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You could use Gurlic. Here's an example. https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i Themed: https://gurlic.com/homer

You could use Gurlic. Here's an example. https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i Themed: https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=pudding https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=pudding https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=minimal https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=minimal https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=naked https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=naked Gurlic supports custom domains too, by the way: https://classics.wtf https://classics.wtf (this is a publication hosted on gurlic) https://classics.wtf/the-iliad-book-ii https://classics.wtf/the-iliad-book-ii The main site that I shared with HN about a month ago already has a handful of users, but nobody is actively writing articles. I'm happy to hand out a free .COM domain to anybody who wants to help test Gurlic's article editor. https://gurlic.com https://gurlic.com if you want to check out the rest of the site..

Nowado 6y ago
How does it do on Google? I'm obviously not expecting it to do amazingly and I know off site SEO can be done. But, assuming you are tracking that kind of information, are there posts consistently getting hits from our Google overlords? As much as I like optionally-self-hosted tumblr-like idea, reasonable expectation of getting search engine to rank 'quite high' when, say, 3 fairly niche keywords combined appear in the title and throughout the post would be a benefit.
- SubGenius 6y ago
  I can see a lot of spider activity in my logs, but it's only been a month so far. I have not promoted it beyond one HN post and a reddit one. I don't think I want to do too much tracking, not with third-party analytics anyway. Communities and users can be entirely anonymous, so tracking would be antithetical.
webmaven 6y ago
> You could use Gurlic. Here's an example. Gurlic looks interesting, but I find the juxtaposition of long form content in your examples vs. the tumblr-esque timeline on the front page of the site a bit odd. Note that on mobile, following the footer links I glimpsed (including the 'about' page, which presumably could clear things up) is defeated by the infinite scrolling. A 'hamburger menu' in the header would improve access to these global navigation links.
- SubGenius 6y ago
  It is a bit odd yes, since gurlic is attempting to be a bit of everything. I hope I'm able to clear up some of the oddities with better UI, when I have help. I'll implement that hamburger menu, thanks!

Nowado 6y ago

How does it do on Google? I'm obviously not expecting it to do amazingly and I know off site SEO can be done. But, assuming you are tracking that kind of information, are there posts consistently getting hits from our Google overlords? As much as I like optionally-self-hosted tumblr-like idea, reasonable expectation of getting search engine to rank 'quite high' when, say, 3 fairly niche keywords combined appear in the title and throughout the post would be a benefit.

SubGenius 6y ago
I can see a lot of spider activity in my logs, but it's only been a month so far. I have not promoted it beyond one HN post and a reddit one. I don't think I want to do too much tracking, not with third-party analytics anyway. Communities and users can be entirely anonymous, so tracking would be antithetical.

webmaven 6y ago

> You could use Gurlic. Here's an example. Gurlic looks interesting, but I find the juxtaposition of long form content in your examples vs. the tumblr-esque timeline on the front page of the site a bit odd. Note that on mobile, following the footer links I glimpsed (including the 'about' page, which presumably could clear things up) is defeated by the infinite scrolling. A 'hamburger menu' in the header would improve access to these global navigation links.

SubGenius 6y ago
It is a bit odd yes, since gurlic is attempting to be a bit of everything. I hope I'm able to clear up some of the oddities with better UI, when I have help. I'll implement that hamburger menu, thanks!