- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
So… if the backend gets moved over to Wordpress, and Wordpress can already federate, I guess this means Tumblr is coming to the fediverse? 😮
- Given how crufty Wordpress is, I don’t even dare to imagine how bad the Tumblr backend must be that this is seen as an improvement by the developers. - Right? At this point I’m just sticking with WordPress because I can’t be bothered to migrate a bunch of sites off of it. Every year for the past decade it’s felt jankier. Tumblr’s backend has to be a dumpster fire for this to seem like a good idea. - My criticism aside, WP still has the convenience factor of being the open source web platform that has a plugin for just about any need. Whether those plugins are gonna break for site or introduce interesting new vulnerabilities is a different discussion. - Same boat here. I had some good times with it but these days it seems to be a bloated mess. Are there any good, lightweight alternatives these days? - Depends on what exactly you want to host. If you want commercially-hosted stuff, I’d stick with wordpress or whatever your host offers, but if you’re selfhosting I’d look in !selfhosted@lemmy.world or https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted?tab=readme-ov-file#blogging-platforms. - I suppose what I’m looking for is a lightweight, multi-user CMS, with support for both static pages and a blog. If the blog could support (at least one-way) federation that’d be a bonus. It should ideally be built to work with both desktop and mobile devices (so that I can customise the look rather than build it from scratch). - It’s something I could build from scratch but if I can do it then I’m sure lots of more skilled people have done it better! - There are Fediverse blog platforms but, as this is about Tumblr, what about a Fediverse tumbleblog? You’ve got: 
 
 
 
 
 





