Is there still no support for post types such as links, asides, etc.?
Ghost 0.4 Released
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#12There'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 machine with the usual themes frenzy and marketplaces/agencies chasing customers. And i personally deeply dislike it as it's far from pushing a healthy dev environment.
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#13Really excited about Ghost—I've had a tendency to keep a close eye on various blogging platforms, and it's easily the one with the most potential right now.
Part of it is the editor—I'm very particular about my Markdown editors, and it's one of the few web-based editors that gets close to Mou on the efficiency front.
That said, the changes made here really go a long way towards making this the platform of choice for many. I'm keeping a close eye right now—I'm on Tumblr mostly due to my follower base there, but if Ghost evolves in a way that cuts away the cruft, it could seriously be a replacement for a lot of folks.
Godspeed, Ghost team.
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#14> "It enjoys Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch"
Its money is better spent on a decent malt. Is it as carefree with my resources as it is with its own?
(Yep, it's a joke on HN).
Re: Ghost 0.4 Released
#15Is there still no support for post types such as links, asides, etc.?
Ghost supports tags as classes if I'm right, which would allow you to do a pseudo-version of this pretty easy.
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#16Ghost is one of these things that you didn't know you needed until you have used it. I also have an Octopress blog running, which is great, but with the addition of static pages, I'll be switching to Ghost. I can also see Ghost becoming a decent competitor for Wordpress. For the purpose of blogging that is, because I remember reading somewhere Ghost didn't have any intentions competing with Wordpress.
I used to use Octopress too, but when I tried out Ghost on a DO droplet I had to switch. I had started running into problems with generating my Octopress blog when I messed up my Ruby install. Also, although it was a good thing at the time, I didn't like not being able to write posts without my MacBook to hand. Ghost is nice, fast and easy to use. Static pages are really going to make it even better.
I had a similar issue, but came to the other conclusion: my blog is running on Middleman, and I kept it that way. My biggest problem with Ghost: lack of offline support. So while I can edit if from everywhere in a browser, I can only do that when online.
I have a setup that immediately publishes my blog somewhere when Github receives a push (working through travis). I seperate two branches, one gets pushed to a staging area, one to the live site. I do the touch-up when I am at home. I usually want to write anywhere, but not necessarily publish anywhere.
In the end, I just write my posts using any text editor I can find, be it Githubs direct editing. On the train or in a flight, I use an iPhone with a bluetooth keyboard (it works surprisingly well, except the odd looks) or my notebook to write the posts.
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#17There'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…
It is rather "Wordpress without superpowers"
Re: Ghost 0.4 Released
#18Really excited about Ghost—I've had a tendency to keep a close eye on various blogging platforms, and it's easily the one with the most potential right now. Part of it is the editor—I'm very particular about my Markdown editors, and it's one of the few web-based editors that gets close to Mou on the efficiency front. That said, the changes made here really go a long way towards making this the platform of choice for…
Thanks for pointing out Mou. I didn't knew about it, it's good although a little bit distracting at first glance.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I used to use Octopress too, but when I tried out Ghost on a DO droplet I had to switch. I had started running into problems with generating my Octopress blog when I messed up my Ruby install. Also, although it was a good thing at the time, I didn't like not being able to write posts without my MacBook to hand. Ghost is nice, fast and easy to use. Static pages are really going to make it even better.
I had a similar issue, but came to the other conclusion: my blog is running on Middleman, and I kept it that way. My biggest problem with Ghost: lack of offline support. So while I can edit if from everywhere in a browser, I can only do that when online. I have a setup that immediately publishes my blog somewhere when Github receives a push (working through travis). I seperate two branches, one gets pushed to a stagi…
Yeah, the offline support is a bummer, but it's something I'm expecting to be remedied by the import/export function. An app which will handle this for you would be very cool!
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#20yess, static pages!! ghost was in dire need of that. Such a basic feature, yet you dont realize how much you want it until it's not available out of the box. Really happy to see the platform maturing nicely. Great job Ghost team!