The Complicated Futility of WordPress

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Ghost

As someone who tries to use Gutenberg to make "rich" pages, I disagree. A few weeks ago I was on the verge of emailing Mullenweg directly to ask if he himself uses the editor to write blog posts. In 3 years they haven't fixed a simple issue like backspace jumping. For example, if you write a paragraph, then backspace to clear it - when the block is fully cleared you jump back to the top of the page rather than the block above it. In other words, Gutenberg is <i>not</i> native to the editing experience. It's actually laughable how bad it is if you look at something like Ghost[0]. It's day and night difference in editing experience. Another example is when you start adding "blocks" like CTA buttons and such. Why does the editor need to constantly render those elements in the editor itself? It completely bricks the writing experience. And I tried a lot of things, including switching browsers. Some of my problems were resolved by removing plugins, but overall I have just decided to use Classic Editor[1]. I can, at the very least, write out the entire article and then switch to Gutenberg to style it the way I like. It's stupid, but at least it works. [0]: https://ghost.org/.

#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 173 social mentions

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Directus

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 118 social mentions

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Wagtail CMS

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 39 social mentions

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Grav

Not sure if that’s what you describe but I used Grav: https://getgrav.org/. It’s written in modern PHP and provide a simple UI to edit an manage your site. No database is needed.

#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 47 social mentions

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Tedium

I run Craft CMS for Tedium (https://tedium.co). I could push it further but one way I use it is by creating a custom view that “spits” out a completed email template with all of my desired layout considerations and quirks already considered. I could push it further and run the newsletter through Craft itself, though I’ve chosen to pay someone to manage the sending of the email. (And while not particularly “Crafty,” I use a paid plugin, Doxter, to manage my CMS code in Markdown, with the use of shortcodes.) The performance issues mentioned by others are realistic, but if you put it behind CloudFlare, they’re totally reasonable. While Ghost is a much more popular use case for newsletter publishers like myself, I prefer the customization capabilities of Craft to forge a CMS experience I’m comfortable with.

#News #Email Newsletters #Customer Support 6 social mentions

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Blocksy

I was recently in a similar boat, I didn't like the themes on Themeforest, so finally I used the Blocksy theme (free version) and it was perfect for what I needed. Really recommend it: https://creativethemes.com/blocksy/.

#Web App #Design Tools #CSM Tools 5 social mentions