Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

#1

Post by devb0x » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

I dont want to set up my own domain to blog from, so my options are the free hosts, wordpress, blogger, medium, tumblr(?)

I want to blog on a platform which supports easy styling of code blocks, pretty text / html, and cross social site posting (to facebook, twitter etc.)

what are you guys using?

Re: Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

#2

Post by edoceo » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 5:42 PM UTC

I use Wordpress on my own domains as /blog It only takes a few minutes to configure. Get a few plugins & done.

Re: Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

#3

Post by nperez » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

Hosted Wordpress does not give you much flexibility, typically. Medium seems to intentionally enforce a style consistent with other blogs on the service. Tumblr's editing tools can be annoying sometimes but in my experiences it has been the most customizable.

I think it's worth it to host yourself, but if that isn't an option and you want flexibility then I'd go with Tumblr.

Re: Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

#4

Post by arkokoley » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 6:33 PM UTC

There are several hosts that will let you host. I prefer Github Pages because of the simplicity of Jekyll and that it uses Git and plus you get free Github CDN and a nice github subdomain.

Otherwise self-hosted Wordpress or Anchor Cms is the best option.

Re: Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

#5

Post by devb0x » Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 7:20 PM UTC

arkokoley wrote: post #4

There are several hosts that will let you host. I prefer Github Pages because of the simplicity of Jekyll and that it uses Git and plus you get free Github CDN and a nice github subdomain. Otherwise self-hosted Wordpress or Anchor Cms is the best option.

thanks, I have started a github page but didnt think of it as a blog. Is that how you're using it?