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Getting Started with Ghost

You're reading from Getting Started with Ghost Reach out to the world and publish great content with the power of Ghost

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783985180

Length 152 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Ghost

Concepts

Web Design

Authors (3):

Kezz Bracey

Andrew J Boutte

David Balderston

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Table of Contents (8) Chapters

Preface

1. The First Steps with Ghost

2. Manual Installation and Configuration of Ghost FREE CHAPTER

3. Preparing for Theme Development

4. Beginning Ghost Theme Development

5. Applying Design Choices and Visual Styling

A. Markdown Syntax and Ghost Shortcut Keys

Index

Chapter 2. Manual Installation and Configuration of Ghost

In this chapter, we will discuss how to install Ghost manually on your computer or a VPS. Given installing on a VPS requires many of the same steps as a local installation, you'll also see what additional steps you need to take to install Ghost manually on a VPS, based on the two most popular operating systems VPS hosts tend to run: Ubuntu and CentOS.

If you are new to using the command line, you may want to look at one of the automated installs instead of installing manually, because it can get a little tricky. We are going to give you all the commands you will need, but it may get complicated for someone who has never used the tools before.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Manually installing Ghost
- Using the command line and SSH
- CentOS (local and VPS)
- Ubuntu (local and VPS)
- OSX (local)
- Windows (local)
Additional configuration
- Pointing a custom domain to your blog
- Hosting multiple blogs on a single VPS
- Keeping Ghost...

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Authors (3)

Bracey

Bracey

Kezz Bracey is a web designer and frontend developer from Australia who has been working in the field for the better part of a decade. Theme development kicked off for her in the early days on the Joomla! platform, moving on to creating themes and plugins for WordPress, and she began designing themes for the Ghost blogging platform at its release.

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Andrew J Boutte

Andrew J Boutte

Andy Boutte worked in the Apple industry for 5 years where he received a dozen certifications and became an Apple certified computer technician and iPhone technician. He currently works for a leading software company, Shopatron, as a DevOps engineer and previously worked there as a quality assurance analyst. This led him to testing Ghost before its initial release and he began writing on www.howtoinstallghost.com and www.allaboutghost.com. With his experience, he has developed the unique skill of breaking down technical topics into terms that are easy to understand, which he utilizes in his writing today.

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Balderston

Balderston

David Balderston had early access to Ghost and started www.howtoinstallghost.com/ with Andy Boutte. From there, he helped to launch other sites related to Ghost, including www.ghostforbeginners.com, www.allaboutghost.com/, and www.allghostthemes.com/. His background in IT helped with troubleshooting problems and portraying them in a way people can clearly understand. He has been around Ghost from the very beginning and has helped many people install and use the Ghost platform.

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