Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at

Posted by devb0x on Sunday July 20, 2014 @01:17PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I dont want to set up my own domain to blog from, so my options are the free hosts, wordpress, blogger, medium, tumblr(?)

I want to blog on a platform which supports easy styling of code blocks, pretty text / html, and cross social site posting (to facebook, twitter etc.)

what are you guys using?

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Re:Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at by nperez on Sunday July 20, 2014 @01:48PM (#8060975)

Hosted Wordpress does not give you much flexibility, typically. Medium seems to intentionally enforce a style consistent with other blogs on the service. Tumblr's editing tools can be annoying sometimes but in my experiences it has been the most customizable.

I think it's worth it to host yourself, but if that isn't an option and you want flexibility then I'd go with Tumblr.

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Re:Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at by arkokoley on Sunday July 20, 2014 @02:33PM (#8061103)

There are several hosts that will let you host. I prefer Github Pages because of the simplicity of Jekyll and that it uses Git and plus you get free Github CDN and a nice github subdomain.

Otherwise self-hosted Wordpress or Anchor Cms is the best option.

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Re:Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at by devb0x on Sunday July 20, 2014 @03:20PM (#8061204)

thanks, I have started a github page but didnt think of it as a blog. Is that how you're using it?

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Re:Ask HN: Which provider are you blogging at by edoceo on Sunday July 20, 2014 @01:42PM (#8060959)

I use Wordpress on my own domains as /blog It only takes a few minutes to configure. Get a few plugins & done.

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