Post #2766913
2025-09-27 20:38 UTC
@jonah@mastodon.neat.computer
I have been using Reverbnation for my free newsletter but it doesn't fit as well as it used to and it has a limit of 500 addresses without upgrading.
I run my own server with nginx on Ubuntu so it looks like I can install ghost.
Is this difficult or straightforward? Can I install to a subdomain?
Thanks
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@jonah@mastodon.neat.computer 2025-09-28 14:12
@hairylarry@gamerplus.org the Docker install is most recommended now https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker It’s pretty straightforward. Subdomain works perfectly. (Subdirectory shouldn’t be used because it isn’t compatible with ActivityPub.) I think you *definitely* get the most benefit by combining your blog and newsletter into a single Ghost site, but either way works. For now you will need to use Mailgun to actually send emails from Ghost. But search for instructions to switch to Mailgun’s (unadvertised) “Flex Plan” which makes it free to send 1000 emails per month (and $1 for each additional 1000, still cheap).