{"id":14398,"date":"2026-07-06T14:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=14398"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:17:18","slug":"ghost-or-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/ghost-or-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost or something else"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another friend asks for advice I’m building a website. Ghost<\/a> has been suggested, which led me to have a little look. This note looks at what I consider to be the critical selection criteria and make some notes about ghost<\/a> and flat file CMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On Ghost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. It\u2019s not very popular<\/a>. This means skills will be hard to find.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It mandates the use of MySQL; at times I have sought to disintermediate my wordpress databases, which led me to look at flat-file CMSs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. It\u2019s hosting offering<\/a> is in USD and presumably located in FISA land. GDPR & Online Safety Act compliance might be hard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. WP has a Ghost exporter, otherwise see this<\/a> on google.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Flat-file CMSs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cContent Management Systems (CMS) that use only the filesystem are called flat-file CMS<\/strong>. Instead of relying on a database like MySQL, they store your blog posts as plain text (e.g., Markdown or text files) in folders, making them incredibly fast, secure, and easy to back up. [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The most popular options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n