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by bishalb 7y ago
Hosting companies banning you is very rare(at least with reputable ones, I am not sure of the cheap VPSs on lowendbox). And you can always download the database and move to another hosting pretty easily. Subreddits getting banned is not so
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by bishalb 7y ago
I am wary of the very cheap VPSs. I have seen many complaints about lack of customer support, long downtimes and poor performance for these ultra cheap VPSs on lowendbox. Vultr is generally my goto.
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by bishalb 7y ago
Yes I agree. That's why I am a proponent of hosting your blog posts and comments yourself using Wordpress or other similar CMS on a VPS or a shared host. Also, Ghost doesn't even have a commenting service of their own and one woul
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by bishalb 7y ago
I am not sure how hacking Hugo or Jekyll could help me add commenting, searching etc. without using a third party service. Don't get me wrong, I still think they are great for small blogs and I use them myself as well for static sites
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by bishalb 7y ago
Yes but again, I prefer not to offload commenting to a third party because they can ban you(reddit can ban your subreddit) or just stop their service(Google Plus comments). If I am to use Reddit, I might as well just use Disqus or Facebook
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by bishalb 7y ago
That is a good idea but would people really want to leave the site to open their email client and make a comment? I had once thought about a different approach - Creating a Google form (for each blog post) and then embedding it on the blog
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by bishalb 7y ago
I see you are a founder of Ghost. Maybe I would have given it a shot if I were proficient in Node or JS :) But I remember creating toy blog app that had commenting feature, some years back. Like the GP, I was also under the impression that
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by bishalb 7y ago
I strongly believe that they are a part of the content, just not in the traditional sense. Many times I find more substance in the comments than in the main content. Sure it's great to have more control over which commenting system to
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by bishalb 7y ago
Sure, for a personal site or a portfolio site, they are not even needed. I also use Hugo for one of my sites, which is just a 5 page website. It is great for such stuff. But for a personal blog, I think both of those things(commenting and s
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by bishalb 7y ago
I wonder what the motivation for that would have been. There seem to be many users of Ghost who are asking for this functionality and I don't think it's a big deal for the Ghost team to implement that. I think it is not a good ide
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by bishalb 7y ago
That is exactly my point. With Ghost, I would have to resort to a third party service to have something so essential as a commenting system for a blog. Comments are a part of your blog's content and it is necessary to have your own con
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by bishalb 7y ago
Blogspot is still a very good platform. If I am not hosting it myself, I would choose a Blogspot blog over a GitHub pages one anyday. And blogspot also allows advertisements which is great.
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by bishalb 7y ago
For any serious blogging project, WordPress is by far the best choice, nothing comes close in terms of features, ease of use and ease of customization. I would also add contact form 7 to the list.
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by bishalb 7y ago
Does Ghost support commenting yet? Can't imagine a blog without a commenting feature.
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by bishalb 7y ago
Exactly. Outside of the nerd bubble of HN, Wordpress is still the defacto choice for a blogging platform. Nothing comes close to WordPress in terms of customization freedom and "zero to deploy".
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by bishalb 7y ago
Static blogs are ok until it's a smallish blog with not much content or many visitors. But can't recommend it for a serious blog proect. One would have to jump through the hoops and use hacks for even the basic things like comment