Moving from svbtle to ghost
Why? #
Lately I was missing some more customization at [Svbtle](svbtle.com) https://marclop.svbtle.com, so I recently decided to move my blog to http://marclop.com, instead of being locked in the Svbtle CMS.
While Svbtle design is very compelling due to its simplicity and cleanliness I haven’t seen (much) improvements in the last 2 past years, let alone the amount of customization that you can apply to it is about nil.
While I still like Svbtle’s principles, speed, Markdown and GA tracking, I’m missing one feature that’s becoming more and more important for me: Theme customization
But it isn’t all black or white, I still like somethings of svbtle, but those are already covered in Ghost, so here I go.
Svbtle #
Pros:
- Clean UI
- Markdown
- Fast
- Google Analytics integration
- Kudos button
Cons:
- No theme customization
- Not possible to add additional code (JS) to your post
- No support for SEO tags
- No post scheduling
- Missing post tags
Ghost (Pro) #
Pros:
- Clean UI
- Makrdown Support! I love it.
- FAST (Maybe even more than Svbtle)
- Google Analytics integration
- Theme customization
- SEO optimizations are super easy
- Code Injection either inside the theme or via the Admin panel
- RSS feed
- Big transparent Open Source community behind it
Cons:
- Like / Kudos button
- No post scheduling, but coming soon
From now on I’ll be posting there instead of my other Svbtle blog.
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