One WordPress Feature I Miss on Ghost
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One WordPress Feature I Miss on Ghost

Moving from WordPress to Ghost has many benefits – but I miss one key feature: child themes. Here's what Ghost does (and doesn't) offer for custom theme users, and how to safely manage your theme customisations without losing your changes.
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Letting Go of SEO and Writing for Engagement
Blogging Communication Ghost

Letting Go of SEO and Writing for Engagement

For years, search engine optimisation (SEO) was a key consideration in my approach to blogging. Like many people, I optimised WordPress with metadata, lightweight themes, and SEO plugins. But as I transition from self-hosted WordPress to hosted Ghost, I find myself questioning how much SEO really matters to me now.
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Whatever Happened to Offline Blog Editors?
Blogging

Whatever Happened to Offline Blog Editors?

There was a time when blogging tools weren’t just about writing in a web browser. Fifteen years ago, the landscape of third-party blog editors was full of promise. Programs like Ecto, BlogJet, Qumana, and BlogDesk gave bloggers using the Windows operating system the freedom to write offline, refine their
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Completing the Move From WordPress to Ghost
Blogging Ghost

Completing the Move From WordPress to Ghost

Over the past few months, I’ve been on a journey to transition my blog from self-hosted WordPress, where it has lived for nearly two decades, to hosted Ghost Pro, a platform designed for a more streamlined, distraction-free writing and publishing experience. With the launch of my new site, Studio6,
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Ghost Embraces ActivityPub and the Fediverse
Social Web Blogging Ghost

Ghost Embraces ActivityPub and the Fediverse

Yesterday, I shared my decision to move from WordPress to Ghost, a platform designed for writing and blogging simplicity and focus. In this follow-up post, I want to talk about an exciting feature of Ghost that sets it apart from most other blogging and CMS platforms: its active support for
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From WordPress to Ghost: Embracing Simplicity in Blogging
Blogging Ghost

From WordPress to Ghost: Embracing Simplicity in Blogging

For nearly two decades, my online home has been WordPress. But now, it feels like the right time to move on, so I’m preparing for a move to Ghost, a platform that is a compelling alternative to WordPress. WordPress has been a remarkable platform since I discovered it in
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