There seems to be a lot of microblogging going around, but I want a place to put my writings that are much bigger. I know that having my own website is also an option, but I’m finding filtering ethical hosting providers and website builders to be a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, and I’m afraid that even if I find them, it’s going to be too expensive.

    • absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Would you recommend WordPress as a hosting service? I’m not able to understand the structure of it all to figure out if it:'s ethical and what with the recent fights with WP Engine and stuff, I’m unsure how it all actually works.

      • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Not as a hosting service, no. But at wordpress.org you can download the software and install it on any web server. A lot of web hosting companies offer a 1-click process of setting up wordpress on their servers, too.

      • Pechente@feddit.orgEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Honestly I’d not recommend Wordpress at all. It’s quite outdated and therefore a pain in the ass to extend. There are more modern solutions like Craft CMS, Kirby CMS or Laravel with Filament, though ActivityPub support might differ depending on the platform.

        • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          21 days ago

          I don’t think this person is looking to hack on, or even host their own service. I think they’re looking for a not very expensive turnkey SaaS.

          • absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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            15 days ago

            Sort of. I feel like I need to know my own priorities better because I’m not sure what I want wrt hosting. Because of general trust and privacy issues, of course self-hosting (at home) is the ultimate best option, but I think that might only be a long term thing and I can’t do it now. So I’m wondering what to prioritize right now - cost, reputation, or simplicity - because I’ve found quite a few options that differ in these aspects.

            Writefreely is simple and can be free, but I can’t find very many public instances and have no way of verifying reputation.

            Similarly, wordpress.com has been under fire for a lot of things and I’m not sure how I feel about hosting with them &- free or otherwise.

            Everything else like random VPS providers feels like a gamble because I know nothing about them and it seems like a black box. And obviously, cost increases for what is essentially going to be a bunch of writings from one person.

  • Microw@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    Fediverse Report writes in today’s edition that the NodeBB, WordPress ActivityPub plugin, WriteFreely and Ghost developers “recognise themselves as the ‘longform’ people.”