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Ask HN: What is a good blogging platform for non-developers
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#2Wordpress - It has a big community, continued developer interest and is relatively easy to use. Also, it's a one-click install for many hosting companies.
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#3I am not a developer. I use BlogSpot. I migrated from Word Press to BlogSpot because I was so frustrated with Word Press. It was taking too much of my time, not getting me the functionality or design I wanted and that meant the time I did have for blogging was not going into creating content nearly enough. After the migration, I began putting up a lot more content. I find BlogSpot to be very user-friendly.
But lots of people are fans of Word Press and I hear a lot of trash talk about BlogSpot. So, obviously, YMMV.
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#6I really like Ghost (https://ghost.org/). Currently I'm self-hosting but there's a hosted version for non-devs for $19 / month. I'm pretty happy with it.
Svbtle (https://svbtle.com/) would be my next choice and one I'm considering switching to now that it's open to anyone. Though it doesn't quite have the community and support that Ghost does.
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#7If you prefer content to creating your own personal blog appearances, Medium (http://medium.com/) is the best option. I did use Tumblr and Wordpress for quite some time over the years on multiple non-developer blogs.
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#8GitHub and GitLab both have free hosting (with no ads either) through what they called pages and is aimed at showing off projects and blogging.
They both use Jekyll(https://jekyllrb.com/) which is quite easy to learn even if you have never done any web dev. http://jekyll.tips/ has some really well made video tutorials on it as well as templates if you're not the artsy type. Adding a new blog entry is as easy as typing it up then doing a git commit and push.
I haven't set one up in GitHub yet but I know GitLab also can do TLS with LetsEncrypt
Re: Ask HN: What is a good blogging platform for non-developers
#9GitHub and GitLab both have free hosting (with no ads either) through what they called pages and is aimed at showing off projects and blogging. https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.gitlab.io/ They both use Jekyll( https://jekyllrb.com/ ) which is quite easy to learn even if you have never done any web dev. http://jekyll.tips/ has some really well made video tutorials on it as well as templates if you're not the ar…
To add to this, you can use any static website generator with GitLab, here's a simple getting started: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/07/gitlab-pages-setup/
I'm a firm believer that with improving the tools (in my case- GitLab), CMS will become a thing of the past and static pages will be as accessible, yet more powerful, faster and more collaborative.
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#10I'd go where all the cool kids are at and choose Medium. A lot of blogging is about community and reach, and Medium gives you a built-in community to work with. Their editor is pretty good too, and the limitations imposed by the platform make me spend more time writing and less time configuring plugins and fighting with third-party themes.
The only unfortunate bit about Medium is a large number of marketers using the platform. If I end up on a Medium page through a trusted source (HN, reddit, a friend, or one of the development newsletters I follow) the content is usually high quality, but Medium's own recommendations are filled with promotional or clickbait articles.