• Blog or CMS?
• Updates

Proposed Ghost blogging platform

Idea proposed in the fall of 2012.

Development began in 2013.

First release expected in summer or fall of 2013.

A lot of nerd hype.

Concept, however, contains interesting ideas.

http://john.onolan.org/ghost

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4743245

http://john.onolan.org/ghost-from-fiction-to-function/

http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/07/wordpress-guru-designs-a-concept-blogging-platform-that-doesnt-suck-gets-rave-reviews/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2013/05/01/check-out-the-new-ghost-blogging-platform-kickstarter-funded-in-under-12-hours/

http://tryghost.org/

https://twitter.com/TryGhost

Blog or CMS?

The purpose of creating a new "blog" publishing system was because Wordpress had allegedly morphed into a CMS.

http://john.onolan.org/ghost

"WordPress is so much more than just a blogging platform."

"66% of [users] said they use WordPress as a CMS and not as a blog."

But posted at https://twitter.com/TryGhost

Hey @TryGhost i love your idea, im just curious if u guys will be giving support for news websites with multiple authors.

@themacified Yes. Not at day 1 (need to do the basics first) - but that’s absolutely in our long term plan :)

@TryGhost will be possible to set permissions for each author? For example, user A can save post only as a draft, but B can publish it.

@micwro It isn’t possible yet - but it absolutely will be in the future, yes :)

@micwro Totally - we want to build an awesome editorial flow so authors and editors can collaborate properly :) this is a part of that

Sounds like a lot more than a blogging tool.

Updates

May 16, 2013
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform/posts/482591

July 4, 2013
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform/posts/529591

http://greenlighter.com/podcast/episode-5/

We follow up with John O’Nolan, find out what it feels like to raise $300,000 in 30 days via Kickstarter for “Ghost,” and how his project’s developing. John shares advice on getting publicity, tells us what he wouldn’t do again and how he got Mashable to profile his project.

#blogging #writing #design #ghost