What's your blogging solution?

Thanks for the shout out :)

• You can cross post to Medium, but make sure your site is getting the SEO from it
• Wordpress is overkill but if you plan on hiring a ton of content editors etc it might be a good option (just make sure to be careful downloading plugins and check pagespeed often)
• Ghost is great but you will need a few other apps to go with it for popups and other things

For Versoly you can get a blog started in less than 5 minutes, and you can also build landing pages easily compared to Ghost and Medium.

We also plan on adding "plugins" so you can hook up your podcast etc.

Also for the forms could be done in Versoly and then redirect them to a thank you page to either sub to your newsletter or ask them to share on social.

I wanted a Ruby-based static site engine that could handle blogs, let me import data from different sources, and work primarily in my template language of choice, Slim.

Against those fairly niche criteria I have been using Middleman:
https://middlemanapp.com

Or more specifically, this fork of middleman that supports Slim:
https://github.com/yterajima/middleman-slim

I am incredibly happy.

The bannerbear.com marketing site runs on this, which includes the blog here:
https://www.bannerbear.com/resources/

And now, includes this template library which uses data imported from my app (and compiled as part of the static site):
https://www.bannerbear.com/templates/

I like this solution as it's fast, super lightweight, yet flexible e.g. I can do some simple interactive stuff like pull in real time stats:
https://www.bannerbear.com/open/

Deploying is as simple as push to github, which Netlify.com then publishes :)

Custom built with Laravel.
I write my blog posts in Markdown and convert them to HTML on the fly when I save them using a public GitHub API.
I wrote an article about how I did it in my website

There’s also netlify + using a starter blog template from Gatsby which is what I use, push to github and it deploys through netflify, so fits my preferred workstyle. Also, GoDadddy has a website builder with blog built into it but it uses an in browser editor which isn’t my preferred way or working similar to Medium and wordpress. Not familiar with the other two.

This is a great question @porushpuri1. I stick with Wordpress as I have used it for many years at this point. I also know the platform well and can customize it pretty much any way to my liking. Wordpress also has a large community and staying power with the network effects it has built up over time. There isn't really another blogging platform that has managed to stand the test of time as well as Wordpress has. Lots of other platforms are good for landing pages and other small sites....but I think Wordpress is still one of the best soultions for blogging and websites in general.

I just wrote my own CMS to have the full control and minimal output code 😁

I fell deeply in love with Wagtail. Some examples I've built on it:

Python for the Lab -> Github
Aquicarattino -> Github
Helpdesk Climate -> Github

It is not drop and run, you'll have to code the website yourself, but if you Google around, you'll find ready-made solutions available, like Code Red

Wordpress! I have tried all other blogging platforms but in the end I always look back to Wordpress for versatility and ease of use.

Wordpress:

• Super-versatile
• Thousands of plugins and themes.
• Very slow without caching (which usually is very easy to implement)

Versoly:

• Good for building websites but the blogging solution is not mature right now.

Medium:

• Stay away from Medium as everyone eventually needs to move away from Medium.
• Good for solo writers(may be) but I have not found many advantages of Medium so far.

Ghost:

• Not a lot of experience in this but looks like a simple fast solution

Before choosing a platform, ask yourself these questions:

• You want a blog or a landing page website?
• Will you be writing alone or will you have multiple writers? As then you might need user management.
• How much traffic are you expecting?

I personally use "Cloudways" to manage my Wordpress. It takes auto backup, provides newrelic integration, CDN, cache, SSL, etc.

I’m currently just using Medium but looking into something like Ghost for my own personal website.

https://www.gatsbyjs.org/

No comment needed. Just the best.

PicoCMS for my blog https://nidup.io then I publish on Medium using canonical links to my blog posts. I use PicoCMS because I can write markdown content, it's very simple to setup and customize and I have a cool pipeline to deploy in prod. Ghost is a very good option.

https://buttercms.com/

This is my go to. I like it because it’s easy and headless. I used to use contentful and it was too complex for me.

However for Midwest Streams we just ripped out our headless CMS and replaced it with Wordpress. This was painful for me because I hate Wordpress more than anything. Now we have a marketing team and their tool of choice is Wordpress. So I just let them do their thing.

As entrepreneurs we have to ensure that our team is empowered to do what they do best. Even if it means using tools we disagree with.

I'm a big fan of Known (https://withknown.com), mostly because I like their philosophy. If I need more than just a blog, I either custom build or run with Wordpress (as a CMS I don't really like them, but their ecosystem is huge).

I use Forestry.io, which may not be what you’re looking for, but is a fantastic free CMS

Ghost fan here 🙋🏽‍♂️ (self hosted).

Why Ghost? I stand with their culture and values. It's also opened source. Support is great as they have an active online community for quick help when needed.

I now use Ghost. I had started with jekyll bc I originally was using github pages. I got tired of fighting with Ruby on my computer and Ghost is node based so I switched it out.
I also love they have an app so I can write blogs from either of my computers to my sites. Lastly it’s waaaay easier to customize.