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Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by vdaniuk »

pingswept wrote: post #58
vdaniuk wrote: post #54

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That is absolutely irrelevant to the corruption claims of OP and doesnt answer my question.

But I am OP. That's what I meant when I wrote corruption-- the idea that a nonprofit will be more user-focused since they can't be acquisition-focused, since they're not an acquisition target.

Well, ok then. In general user value and investor value are orthogonal to each other. In closed-source, proprietory, vendor locked-in products there is a conflict of interests between value for investors and value for users. I just don't see this conflict in open source software, it happens, but rarely.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by javajosh »

shortformblog wrote: post #29
javajosh wrote: post #22

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I'd be wary of special-purpose editors. Generally devs are better served getting really, really good with one editor, and then extending it to meet their needs. Sublime Text, for example, has good Markdown syntax highlighting, and I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to build live preview, assuming that such a plugin doesn't already exist. That doesn't mean there isn't a place for a TTW editor - sometimes you just want…

I'm writing from a writer's perspective, not a developer's perspective. Which is not to say that there isn't value to what you're saying, but what I'm looking for is a good way to write quickly, not a code editor that also handles Markdown. I want to convince the writers I edit on a daily basis to use Markdown because of its clear benefits over WYSIWYG. Sublime Text I'm sure is great and I've heard great things about…

> Not everyone who reads HN is a developer.

Mou's tagline is "The missing Markdown editor for web developers."

I would have thought that a writer's needs would be well served with something like Aloha Editor and it's friends/competitors.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by Tassels »

frade33 wrote: post #37

I just got their email. But I was kind of annoyed by the usage of words. 'Free 0.4 upgrade' It does imply, there are going to paid upgrades. If so, why they are making it look like a free open source product, while it is by all means is a commercial product. It's not an issue for me. But If they want to live up to open source and free standards, then they should avoid this strategy.

Some people just associate upgrades with paid products. My guess is they just wanted to stress that it's free.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by shortformblog »

javajosh wrote: post #62
shortformblog wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm writing from a writer's perspective, not a developer's perspective. Which is not to say that there isn't value to what you're saying, but what I'm looking for is a good way to write quickly, not a code editor that also handles Markdown. I want to convince the writers I edit on a daily basis to use Markdown because of its clear benefits over WYSIWYG. Sublime Text I'm sure is great and I've heard great things about…

> Not everyone who reads HN is a developer. Mou's tagline is "The missing Markdown editor for web developers." I would have thought that a writer's needs would be well served with something like Aloha Editor and it's friends/competitors.

You'd be really, really wrong about that. Us writers hate using our mice when not necessary just like everyone else.

WYSIWYG can break up thought process when done poorly. And in the age of the iPad, nobody's really done it very well at all. It's kind of a relic because it doesn't translate well to touch.

Also, don't let the tagline fool you: Mou has a big audience among writers.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by cheald »

jnardiello wrote: post #12

There's a lot of buzz around Ghost and it's becoming the primary choice for a lot of people. When i had to choose which platform to use for my personal website i gave it a try and spent quite some time playing with it. After a couple of months: i'm switching to Jekyll. Ghost is indeed a great platform and i consider it "Wordpress with superpowers". Yet, exactly like Wordpress, i consider this a huge commercial machin…

I switched to Jekyll, too, but mostly because it means that I don't have to stay on top of security updates. When I'm serving static content that changes a few dozen times per year, interpreted web-facing server-side code is a liability. I still have fears that I have an unpatched Wordpress install sitting on a server that I care about somewhere.

I write my posts in Markdown, commit, push, and it's published. Doesn't get much easier than that.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by bttf »

brickcap wrote: post #55
bttf wrote: post #41

Has anyone preferred Specter ( http://brislink.github.io/specter/ ) over Ghost? It seems a little less fleshed out than Ghost but also a lot less "commercial" as some have noted of the latter.

Thanks for shout out to specter. Yeah it is not as polished as ghost but I am planning to make adjustments to it. One of the fist things that I will do is to make it's editor( http://brislink.github.io/Abstract ) easier to use by adding keyboard shortcuts for previewing and saving. I am also planning to distribute specter it via npm. Also a new version of elastic search has come out and it has made taking backups so…

No problem. I forked Specter not too long ago and am using it to power my current blog. Thanks for creating it!

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by yujingz »

jbrooksuk wrote: post #2

I've just upgraded my blog; http://james.brooks.so - it was surprisingly easy for a Node.js app. I'm really liking the static pages, it's just a shame that the default Casper theme doesn't list these in the header.

Agreed. I was like, i have to go to the static pages by typing the full url?

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by ForFreedom »

jbrooksuk wrote: post #6
ForFreedom wrote: post #5

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And the DB? How is the load handling?

It's an SQLite 3 database, but Ghost allows you to export it to JSON for backing up. I've not had a big load in the few days I've changed from Octopress to Ghost, so I don't know how well it handles it.

Doesn't Ghost work on MySQL?

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by frade33 »

RKearney wrote: post #44
schneidmaster wrote: post #39

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You're reading way too far into this. There are no plans whatsoever to close-source or charge for the project (other than the paid hosting plans currently offered). That's plastered all over the kickstarter[0] as well as the website[1]. [0] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-... [1] https://ghost.org/about/

Not to go against what you're claiming, but to play devils advocate for a moment if you take a look at Invision Power Board[0] (now called IP.Board), they were once a free and open source bulletin board / forum system. In fact, their slogan was: Apache, PHP and mySQL are all free, why should you pay for a bulletin board?[1] They've since completely reversed their stance on that and now require payment for IP.Board. I…

aah!! coincidentally i do own a license of IPB. I never knew it was free. I love IPB as a paid BB. My sole point was, If one's product is not 'commercial' then they shouldn't advertise it in a commercial fashion either. Because I can see, a lot IPB Free users would be pissed off, when they had made the switch.

Re: Ghost 0.4 Released

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Post by jmcqk6 »

resurge wrote: post #56
jmcqk6 wrote: post #43

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>Ghost is indeed a great platform and i consider it "Wordpress with superpowers". I am wondering about this. I tried Ghost a few months ago, when digitial ocean was offering a free couple months if you tried it. I used it for a little bit, and found it much, much worse than wordpress for even simple blogging. I really like the ability to change things around easily if I don't like them. What did I miss?

> What did I miss? That it is still an alpha version you're using? On the Kickstarter page [1] it's stated that it will be customizable and will support plugins. So give it some time I'd say. [1]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-...

Okay so the functionality definitely isn't there yet. Just planned. That definitely doesn't qualify it as "wordpress with superpowers." It's just a blogging platform with aspirations at this point.
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