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  • can we use ghost in shared hosting?
    does it allow users to start a new page?

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    #11

    @hari provided nodeJS is installed and you have SSH Access to the shared hosting, then yes, this should be possible. There’s actually an article available that provides a YouTube video of how to install via cPanel here

    Not sure what you mean concerning starting a new page ?

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    I’m still toying with the idea of using ghost. However, there are some drawbacks which I’ll outline here

    1. No native searching feature for blog articles inside NodeBB that have been created in ghost. This brand that if you search for something here, your not going to find it as it won’t be in the database. This in my view is something of a show stopper
    2. I don’t really want to have to maintain two sets of code and also two independent platforms

    I guess I’m making my own decisions here in terms of perhaps abandoning the ghost route and doing something native in NodeBB instead.

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    Yeah, well… such seems to be the common path of Ghost… 👻

    Interesting. Great minds are thinking alike. Despite the group funding hoopla!

    I should like to explore this bee loggin’ stuff further. But alas, so much Internet, so little time… 🐕

  • Yeah, well… such seems to be the common path of Ghost… 👻

    Interesting. Great minds are thinking alike. Despite the group funding hoopla!

    I should like to explore this bee loggin’ stuff further. But alas, so much Internet, so little time… 🐕

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    #14

    @gotwf said in Anyone using Ghost ?:

    Interesting. Great minds are thinking alike. Despite the group funding hoopla!

    I’m interested in any views you may have around using NodeBB for Blogging. There’s a plugin I’m using which enables a layout like this

    ba670f94-e08b-44c1-950e-8bfd63ce37e7-image.png

    I actually quite like the way this pans out. I just wish there was more that could be done with the overall topic itself to get it to look more “blog like” without having to modify the topic template itself.

  • @gotwf said in Anyone using Ghost ?:

    Interesting. Great minds are thinking alike. Despite the group funding hoopla!

    I’m interested in any views you may have around using NodeBB for Blogging. There’s a plugin I’m using which enables a layout like this

    ba670f94-e08b-44c1-950e-8bfd63ce37e7-image.png

    I actually quite like the way this pans out. I just wish there was more that could be done with the overall topic itself to get it to look more “blog like” without having to modify the topic template itself.

    wrote on last edited by gotwf
    #15

    @phenomlab I think that looks like a pretty “natural” integration with NodeBB. Certified organic, even?

    KISS Engineering. If it scratches your itch and the fruit is hangin’ low… then maybe ya’ ought naught look a gift horse in the mouth. OTOH, if you have too much time on your hands, no life, are bored, or whatever… then by all means do feel free to chase the tail of that dragon…

    NodeBB’s comment, registration management, digest mgmnt, etc. is a big win out of the gate. Most built to purpose bee loggin’ platforms/suites have to build that. All of which duplicated efforts lead the holy grail of SSO. But, oh, snap! Big Bro IS watchin’… So what to do, what to do?

    The bee loggin’ forum hybrid may well be akin to a good marriage with the total being greater than the sum of the parts. Worthy of further investigation/flirtation, at the least.

  • @phenomlab I think that looks like a pretty “natural” integration with NodeBB. Certified organic, even?

    KISS Engineering. If it scratches your itch and the fruit is hangin’ low… then maybe ya’ ought naught look a gift horse in the mouth. OTOH, if you have too much time on your hands, no life, are bored, or whatever… then by all means do feel free to chase the tail of that dragon…

    NodeBB’s comment, registration management, digest mgmnt, etc. is a big win out of the gate. Most built to purpose bee loggin’ platforms/suites have to build that. All of which duplicated efforts lead the holy grail of SSO. But, oh, snap! Big Bro IS watchin’… So what to do, what to do?

    The bee loggin’ forum hybrid may well be akin to a good marriage with the total being greater than the sum of the parts. Worthy of further investigation/flirtation, at the least.

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    #16

    @gotwf Thanks. Good points. I noticed yesterday that the integration between Ghost and NodeBB does seem to work (at least, someone tested it and has it working), so it’s still an avenue worth review in my view.

