ASk HN: I Need a Self-hosted blog platform
I'm a marketer, and looking for a blog platform where we can host the blog ourselves - ie, I want to implement extreme customization. Anyone have any recommendations.
Wordpress is not capable enough.
Wordpress is not capable enough.
you need to consult a web developer that you trust for these issue.
Basically, we want to be able to edit the HTML and potentially more, but Wordpress.com doesn't let you do this.
The upside of Wordpress is that there are thousands of themes and plugins that come close to what you want. The downside of Wordpress (especially on this website) is that many developers and designers are tired of it. The code is bloated but will probably be your best bet to use because of the large community surrounding it. You can edit anything in the self-installed version, but you can also break it which is why wordpress.com doesn't let you edit the HTML.
Do a google search of "Best _____ Premium Wordpress theme" or "best ____ wordpress plugin" with whatever your ideas are and see what comes up.
You will probably need to involve a wordpress theme developer to help you edit the HTML and get it the way you want it.
If Wordpress is lacking in extensibility, then my guess is you'd be better off with something like Django, which isn't a blog at all, but could easily be converted into one -- or you could start with an existing, minimalist Django blog package and extend it.
If Wordpress is simply lacking features you need though, that's a different conversation, as it's the most likely to get those feature in the future, and/or possibly the cheapest to have those extensions developed.