Open Blog - Relaunch

I think the idea here is a great one. A nice simple blog that is lightweight, easy to install, customize and integrate into existing websites.

The problem is that the bar has been raised so high by ghost and wordpress et al that you are facing a very big mountainscape with a powerful toolbox and a spade.

What are your aims for your open source blog? What are it's goals or target audience? What will it do differently or better?

(If that sounds nosy I apologize in advance, just interested).

Paul.

Hey @PaulD,

Really good questions.

The reason I went looking for (something) was because there is no depth to my loathing of Wordpress, it's security issues, and trying to do/be everything to everyone.

Ghost... amazingly great for blogging. That's what it does without trying to be all the things to everyone. The one 'but', it isn't easy to install or make/edit(themes), especially in comparison to CI. My girlfriend, who is not technically inclined, installed Ghost for her blog and she wanted to do it by herself, there was cussing for a week coming from her general direction.  In the end, I was asked to help.  Modifying anything is an exercise in frustration.

I'm not really trying to be in competition with WP or Ghost (or any other software), it's not meant to do anything differently per se, but to give an alternative to those options.

The goals are:
Easy installation for just about anyone
Ability to update from the admin panel (similar to wordpress)
Easy to use/edit/publish/etc...