  • @gotwf Thanks. Good points. I noticed yesterday that the integration between Ghost and NodeBB does seem to work (at least, someone tested it and has it working), so it’s still an avenue worth review in my view.

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    #17

    @phenomlab Indeed. Looking forward to it. 👍 🐕

  • @phenomlab Indeed. Looking forward to it. 👍 🐕

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    #18

    @gotwf I’ve implemented it here. I really like the way it works and above all, it’s fast. It is lacking in native functionality in comparison to WordPress for example, although you can’t compare PHP to NodeJS as that just isn’t apples for apples.

  • @gotwf I’ve implemented it here. I really like the way it works and above all, it’s fast. It is lacking in native functionality in comparison to WordPress for example, although you can’t compare PHP to NodeJS as that just isn’t apples for apples.

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    #19

    @phenomlab Well, like you said, it’s fast, so no need to compare to php apples.

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    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    @jac Nope

    Done…

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    #22

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    Yes, very, but not cheap at $100

    No, very expensive for what it is!

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    Yes, very, but not cheap at $100

    No, very expensive for what it is!

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    #23

    @jac said in WordPress site:

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    Yes, very, but not cheap at $100

    No, very expensive for what it is!

    I do like the simplicity of Ghost in all honesty.

    I think I’d start with a free theme just to be sure 🙂

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    @jac said in WordPress site:

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    Yes, very, but not cheap at $100

    No, very expensive for what it is!

    I do like the simplicity of Ghost in all honesty.

    I think I’d start with a free theme just to be sure 🙂

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    #24

    @jac it would be interesting to see how and what @justoverclock has done with his Ghost installation. Do you have a link I can look at?

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    @jac it would be interesting to see how and what @justoverclock has done with his Ghost installation. Do you have a link I can look at?

    wrote on last edited by JAC
    #25

    For anyone looking at a simple way to blog the new recommendation from @phenomlab is Ghost CMS.

    It’s Wordpress OUT, and Ghost IN it seems! *preference based 😉 .

    From my early viewing Ghost loads up super quick! it also seems very streamlined and modern compared to Wordpress, less bloat with the plugins, and more of a limited approach, something that I’d say helps, but the thing that clearly separates the two CMS’s is speed 100%! I mean who wants a slow loading site? - not me! 😛

    I can only say my experience is purely on a viewing basis and not from the admin area (back-end) or anything of that nature, it’s just purely from the front-end only.

    Here’s some examples of sites using Ghost.

    https://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Ghost

    Disclaimer: May get hooked after viewing

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    @jac it would be interesting to see how and what @justoverclock has done with his Ghost installation. Do you have a link I can look at?

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    #26

    @jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian 🙂 ). You can also look at my Ghost site below

    https://content.sudonix.com

  • @jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian 🙂 ). You can also look at my Ghost site below

    https://content.sudonix.com

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    #27

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    @jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian 🙂 ). You can also look at my Ghost site below

    https://content.sudonix.com

    Many thanks Mark, will take a look 😁.

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    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    @jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian 🙂 ). You can also look at my Ghost site below

    https://content.sudonix.com

    Many thanks Mark, will take a look 😁.

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    #28

    @jac said in WordPress site:

    site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian

    Very nice, very simple design! 👏🏻

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in WordPress site:

    @jac Yep - his site is https://justoverclock.it (it’s in Italian 🙂 ). You can also look at my Ghost site below

    https://content.sudonix.com

    Many thanks Mark, will take a look 😁.

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    #29

    @jac said in WordPress site:

    You can also look at my Ghost site below

    The same with your blog Mark, very simple and nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme 😉.

  • JAC JAC

    @jac said in WordPress site:

    You can also look at my Ghost site below

    The same with your blog Mark, very simple and nice to see the continuation of the Sudonix theme 😉.

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    #30

    Ok Mark, are there any drawbacks that you’ve come across since using Ghost?


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