I'm about to do it again

Baty.net is going to move back to Ghost, I think. Y’all will I’m sure get a chuckle out of it and I’m happy for you. :) I’ve noticed that when running both Ghost and Hugo blogs, when I want to post something, my default is to reach for Ghost. It’s just easier overall. Plus, I can have that sweet, sweet @jack@baty.net Fediverse handle that I loved but didn’t want tied to my blogging platform. ...

June 12, 2025 · Jack Baty

What happened to Ghost?

I don't know what the over/under was on my Fedivers-via-Ghost experiment, but yeah, it’s paused.

May 28, 2025 · Jack Baty

Living in Ghost, day 2

So, how’s it going now that you’ve committed, Jack?

May 24, 2025 · Jack Baty

From Hugo to Ghost and back again

It’s been nearly a month using Ghost, so it was time to switch back to Hugo.

December 2, 2024 · Jack Baty

Adding an Edit link to Ghost posts

How I added a subtle link to edit the current page or post in Ghost.

November 8, 2024 · Jack Baty

Floating images in Ghost

There is no built-in method in Ghost for floating an image and having text flow around it. It’s a significant omission, and one which they say is “too hard” and have no plans to change. OK fine, I’ll do it myself. I found a reasonable solution in this post on the forums. Here’s how I’m using it. Add the following to the header in the code injection area: /* small images to float but not look stupid on mobile */ @media (min-width: 40rem) { .float-left-half figure, .float-left-two-thirds figure { float: left; margin: 8px 20px 6px 0; } .float-right-half figure, .float-right-two-thirds figure { float: right; margin: 8px 0 6px 20px; } .float-left-half figure, .float-right-half figure { max-width: 50%; } @media (min-width: 64em) { .float-left-two-thirds figure, .float-right-two-thirds figure { max-width: 67%; } } } Then, in a post or page, I add an HTML block before the image card I want to float (e.g to the right). ...

November 8, 2024 · Jack Baty

The pros and cons of moving back to Ghost

OK, it’s happening again. Hugo broke my site for the second time in two updates. I got mad (again) and decided it was time for us to break up. I dusted off the version of the blog that I’d built using Eleventy and started working on getting everything updated. Except it didn’t work. I don’t know what I was missing or what had changed since I stopped using it, but things were broken. I then decided that I would start fresh with Eleventy’s base blog repo. That was also a mistake. After several hours, I had built an ugly blog, without some of the features I’d wanted. I gave up. ...

November 6, 2024 · Jack Baty