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Hi,

I'm looking into hosting a blog site for myself - nothing fancy, just a site where I can publish some of my thoughts and ideas. Maybe I also want a section to publish images. So, basically something lean and mostly text only.

What's the easiest way to set this up for myself?

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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I do that. I have WordPress.org with classic editor enabled and the raw html plugin. Use a classic layout like twenty twelve if you don't want the fancy effects. Look for a host that has softaculous or something similar to automate the installation. My host charges about £60 pa with unlimited bandwidth.

You can also use WordPress.com for free but it has Gutenberg, which I absolutely cannot bear. Some people like it though. It's also less customisable.

[–] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] m88youngling@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe Gutenberg is a visual editor that WordPress uses, it has buttons that let you insert blocks throughout the page I think

[–] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I didn’t know what that tool is called. I don’t find it very useful.

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