What I want in a blogging platform ⇒

February 4th, 2014 by

Continuing in my quest to own all my data and systems, I want to figure out how to take back control of my blog.

Right now it is a WordPress site hosted at Dreamhost. Been working great for years. However, I don't really like that all the posts are a WP database in a proprietary (though published) format.

My ideal blogging system:

  • all data stored in text files, preferably Markdown
  • allows multiple authors
  • single button/step publishing
  • can write blog on all devices
  • some templates to choose from so I don't have to write them from scratch
  • self-hosted
  • easy to upload media to reference (pictures in posts, etc)

Jekyll seems too complicated, especially for Christine. Suggestions?

Update I've checked out:

Dropplets

  • no DB and markdown textiles
  • can be modified to support multiple authors
  • multiple step publishing (put file in specific directory then "publish" on admin panel)
  • can write on all platforms
  • a few, though nice, templates
  • self-hosted
  • not easy to upload media
  • can't use MarsEdit to post

Next up, Ghost.

Update 2 Ghost seems hard to install. Moving on to Statamic. No DB, easy to install.

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