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With layoffs starting at WordPress, and me recognizing that I'm a bit of a dinosaur in this regard, I'm wondering what folks are using for self-hosting their own blog these days? While I'm not exactly prolific, I do like having my own little home on the internet to write up things I find interesting and pretending people actually read it. And, of course, I really don't want to be reliant on someone else's computers; so, the ability to self-host is a must.

Honestly, my requirements are pretty basic. I just want something to write and host articles and not have to fight with some janky text editor. And pre-built themes would be very nice. It would be nice if there was an easy way to transition stuff I have in WP; but, I can probably get that with some creative copy/paste work.

So, what are all the cool kids blogging on these days?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wordpress can be as markety as they want, it's a CMS by the real definition of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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It can be, but a large percentage of WP installs aren't even blogs that manage posts over time. They are basic 20-30 brochure-ware sites that use WP as a page builder.

WP is popular with .edu sites where they are managing thousands of structured content types; faculty profiles, academic programs, events, etc.

Drupal is also a popular solution for that type of project where managing a large amount of structured data is a key feature.

My experience has been that WP needs to "built up" to handle large site while Drupal needs to "burned down" to be a good fit for small, page building projects.

Though Drupal's new preconfigured Drupal CMS installer with "recipes" for different use cases is making it a better option for smaller site projects.

https://new.drupal.org/drupal-cms

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Regardless if individual projects use the whole feature set, it has the functionality and capability out the box. Saying it's not a CMS is a silly nitpick.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Honestly I think you're actually the one nitpicking, my point was whether or not the technologies had a blog focus. And that is what my data supported.