Ghost VS Hugo

- to hydrate stuff

- optional: needs to have been around for 5 years

- optional: needs to still be around in 5 years

Ghost has no ACF apparently (https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-for-posts/1124/46 and (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/9020) and Astro is too custom as of now and I don't want another Gatsby (too short-lived).

It seems that people pay for Ghost, https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost

https://ghost.org is the other good option. It also has an Open Source part that you can host yourself if you need in future.

WordPress is matured and lots of options (plugins) to get it done one way or the other.

I think you will find the best resources here.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

https://www.icij.org/

Many journalist in this category also use Ghost for their website which is open-source but I am not sure about other security features

https://ghost.org/

Ghost——Content Management System

Blogging engine alternative

Website: Ghost

Quick aside: To go over how to find the redirect section through the Ghost interface you can check out my earlier post in this series How to Find the Redirect Section on Your Ghost Account. After this one I'll share an alternative way to do this. If you are looking for my original full post you can check out Oh No, I Need to Create Redirect Text for All My Posts!.

Hugo, one of the most popular open-source static site generators, is written in Go and optimized for speed, flexibility, and ease of use. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to seamlessly integrate Uniqrate into a Hugo-powered website, giving you a simple way to gather user feedback and improve your content.

Several years ago static site generators were all the hotness. Around then I switched to Hugo [1] from Wordpress and it's been a good experience. You do all editing locally with the CLI then chuck it to Git to be built and hosted by Netlify.

[1] https://gohugo.io/

As you may have noticed this site is built using Hugo and Papermod theme. After playing around with Hugo and getting comfortable with it, I wanted to push the initial version of this site to the git repository and set up an automatic deployment pipeline to be able to easily publish updates to the web.

I used to build my website using a known tool named Hugo, a static site generator. I also have a LinkTree account that displays all of my links.

Hugo - used by example for perl.com (source)

The descriptive text is stored as the alt attribute on the HTML img element, and the path to the image describes the relative path to the image or an absolute image URL. In our case, the static site generator Hugo parses these Markdown files and assets (images, etc.) and converts them into static HTML pages. I want my solution to be independent of Hugo, though, because Markdown is also used in other places, such as Readme files. For now, I've also decided to ignore external images in the form of URLs, i.e., http:// or https:// links. Mostly because we're not using them.

My previous website used the Gatsby framework, for a simple reason: I am very familiar with React, so I thought customization would be easier. However, I later realized I didnt have time to maintain a bunch of Typescript and Javascript, which made me reluctant to update my website. This time, I choose Hugo. Maintaining a small amount of Go Template is easier, and I am familiar with Golang, too.