#ghostblog — Public Fediverse posts

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

It took me two morning sessions to finally get my #ghostblog running on my #selfhosted home server.
Although I did use AI to help me with various issues, I have to say I view this experience very positively - I am slowly (but steadily) learning stuff from reading logs (I would never imagine that, haha), repetitive command inputting helps with memorizing them and what they actually do...So far, I am very satisfied with my progress, might be a small step for the mankind, but a big leap for me :)

@technews My first impression of Emdash, the "spiritual successor" to WordPress by Cloudflare is that it will reproduce a crap experience for admins, but now written in TypeScript. The basic architecture is the same and plugins have the same permissions to add content to the dashboard, so enshittification will continue. By contrast, #GhostBlog is a true spiritual successor to the better days of #Wordpress before it pivoted from a blog engine to a content management system.

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

For bloggers who post YouTube video embeds, here's a YouTube embed code generate which generates more privacy-friendly HTML to embed:

https://muratcorlu.github.io/better-youtube-embed/

It also happens to load faster.

Learn more about it here:
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By @muratcorlu

#blogging #webdev #GhostBlog

@elkcityhazard Here are screenshots of the #WordPress vs #GhostBlog admin dashboards before/after migration. (The Ghost stats aren't accurate because it's pre-launch / pre-import).

Ghost(Pro) also integrates analytics for newsletters, web traffic and has direct ActivityPub integration as well!

@elkcityhazard It's also an excellent time to reconsider WordPress altogether. I'm helping a ~1,000 post site move to Ghost now.

Ghost doesn't have plugins (so no plugin security problems!), yet can handle what 50 plugins were doing. Why?

Ghost has good SEO, newsletter integration, and tips / donations.

Ghost is not a full CMS and doesn't complete with WordPress on all fronts, but sure is refreshingly more pleasant to manage and use!

#GhostBlog

Hum, trying out the Ghost Fediverse integration and for now I see:

• No Ghost -> Akkoma notes, but likes carry over
• Private mentions on both Akkoma and Mastodon are not sent to Ghost (or at least not displayed?)

Need more testing, but I hope to find the reason for this! I would love to have it fix or at least help

#ghostblog #federation #activitypub #akkoma

For #SelfHosted #blogging, is #ghostblog really all that better than #WordPress? I'm thinking in #freemium terms.

The one thing that particularly bothered me about WordPress was how anything truly useful, outside of taxonomy, was the fact that it ties a lot of value to monthly subscription fees.

I even see the #ActivityPub implementation is single user only. I'm wondering if self hosted means you don't get multi user - or multi author support.

It's been it and #WriteFreely.

I wrote a little tool to automate monthly potluck reminders with Ghost.

I start with a CSV with the potluck dates, path to a featured photo for that month and YouTube URL to feature in the message.

The tool schedules monthly posts 2 weeks that also go out via email, and an reminder 2 days before. The messages also mention the upcoming meetings.

https://gitlab.com/markstos/ghost-bulk-reminder-scheduler/-/blob/main/README.md

#GhostBlog #events #potluck

Happy new year! Anyone running a #GhostBlog (version 6) #selfhosted with #ActivityPub enabled? That was my latest #weekendproject. Unfortunately, the ActivityPub part is giving me quite a bit of trouble right now. It sort of works, but it’s pretty rough and/or #buggy. For example, I can’t delete messages/posts that I postet to the Fediverse. Has anyone gathered some #experience with this?

Fediverse handle: @logbook
URL: https://captainhomebyte.de

Thanks for sharing!

Happy new year! Anyone running a #GhostBlog (version 6) #selfhosted with #ActivityPub enabled? That was my latest #weekendproject. Unfortunately, the ActivityPub part is giving me quite a bit of trouble right now. It sort of works, but it’s pretty rough and/or #buggy. For example, I can’t delete messages/posts that I postet to the Fediverse. Has anyone gathered some #experience with this?

Fediverse handle: @logbook
URL: https://captainhomebyte.de

Thanks for sharing!

Happy new year! Anyone running a #GhostBlog (version 6) #selfhosted with #ActivityPub enabled? That was my latest #weekendproject. Unfortunately, the ActivityPub part is giving me quite a bit of trouble right now. It sort of works, but it’s pretty rough and/or #buggy. For example, I can’t delete messages/posts that I postet to the Fediverse. Has anyone gathered some #experience with this?

