Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes
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Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

By our first post on HN some users criticized us that we call Ospari open source but no one can see our code or download Ospari. We worked hard and released the first version today.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by wyck » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

You need to write some documentation if you want to get anyone interested.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

wyck wrote: post #3

You need to write some documentation if you want to get anyone interested.

Thank you. Yes I would write detailed documentation.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by freshyill » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:49 PM UTC

Somebody explain why this is necessary. Ghost is open source. Why not just uses Ghost? It also uses Ghost themes.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by dangrossman » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:53 PM UTC

freshyill wrote: post #5

Somebody explain why this is necessary. Ghost is open source. Why not just uses Ghost? It also uses Ghost themes.

To run Ghost, you need a server to host it on, and enough knowledge to set it up and manage it. You need some level of sysadmin skills just to understand the install instructions.

A PHP application can be dropped on any $2/month shared hosting account over FTP. That's the extent of the installation, and the host will support it for you. Even cheap unmanaged shared hosts will troubleshoot setting up PHP code for customers.

Ghost can only be set up by people that frequent sites like HN. A PHP app can be set up by anyone. That's why over 40 million people use WordPress where maybe 20k have used something like Jekyll.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:55 PM UTC

freshyill wrote: post #5

Somebody explain why this is necessary. Ghost is open source. Why not just uses Ghost? It also uses Ghost themes.

I explained it in my last post. It is the ease of getting started. You can just copy Ospari on your server and start to blog. Installing Ghost is not easy. Second it is also about alternatives. Why Ycombinator started HN, although reddit existed?

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by RealGeek » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

Could you post few screenshots of the admin panel? A functional demo of admin panel would be even better.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 6:08 PM UTC

RealGeek wrote: post #8

Could you post few screenshots of the admin panel? A functional demo of admin panel would be even better.

Here is a quick screen short http://awesomescreenshot.com/04e2brbo81 We a basic and clean admin interface. Ospari uses Markdown. You have a live preview as you type and everything is auto saved.

Re: Ospari: PHP based Blogging software that can use Ghost themes

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Post by techvibe2 » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 6:10 PM UTC

techvibe2 wrote: post #9

RealGeek wrote: post #8

Could you post few screenshots of the admin panel? A functional demo of admin panel would be even better.

Here is a quick screen short http://awesomescreenshot.com/04e2brbo81 We a basic and clean admin interface. Ospari uses Markdown. You have a live preview as you type and everything is auto saved.

Follow us on Twitter @Ospari for updates. We would post more detailed docs in the next days.