ghost and “focus on writing” trend

and “focus on writing” trend

By Dong Nguyen, Green Global’s R&D member

“A designer, developer and entrepreneur. Spends his time travelling the world with a bag of kites. Likes journalism and publishing platforms.”

John O'Nolan

Nov 5, 2012, the first time John O'Nolan wrote about “just a blogging platform” on his blog. This idea was the beginning of Ghost.

"66% of users said they use WordPress as a CMS and not as a blog."– Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress.

WordPress, is no longer blog

"Recently, it’s become even more evident that WordPress is heavily used as a content management system (CMS) with many more sites now using it to organize any kind of content rather than purely as a blog."

– Lance Willett, creator of the "Twenty Twelve" default WordPress theme.

- The WordPress motto is "decisions, not options" - Too many settings, too many things which you have an unnecessary level of control over in the administrative user interface.

Apr 29, 2013, John has brought his idea about Ghost to Kickstarter.

● 05/2013 - Completion of Kickstarter ● 06/2013 - Nightly/Weekly releases to VIP level and higher backers ● 08/2013 - Release to ALL Kickstarter backers ● 09/2013 - Public release on Github ● 10/2013 - Release of the hosted platform to Kickstarter backers ● 01/2014 - Release of the hosted platform to the general public

Timeline

Oct 14, 2013, John announced the first public release of the Ghost blogging platform.The official website located at https://ghost.org

Demo● Installation● Configuration● Structure● Dashboard● Markdown● Theme ● Post another article

An open source blogging platform which makes writing pleasurable and publishing simple.

- Coded in Javascript, run on Node.js- Theming with Handlebars- Use SQLite3 to store data- Also support MySQL, PostgreSQL

What is Ghost platform?

● http://www.howtoinstallghost.com● http://www.ghostforbeginners.com● http://www.allaboutghost.com

Resources

● Medium● Kinja● Svbtle

Similar platforms

255,520 downloads

119 contributors

23 releases

9031 likes

3,672 followers | 559,342 views

+16k followers

● Ghost.org ($5/mo)● DigitalOcean ($5/mo)● Amazon (Free First Year)● Ghostify ($6.50/mo)● Kite ($5/mo)● Ghoster ($5/mo)● Webfaction ($9.50/mo)● CityCloud ($20/mo)● Pogoapp ($10/mo)● Bitnami (Free)● A Small Orange ($3/mo)● A2 Hosting ($5/mo)● ServerMule ($10/mo)● Rackspace ($16/mo)

Environments

Manual installs● Nodejitsu ($9/mo)● Dreamhost ($30/mo)● Godaddy ($30/mo)● HostGator ($30/mo)● Bluehost ($30/mo)● Namecheap ($17/mo)● 1&1 ($30/mo)● Linode ($20/mo)● Windows Azure ($15/mo)● Nitrous.io (Free)● Media Temple ($20/mo)

One-Click Installs

● WooThemes● MarketPress● themeSpectre● TemplateMela● GTheme

Theme market

Stores● Ghost MarketPlace● Creative Market (1,404) ● ThemeForest (162)● ThemeForGhost (free)

Providers

ThemeForest stats

As at Sat Apr 12 03:22:08 UTC 2014, there are currently:

● 50 new Ghost Themes. Total Themes count: 151● 50 new Wordpress Themes. Total Themes count:● 13 new Drupal Themes. Total Themes count: 147● 11 new Joomla Themes. Total Themes count: 397● 25 new Tumblr Themes. Total Themes count: 241● 28 new Blogger Themes. Total Themes count: 67

ThemeForest stats

Top 50 Ghost Themes sold: 2230 themes combined

● Dragonfly - Multi-Purpose Theme For Ghost [179 Sales @ $18 = $ 3222 sales]● Astro - Responsive [134 Sales @ $16 = $ 2144 sales]● Rain - Responsive [123 Sales @ $22 = $ 2706 sales]● Writr - A Clean, Bold [95 Sales @ $18 = $ 1710 sales]● Quarter - Responsive [84 Sales @ $22 = $ 1848 sales]● GhostWall - Clean Theme For Ghost [82 Sales @ $22 = $ 1804 sales]● Gridy: A Responsive Grid Style [75 Sales @ $18 = $ 1350 sales]● Flaty - Simple Flat Theme For Ghost [73 Sales @ $18 = $ 1314 sales]● Phantom - Flat Parallax Responsive [73 Sales @ $18 = $ 1314 sales]● Gamma - Responsive bootstrap Ghost theme [64 Sales @ $18 = $ 1152 sales]

Design style

● Mobile first● Minimalist● Blurry● z-Index● Parallax● Transition

Samples

● Tilted content slideshow● Header scroll effect● Slidebars Transition● Animated border menus● Parallax - Fluid slideshow● Page Transitions

Thank you for joining this seminar!

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