 7y ago
        Yep. I don't mind Ghost or Automattic charging so much for managed hosting. That also pays for development. I don't want to assume other managed hosts charging more for WordPress without doing anything more is just greed, but it has the look. That's why I want Ghost to offer a lower tier. That way I could get started at a price I can afford where I'm at, support the development of Ghost, and have an easy upgrade path if I need it. It's the curve, not the price, that I don't like.
- WhiteOwlLion 7y ago
  Ghost used to be available on Softaculous but the requirements changed: https://www.softaculous.com/news/scripts/ghost-support-to-be-discontinued-13090.html https://www.softaculous.com/news/scripts/ghost-support-to-be... That's likely one of the biggest reasons you can't get a shared host to run this. WordPress is still installable via Softaculous.

by sdan 7y ago

mkr-hn 7y ago

I'd rather pay them to do it. The last time I self-hosted, it was WordPress, and the temptation to tinker was too great and distracted from the actual goal of having a blog.

jhymn 7y ago
Then why not Svbtle or Write.as? You have lots of affordable or even free choices.
- mkr-hn 7y ago
  The subscription system, as I mentioned upthread. Making a blog is easy. Making a blog with pay gated access to posts and downloads is not. The closest equivalent is Patreon + WordPress with the Patreon plugin. I already mentioned the issue with self-hosted WordPress. Managed solutions cost more than Ghost and provide less.
  - tyre 7y ago
    Sounds like a good business opportunity if someone's looking for it. call it gHosting
    - sdan 7y ago
      Sounds like an interesting idea... selling software under the MIT license which the software holder is maintaining... Looks like I have a weekend project now!
      - setr 7y ago
        This complaint has never made sense to me; you're selling software/hardware management, not the software itself. And this is precisely the pain point of the gp... This isn't just reasonable, it's utterly sensible.
        mkr-hn 7y ago
        Yep. I don't mind Ghost or Automattic charging so much for managed hosting. That also pays for development. I don't want to assume other managed hosts charging more for WordPress without doing anything more is just greed, but it has the look. That's why I want Ghost to offer a lower tier. That way I could get started at a price I can afford where I'm at, support the development of Ghost, and have an easy upgrade path if I need it. It's the curve, not the price, that I don't like.
WhiteOwlLion 7y ago
Ghost used to be available on Softaculous but the requirements changed: https://www.softaculous.com/news/scripts/ghost-support-to-be-discontinued-13090.html https://www.softaculous.com/news/scripts/ghost-support-to-be... That's likely one of the biggest reasons you can't get a shared host to run this. WordPress is still installable via Softaculous.