Migration to Pagecord

This is a crazy story. It started completely out of the blue. A few days ago, I read a post by Gobino on Mastodon. He wrote:

If anyone is looking for a great, cheap and very easy to use blogging platform, have a look at https://pagecord.com. I am and will remain a happy customer.

It reminded me of Pagecord, because a year ago I set up an account on this blogging platform created by Olly. I tested it for a bit and then abandoned it. I wanted to see how it differed from others I knew. I knew that Olly had recently created it and was constantly adding new features. I wanted to come back after some time and see how he was getting on.

I must admit, I forgot about it for many months. It was Gobino who reminded me. I joined in a fun discussion with him and Alexandra. Alexandra set up an account there, and I checked if mine was still active or if I had already deleted it. It turned out to be active. So, I started checking what had changed on Pagecord over the last few months, and there was quite a lot.

I was most pleased with the access to CSS and the ability to edit it. I like tinkering with code. I'm an absolute amateur, but I get a kick out of making minor tweaks. Sometimes I enjoy that more than writing.

If I were to compare Bearblog with Pagecord, Pagecord is more pleasing to the eye. Bearblog is almost completely devoid of a visual layer in the dashboard. This has its advantages and I certainly wouldn't consider it a flaw. But I like to experiment sometimes. I spent about 18 months on Bearblog, with a short break for micro.blog. Now it's time to put Pagecord to the test.

For those who are interested, I'll add straight away that it's worth getting the paid version, which gives you the full range of possibilities; it's really only then that you can spread your wings and see what an interesting project it is and how many features it offers. Among other things, publishing via email and through an Obsidian plugin, so directly from within that app. It's very interesting.

All links to previous posts should still work, as their structure is the same as it was with Bearblog. Works also RSS feed. Phew...

Well, I'm going to keep tinkering now.