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Display code with highlight.js on Ghost

Until recently I used prism.js [http://prismjs.com/] to display my code snippets in this ghost blog. It is way better that the default code in a

 block. But
now I stumbled over highlight.js [https://highlightjs.org]. It does the same
thing, but offers way more languages [https:

Restart Ghost service on Uberspace

When working on Ghost templates you need to restart the service under which Ghost ist running to make the changes appear. When you setup Ghost on Uberspace like described in this article [http://blog.liplex.de/using-ghost-on-uberspace-on-a-subdomain], you can restart the service (like any other service on Uberspace) with the

Issues when moving from Tumblr to Ghost

First of all, there is a really easy way to move from Tumblr to Ghost. Migrating from Tumblr to Ghost [http://www.ghostforbeginners.com/how-to-import-blog-posts-from-tumblr-to-ghost/] Unfortunately this way has a few issues you should be aware of advance * Wrong line breaks: There will be many line breaks where there shouldn't

Show more then 15 posts in RSS in Ghost

I use ghostHunter [https://github.com/i11ume/ghostHunter/] to provide a search for this Ghost blog. ghostHunter uses the RSS feed to fill the search. Unfortunately there are only the last 15 posts in the RSS feed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 0.7.2 With 0.7.2 the file path has

Use any sender as Ghost email sender

If you don't set anything Ghost will use something like ghost@localhost. That does not only look bad, it can also lead to rejection through your email dispatcher like Mandrill. To prevent this and use your own, simply add the following into your config.js: production: { mail: { fromaddress: 'youraddress@domain.

Use Mandrill to send emails on Ghost

The default sender in Ghost [https://ghost.org] is SMTP or Mailgun. I like Mandrill [https://mandrillapp.com] better, so here is how you can use it in Ghost. Insert the following into your config.js file: production: { // or development mail: { transport: 'SMTP', host: 'smtp.mandrillapp.com', options: { service: 'Mandrill',

Using Ghost on Uberspace on a subdomain

The guys at Uberspace [https://uberspace.de] already wrote a good article [https://wiki.uberspace.de/cool:ghost] on how to setup the blogging engine Ghost [https://ghost.org] on Uberspace. Unfortunately that does not include how to setup it on a subdomain. To setup the htaccess file use your