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Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by vikaspotluri123 »

cyberferret wrote: post #70
johnonolan wrote: post #3

Heyo, John from Ghost here. Thanks for the kind words so far about 2.0 — it’s been a hectic few months! Earlier this year I talked about how we were shifting focus from simplicity to power - https://blog.ghost.org/5/ - and this is the first big release since that move. Whereas early versions were extremely opinionated and rigid, we’re now starting to bake in more flexibility and configurability to allow for a more di…

Question: Has the (Electron) Ghost app been updated to work with Ghost 2.0 as well? i.e., am I going to break things if I update my server to Ghost 2.0 then try to publish new posts using the app?

Ghost Desktop has been updated to support the Koeing Editor (see https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.7....) - Just make sure you're on 1.7.0 ;)

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by dirtylowprofile »

I updated to Ghost 2.0 last night and did not end well, though I managed to fix it by going to a sunken place looking for ghost.service. Hopefully in the next update it would be more stable.

Also, one more thing I would like Ghost to improve is there SEO. My website hosted on DO is just 2-3 pages behind. Some of my posts don't even make it even the obvious meta and title.

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by ricardobeat »

ddebernardy wrote: post #25
dethswatch wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the Title to this post- no clue what this is? Is Ghost that hdd copy program from a while back? 1st paragraph of this post- still no idea what this thing is. Presuming it's the drive copy program. The rest of this post, still not clear. Probably not the copy program. Blog post: ".. a great open source publishing platform .." -- ok, it's like Wordpress. Gotcha.

John used to be a noteworthy contributor to WordPress. He went on to create a node.js based WordPress like software a decade or so ago, back when node.js was new and all the rage.

About five years ago, 2013.

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by wlesieutre »

kup0 wrote: post #66
wlesieutre wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember when they launched with a $5/month hosting plan, then when they raised it to $10. Just looked at the pricing page and the minimum is now $36/month (or $29/month billed yearly). That's some serious sticker shock. Is it that much better than say, Squarespace?

These were my thoughts exactly. Maybe it just hasn't made business sense for them to host cheaper plans, since it's available to self-host. But you're right, even against competitors (Squarespace) it's quite a bit more expensive. Not sure what justifies such a gap.

At one point it looks like they'd even jacked it up to $79/month minimum, and the $29/month basic plan was added since then [1]. I guess that didn't sell well.

I have no experience with squarespace (just hear about them in podcasts), but I know they have pretty nice templates, they host blogs, stores (digital and physical), podcasts, and probably more, priced at $12 or $18/month.

From a cursory glance through Ghost's site I'm not seeing what value they bring to the table that makes it worth more. Reeeeaaaallly good blog, I guess?

[1] https://forum.ghost.org/t/300-increase-in-ghost-pro-packages...

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by eugeniub »

benfrain wrote: post #65

I’m amazed no-one has mentioned the lack of a built-in commenting feature. The makers of Ghost are here appreciating the benefits of comments but sadly they haven’t made there way to Ghost yet. I’d love to move to Ghost from Wordpress but commenting is essential. And no. 3rd party Garbage like Disqus isn’t a viable option.

Oof, commenting is the only thing tempting me to use WordPress on some of my websites over Jekyll.

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by actionowl »

About a year to 6 months ago I decided I wanted to try out the hosted version at ghost.org. It seemed I had already used up my free trial some time ago. So long ago I don't even recall doing it. I emailed support to see if I could get another trial. I was interested in paying for the pro version but wanted to make sure it was actually worth $29.

I NEVER got a response from their support about my request. Just flat out ignored. Haven't been back since...

Re: Introducing Ghost 2.0

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Post by codezero »

actionowl wrote: post #79

About a year to 6 months ago I decided I wanted to try out the hosted version at ghost.org. It seemed I had already used up my free trial some time ago. So long ago I don't even recall doing it. I emailed support to see if I could get another trial. I was interested in paying for the pro version but wanted to make sure it was actually worth $29. I NEVER got a response from their support about my request. Just flat ou…

That’s a bummer. Sometimes small teams get very overwhelmed, and sometimes spam filters go awry. Did you try emailing them again, or contacting them on twitter?

From what I can tell they are a team of eight with one dedicated support person, I empathize immensely with her.

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