Vihorlat MediaMay 3

So, as I've mentioned, I got a spare old #desktop computer and my friend has suggested to turn it into a #server . Which is cool and all that - but for what reason? Just because I can didn't seem to be a good reason for me...however, I've kinda realized I can do a couple things at once.
By making a server (based on #debian13 netinstall) and moving my webpage from shared hosting and Wordpress to #selfhosting and #ghostblog I can actually claim some #digitalfreedom .
And then it's hit me.
You know the meme "split,bro?" ?
If you are into the #underground music scene, especially in the #gorenoise #goregrind #punk #dbeat #grindcore and probably also some other genres, you might be familiar with it.
So to learn something useful, I've decided to create Split, Bro? app. Small, self-hosted, dedicated to help those unknown, underground bands and projects to find their split partners for joint releases.
And although it will need some more polishing and some features are #wip , I am quite happy with the outcome!!!
If you want to have a look:

https://splitbro.app/

and don't forget to give me a feedback here! Much appreciated!

Vihorlat MediaApr 22
It took me two morning sessions to finally get my #ghostblog running on my #selfhosted home server.
Although I did use AI to help me with various issues, I have to say I view this experience very positively - I am slowly (but steadily) learning stuff from reading logs (I would never imagine that, haha), repetitive command inputting helps with memorizing them and what they actually do...So far, I am very satisfied with my progress, might be a small step for the mankind, but a big leap for me :)
DesireeApr 3

New holidays incoming, get on board!

#blog #blogPost #indieWeb #GhostBlog

https://www.digitalprairie.blog/an-off-the-rails-proposal-for-a-better-holiday-makes-of-the-month-march-2026/

An off-the-rails proposal for a better holiday (Makes of the month - March 2026)

Do you know what time it is? That's right - bowbowbowbow - it's time to sit back, relax, and let the creative flow of one living woman artist wash over you like a wave of sparkling seawater. If that was a jarring opening, it's because I wrote this at night.

Digital Prairie | Desiree Dahl
Show threadMark StosbergApr 2
@technews My first impression of Emdash, the "spiritual successor" to WordPress by Cloudflare is that it will reproduce a crap experience for admins, but now written in TypeScript. The basic architecture is the same and plugins have the same permissions to add content to the dashboard, so enshittification will continue. By contrast, #GhostBlog is a true spiritual successor to the better days of #Wordpress before it pivoted from a blog engine to a content management system.
JesseBotMar 7

We migrated another helm chart from github to our forgejo and mirrored it to codeberg. This time it was a helm chart for ghost:

https://codeberg.org/small-hack/ghost-helm-chart

#ghost #ghostblog #helm

ghost-helm-chart

mirror of https://git.smallhack.org/small-hack/ghost-helm-chart

Codeberg.org
Špoljarević  Feb 28

New blog post out now!
I'm talking a bit about how it all began, why I still push the blog to Codeberg, my short lived journey with Elfsight and why I'm now on Ghost.

I kept it really short since I don't think it needs much words.
For that, there are 7 posts planned for next month so stay tuned!

https://blog.spoljarevic.sh/migrating-from-elfsight-to-ghost/

#blog #codeberg #writing #elfsight #ghost #ghostblog #foss #floss

Migrating from Elfsight to Ghost

My way from misusing Codeberg for my blog to a very short-lived adventure with Elfsight to the new home of my blog, Ghost Greetings everyone, this time there's no code block with info about me. I think that's no more necessary at this point. At the time of writing this

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Mark StosbergFeb 13

For bloggers who post YouTube video embeds, here's a YouTube embed code generate which generates more privacy-friendly HTML to embed:

https://muratcorlu.github.io/better-youtube-embed/

It also happens to load faster.

Learn more about it here:
=https://github.com/muratcorlu/better-youtube-embed

By @muratcorlu

#blogging #webdev #GhostBlog

Better YouTube Embed - Privacy-First YouTube Embed Generator

Mark StosbergJan 27

@elkcityhazard Here are screenshots of the #WordPress vs #GhostBlog admin dashboards before/after migration. (The Ghost stats aren't accurate because it's pre-launch / pre-import).

Ghost(Pro) also integrates analytics for newsletters, web traffic and has direct ActivityPub integration as well!

Show threadMark StosbergJan 27

@elkcityhazard It's also an excellent time to reconsider WordPress altogether. I'm helping a ~1,000 post site move to Ghost now.

Ghost doesn't have plugins (so no plugin security problems!), yet can handle what 50 plugins were doing. Why?

Ghost has good SEO, newsletter integration, and tips / donations.

Ghost is not a full CMS and doesn't complete with WordPress on all fronts, but sure is refreshingly more pleasant to manage and use!

#GhostBlog

NIGHTEͶJan 24

Hum, trying out the Ghost Fediverse integration and for now I see:

  • No Ghost -> Akkoma notes, but likes carry over
  • Private mentions on both Akkoma and Mastodon are not sent to Ghost (or at least not displayed?)

Need more testing, but I hope to find the reason for this! I would love to have it fix or at least help

#ghostblog #federation #activitypub #akkoma