Goodbye Medium, Hello Ghost: Why my blog is migrating from Medium to Ghost

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Grav

My personal blog runs on Grav, a flat-file CMS: https://getgrav.org/ It was really simple to set up as a Docker container, it is pretty fast due to not having a backing database but instead being file based, allows for some customization in the form of plugins (e.g. RSS/Atom feeds), is themeable and also reasonably secure (as long as you consider using additional auth in front of /admin, though the admin module itself is entirely optional, you can just write blog posts with a text editor, should you so choose). Of course, there's not much of a network there to speak of, in regards to discoverability, nor is there any kind of advertising that would give me passive income from my writing (apart from a link to a VPS hosting provider, where I get discounts on my own hosting if someone signs up). However, using your own self-hosted blog is perfectly viable nowadays, should you so choose! Also, if you need a Wiki, some folks out there strongly recommend BookStack (https://www.bookstackapp.com/) and in regards to communication you can use Mattermost (https://mattermost.com/) or something like it. Not to detract from the actual article itself, it's just that we live in a pretty great time with plenty of options, be it cloud based ones, or self-hosted software!

#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 57 social mentions

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Mattermost

My personal blog runs on Grav, a flat-file CMS: https://getgrav.org/ It was really simple to set up as a Docker container, it is pretty fast due to not having a backing database but instead being file based, allows for some customization in the form of plugins (e.g. RSS/Atom feeds), is themeable and also reasonably secure (as long as you consider using additional auth in front of /admin, though the admin module itself is entirely optional, you can just write blog posts with a text editor, should you so choose). Of course, there's not much of a network there to speak of, in regards to discoverability, nor is there any kind of advertising that would give me passive income from my writing (apart from a link to a VPS hosting provider, where I get discounts on my own hosting if someone signs up). However, using your own self-hosted blog is perfectly viable nowadays, should you so choose! Also, if you need a Wiki, some folks out there strongly recommend BookStack (https://www.bookstackapp.com/) and in regards to communication you can use Mattermost (https://mattermost.com/) or something like it. Not to detract from the actual article itself, it's just that we live in a pretty great time with plenty of options, be it cloud based ones, or self-hosted software!

#Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration #Web And Video Conferencing 69 social mentions

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Bear Blog

#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 67 social mentions

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DISQUS

Yeah I think the optimal strategy these days is to host your own content, then build up a following Twitter, Reddit, etc. And link to it there. Maybe also use a blog comment system like Discourse or Disqus. https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-comments-via-javascript/31963 https://disqus.com/.

#Social Networks #Project Management #Commenting Service 40 social mentions