markdown:"Three days ago I released a <a title=\"Ghost\" href=\"http:\/\/john.onolan.org\/ghost\/\">concept page<\/a> for a lite version of WordPress that I've been thinking about for a long time, called Ghost. I think it's fair to say that I didn't quite anticipate how strong the reaction would be - and I've hardly had time to catch my breath in the last 72 hours.\n\nThe response was overwhelming, and overwhelmingly positive. In the first 6 hours my site got 35,000 page views after hitting the number 1 slot on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=4743245\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com']);\">Hacker News<\/a>. As of right now, the traffic count is just over <a href=\"http:\/\/john.onolan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-09-at-17.51.21.png\" rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"cboxElement\">91,000 page views<\/a> - and Ghost has been featured all over the place. Notable mentions so far include Christina Warren from Mashable, who <a href=\"http:\/\/christina.is\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/christina.is']);\">wrote about it<\/a>. Michael Carney from PandoDaily <a href=\"http:\/\/pandodaily.com\/2012\/11\/07\/wordpress-guru-designs-a-concept-blogging-platform-that-doesnt-suck-gets-rave-reviews\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/pandodaily.com']);\">interviewed me about it<\/a>. Someone even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voicens.com\/web\/?p=4425\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.voicens.com']);\">wrote about it in Chinese<\/a>. That's pretty cool.\n\n\nThe feedback has been amazing, and while it's impossible to reply to all of the messages individually, I'm getting to as many of them as I can and I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time to send me a message or share the concept because you liked it. Now that the initial storm has died down a bit, I wanted to take some time to answer some of the more common questions and talk about what's next.\n<h2>FAQ - Continued...<\/h2>\n\nThe most common question, bizarrely:\n<h5><em><strong>Oh my god, why is that whole page made of images? What's wrong with you? \/\/ I can't take you seriously \/\/ Don't you know anything about the web? \/\/ You are literally Satan re-incarnate.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\nThis was really the only negativity I got in response to the post, and it surprised me. I put together the concept page as... just that... a concept. It was a way for me to get the ideas out of my head and \"down on paper\" - or so to speak. I used photoshop as a <em>tool<\/em> to write down my idea with text and images. If I used a sketchbook as a <em>tool <\/em>to create images and handwritten notes, then uploaded scans of it, I doubt anyone would complain. The concept page was never supposed to be a finished product because I had no idea if there would be any interest in it. I had no motivation to waste hours coding a custom layout for something might only ever be read by a few people and then forgotten.\n\nHardware manufacturers make hundreds of foam cutout prototypes of products before they build one with working buttons and screens. I'm aware of all the usability problems with a web page made of images, and equally, foam cutouts without buttons or screens aren't particularly user friendly either. They're not supposed to be.\n\nLet's move on.\n<h5><em><strong>What? Why no comments? I need comments.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\nBecause comments add a layer of complexity that is beyond the core focus of this platform, which is publishing. Again, that's not to say you couldn't have any comments. This could easily be added with a dedicated plugin where you own the data or (as mentioned) there are third party providers such as Disqus, IntenseDebate, Livefyre and Facebook who all have great platforms. The point of this isn't to say \"you can't have comments\" - it's to say \"comments aren't on by default\".It'saboutsimplicity,
html:"<p>Three days ago I released a <a title=\"Ghost\" href=\"http:\/\/john.onolan.org\/ghost\/\">concept page<\/a> for a lite version of WordPress that I've been thinking about for a long time, called Ghost. I think it's fair to say that I didn't quite anticipate how strong the reaction would be - and I've hardly had time to catch my breath in the last 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The response was overwhelming, and overwhelmingly positive. In the first 6 hours my site got 35,000 page views after hitting the number 1 slot on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=4743245\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com']);\">Hacker News<\/a>. As of right now, the traffic count is just over <a href=\"http:\/\/john.onolan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-09-at-17.51.21.png\" rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"cboxElement\">91,000 page views<\/a> - and Ghost has been featured all over the place. Notable mentions so far include Christina Warren from Mashable, who <a href=\"http:\/\/christina.is\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/christina.is']);\">wrote about it<\/a>. Michael Carney from PandoDaily <a href=\"http:\/\/pandodaily.com\/2012\/11\/07\/wordpress-guru-designs-a-concept-blogging-platform-that-doesnt-suck-gets-rave-reviews\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/pandodaily.com']);\">interviewed me about it<\/a>. Someone even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voicens.com\/web\/?p=4425\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.voicens.com']);\">wrote about it in Chinese<\/a>. That's pretty cool.\\n<p>The feedback has been amazing, and while it's impossible to reply to all of the messages individually, I'm getting to as many of them as I can and I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time to send me a message or share the concept because you liked it. Now that the initial storm has died down a bit, I wanted to take some time to answer some of the more common questions and talk about what's next.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ - Continued...<\/h2>\n<p>The most common question, bizarrely:<\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>Oh my god, why is that whole page made of images? What's wrong with you? \/\/ I can't take you seriously \/\/ Don't you know anything about the web? \/\/ You are literally Satan re-incarnate.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>This was really the only negativity I got in response to the post, and it surprised me. I put together the concept page as... just that... a concept. It was a way for me to get the ideas out of my head and \"down on paper\" - or so to speak. I used photoshop as a <em>tool<\/em> to write down my idea with text and images. If I used a sketchbook as a <em>tool <\/em>to create images and handwritten notes, then uploaded scans of it, I doubt anyone would complain. The concept page was never supposed to be a finished product because I had no idea if there would be any interest in it. I had no motivation to waste hours coding a custom layout for something might only ever be read by a few people and then forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Hardware manufacturers make hundreds of foam cutout prototypes of products before they build one with working buttons and screens. I'm aware of all the usability problems with a web page made of images, and equally, foam cutouts without buttons or screens aren't particularly user friendly either. They're not supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>Let's move on.<\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>What? Why no comments? I need comments.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Because comments add a layer of complexity that is beyond the core focus of this platform, which is publishing. Again, that's not to say you couldn't have any comments. This could easily be added with a dedicated plugin where you own the data or (as mentioned) there are third party providers such as Disqus, IntenseDebate, Livefyre and Facebook who all have great platforms. The point of this isn't to say \"you can't have comments\" - it's to say \"commentsaren'tonb
