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diff --git a/content/posts/2021-01-02-wordpress.md b/content/posts/2021-01-02-wordpress.md index 4d36d06..7a8c355 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-01-02-wordpress.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-01-02-wordpress.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -categories: [blog] +categories: [blog, meta, rant] date: 2021-01-02 14:44:00 +0700 lang: en translationKey: "give-up-wp" @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ title: "Giving up on WordPress!" --- For the last week, I was trying to setting up my own WordPress instance, since I have access to a server and use a free domain name. It was such a hassle. <!--more--> -## Why I want to start a [blog] +## Why I want to start a blog Writing is a way of polishing my writing skills. For so long, all what I write has been only code. Now that I'm close to my graduation, writing long text suddenly becomes important to me - I need to write reports and after that my thesis. -It is also a way of expressing myself. Social media is a shorter version for this, and they may attract more interactions from people you know, but [blog] on the other hand helps you express your idea and opinion publicly. They're also much more organized in the sense that my list of posts does not contain shares from other users, or that I can use hashtags to categorize my posts. +It is also a way of expressing myself. Social media is a shorter version for this, and they may attract more interactions from people you know, but blog on the other hand helps you express your idea and opinion publicly. They're also much more organized in the sense that my list of posts does not contain shares from other users, or that I can use hashtags to categorize my posts. ## Choosing WordPress -At first I was thinking of using wordpress.com, since it's already hosted, but then I realized they can put ads on my [blog]s without my consent (well, technically, they would have my consent if I used their service). On top of that, I always prefer self-hosting whenever possible: I have all control (doubt) over what is running and what not. I would not what a third party to track my readers or showing them ads on my blog. +At first I was thinking of using wordpress.com, since it's already hosted, but then I realized they can put ads on my blogs without my consent (well, technically, they would have my consent if I used their service). On top of that, I always prefer self-hosting whenever possible: I have all control (doubt) over what is running and what not. I would not what a third party to track my readers or showing them ads on my blog. The server was running on Ubuntu 16.04. That is a rather old one, so it doesn't support latest packages, including Apache, PHP, and WordPress (they do have WordPress in the Ubuntu repo), and I dare not upgrade it. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ I have recently been using docker quite regularly, e.g. for CouchDB and RethinkD And nice, it did run. -Now I need to set up a domain name for the [blog]. +Now I need to set up a domain name for the blog. ## Port forwarding @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ After I fixed that, it worked nicely. ## Different name == broken website -WordPress uses absolute path (`example.com/[blog]/something`) rather than relative path (`/blog/something`). This leads to a problem: if I want to migrate to another domain name (guaranteed to happen, since I use a free domain name that will expire eventually). I discovered this when I moved from a port to different port, and from host IP to domain name. It frustrates me, but it isn't a big problem for now. +WordPress uses absolute path (`example.com/blog/something`) rather than relative path (`/blog/something`). This leads to a problem: if I want to migrate to another domain name (guaranteed to happen, since I use a free domain name that will expire eventually). I discovered this when I moved from a port to different port, and from host IP to domain name. It frustrates me, but it isn't a big problem for now. ## Disappointing experience @@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ Fortunately, write.as already feels right to me - no ads, and tracking is easily Well, I just installed (it was actually easy!), and now I've moved to divers.ml -New update: I just tried jekyll, and it's awesome. Now my [blog] is hosted on [GitHub](https://huy-ngo.github.io). I guess I will leave the domain unused. +New update: I just tried jekyll, and it's awesome. Now my blog is hosted on [GitHub](https://huy-ngo.github.io). I guess I will leave the domain unused. |