Fediverse handle: @logbook
URL: https://captainhomebyte.de

Thanks for sharing!

Happy new year! Anyone running a #GhostBlog (version 6) #selfhosted with #ActivityPub enabled? That was my latest #weekendproject. Unfortunately, the ActivityPub part is giving me quite a bit of trouble right now. It sort of works, but it’s pretty rough and/or #buggy. For example, I can’t delete messages/posts that I postet to the Fediverse. Has anyone gathered some #experience with this?

Fediverse handle: @logbook
URL: https://captainhomebyte.de

Thanks for sharing!

@ehmatthes I tried to contribute a patch to Ghost to prevent this from happening to more folks, but the project currently has low bandwidth for community contributions, so there's a demoralizing cycle of waiting months for feedback, by which point the work conflicts with current changes and you are asked to resolved those, only to wonder if the cycle of conflict-resolution and waiting will repeat itself.

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/24517

I hope #GhostBlog will be able to improve here in the future.

Live Blog Writer - An extension with WYSIWYG editor for VS Code with support for WordPress, Blogger, Ghost, and Substack blogs

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alvinashcraft.live-blog-writer

#vscode #blogs #extensions #blogging #tools #html #ghostblog #blogger #wordpress #substack

@john Confirmed improved!

Perhaps in exchange, you could take a look at this bug fix for the API I submitted 5 months ago that's waiting for a peer review?

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/24517

#opensource #GhostBlog

Introducing The Bryant Review #GhostBlog #Ghost @ghostexplore

https://gardinerbryant.com/introducing-the-bryant-review/

It's been 6 months of The Bryant Blog. That's bananas to me. But what's even crazier is how much success we've found in that short amount of time! Check out my post about it where we break down the numbers:

#ghostblog #blog #indieweb #independentpublishing

https://gardinerbryant.com/its-been-six-months-of-the-bryant-blog/

Hey Mastodon! I've built a new feature into my #blog and my #peertube instance!

Check out my write-up. I'm pretty stoked about it.

#ghostblog #independentpublishing #webdesign #programming #coding #mongodb #php #javascript

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-built-a-new-feature-for-the-blog-and-my-peertube-heres-how-it-works/

My latest article is all about "smart devices" in your home. #ghostblog #article #iot #opinion #smarthome #homeassistant

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-practical-guide-to-buying-smart-devices/

I'm looking for other #GhostBlog users who want to mutually recommend each other!

Welp, they did it. Playtron has introduced a #cryptocurrency that's going to be included in their #linuxgaming operating system.

#playtron #gameos #gamingdistro #ghostblog

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/playtron-announces-their-grift-stablecoin/

Welp, they did it. Playtron has introduced a #cryptocurrency that's going to be included in their #linuxgaming operating system.

#playtron #gameos #gamingdistro #ghostblog

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/playtron-announces-their-grift-stablecoin/

Welp, they did it. Playtron has introduced a #cryptocurrency that's going to be included in their #linuxgaming operating system.

#playtron #gameos #gamingdistro #ghostblog

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/playtron-announces-their-grift-stablecoin/

Welp, they did it. Playtron has introduced a #cryptocurrency that's going to be included in their #linuxgaming operating system.

#playtron #gameos #gamingdistro #ghostblog

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/playtron-announces-their-grift-stablecoin/

Welp, they did it. Playtron has introduced a #cryptocurrency that's going to be included in their #linuxgaming operating system.

#playtron #gameos #gamingdistro #ghostblog

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/playtron-announces-their-grift-stablecoin/

I've got a preview of my next video live right now on Patreon and on the Bryant Blog! I've also got a full-length audio commentary for this video, too! #ghostblog #youtube

https://blog.gardinerbryant.com/commentary-i-tried-to-list-one-flaw-with-every-nintendo-console-and-i-couldnt-stop-there/

#GhostBlog finally is rolling out formal support for #Mastodon social profile links.

Before, only Facebook and Xitter were offered.

https://www.spectralwebservices.com/blog/more-staff-socials-are-coming-to-ghost/

Depends on theme support!

