Ghost

A week after rolling out my first Ghost theme customisation, I refined the site with fixes and improvements for a smoother reader experience. As a non-developer, I leaned on curiosity and ChatGPT-5 as my code guide, creating a clear workflow and versioning strategy along the way.

A refreshed design for my Ghost blog: more white space, cleaner layout, and easier reading. Built on a customised Neon theme with ChatGPT’s help, the new look focuses on clarity, discovery and sharing.

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.

I used WordPress for nearly 20 years. Now I’ve switched to Ghost, and it’s changing how I write online. This is the story of my move: what worked, what didn’t, and why the move matters.

The Internet is evolving, and Ghost is at the forefront of an exciting new shift. On 17 March, the content management and blogging platform announced the public beta of its social web – a ground-breaking move that allows creators and publishers on the paid Ghost(Pro) platform to seamlessly connect and

In Studio6 by Neville Hobson, my new online presence on Ghost, I’ll be writing, exploring, and sharing insights on communication, technology, the rapidly changing digital landscape, and the shifting priorities of work and life. For over 18 years, I published at NevilleHobson.com, a WordPress site that has now

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.

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,