Before I was ill, last night, I discovered that the subscription buttons on my Ghost Blog do not work in Chrome, but do in Firefox.

I'm using the default theme.

This is pushing me beyond what I am comfortable with fixing.

When I'm well enough, I'm going to try rolling back to a previous stable version of Ghost, as it was working fine last week before an update.

And if that doesn't do it, I'll pause a security measure I set up.

#Ghost really doesn't make self-hosting easy.

#GhostBlog

The public beta of Ghost 6.0 should arrive yet this month, with a public beta of ActivityPub support.

There's video here from @johnonolan's FOSDEM's talk on networked journalism:

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4673-networked-journalism-bringing-long-form-publishing-to-the-fediverse/

#fediverse #Ghostblog #ActivityPub

#HowTo: Wie verlinke ich auf meinem #selfhosted #ghostblog mein #Mastodon Profil (und sonstige #socialmedia Profile) ohne auf für die Logos auf ein externes #CDN zurückzugreifen?

https://thoughtodyssey.net/howto-social-media-icons-deinem-ghost-blog-lokal-hinzufugen/

Twice a year I spend some time automating event announcements and blog posts for a potluck group. The rest of the year I just show up and enjoy the events along with everyone else.

Here are the simple steps I use to automate that process with #GhostBlog software.

https://pea-pod.org/blog/how-to-automate-monthly-potluck-announcements-with-ghost/

Bonus: In 2025 Ghost 6 will officially release #ActivityPub support to federate your potlucks!

#food

@mikehindleuk @thomastospace
I did look at #GhostBlog. Was a long while ago, and it's probably changed some since. Might be worth a second look. Thx.

I've just enabled comments on my #GhostBlog. Have anything to add or ask? Type away ⌨️
https://toot.wales/@mitt_rafael/113625634622548786

#GhostBlog has added #ActivityPub support for groups, which is used by WordPress for subscribing to a whole blog instead of an individual user. They are also used by Lemmy. https://activitypub.ghost.org/welcoming-the-wordpugs/

"When a #new #project is getting #started, the most important thing is to just get going. Start #doing the thing you said #you were going to #do. #Prove that it #works. Prove that #people #care. Prove that the #mission and #purpose you've #chosen is one that #matters. When you #start out, few #people are #affected by your #decisions, and you're lucky if anyone #cares at all about what you're doing." #GhostBlog https://john.onolan.org/democratising-publishing/

"When a #new #project is getting #started, the most important thing is to just get going. Start #doing the thing you said #you were going to #do. #Prove that it #works. Prove that #people #care. Prove that the #mission and #purpose you've #chosen is one that #matters. When you #start out, few #people are #affected by your #decisions, and you're lucky if anyone #cares at all about what you're doing." #GhostBlog https://john.onolan.org/democratising-publishing/

"When a #new #project is getting #started, the most important thing is to just get going. Start #doing the thing you said #you were going to #do. #Prove that it #works. Prove that #people #care. Prove that the #mission and #purpose you've #chosen is one that #matters. When you #start out, few #people are #affected by your #decisions, and you're lucky if anyone #cares at all about what you're doing." #GhostBlog https://john.onolan.org/democratising-publishing/

"When a #new #project is getting #started, the most important thing is to just get going. Start #doing the thing you said #you were going to #do. #Prove that it #works. Prove that #people #care. Prove that the #mission and #purpose you've #chosen is one that #matters. When you #start out, few #people are #affected by your #decisions, and you're lucky if anyone #cares at all about what you're doing." #GhostBlog https://john.onolan.org/democratising-publishing/

"When a #new #project is getting #started, the most important thing is to just get going. Start #doing the thing you said #you were going to #do. #Prove that it #works. Prove that #people #care. Prove that the #mission and #purpose you've #chosen is one that #matters. When you #start out, few #people are #affected by your #decisions, and you're lucky if anyone #cares at all about what you're doing." #GhostBlog https://john.onolan.org/democratising-publishing/

here's the script i use to turn my footnotes and references in #Ghost from the shorthand i use while writing into the proper markup for publishing. may not work for you, since i use a very specific format, but could be a good starting point!

https://github.com/molly/citation-needed-scripts/tree/main/notes

#ghost #GhostBlog #GhostCMS #footnotes #sidenotes