7 Minimal Blogging Platforms that You May Choose

Blogging platforms can be complicated to use due to featuring a multitude of plugins and widgets. Choice of suitable platform is necessary to build carrier on blogging as well as to promote products or services.

Here we are going to discuss on 7 minimal blogging platforms and their basic focus and purposes.

Postagon

An easier way to blog is Postagon, a well -known simple blog equipped with the basics only for a pure writing and reading experience. Postagon is not ad-supported which makes it appear clean and prevents from being messy. The blogging platform features RSS feeds, Retina display support, visual and markdown editor, posting via e-mail and Google Analytics. Post can be shared on a wide variety of social networking sites requiring no separate app.

Svbtle

Svbtle generally provides an easy platform to collect and share ideas concentrating mainly on writing being the so-called “invite-only network”. The platform appears with a sleek design, and the dashboard inspires the bloggers to share ideas into draft posts. A custom domain and avatar can be used by bloggers. Readers can only rate posts as unlike many other blogging platforms comment feature is not available in Svbtle.

Ghost

Ghost was introduced in an attempt to bring blogging back to basics. It is free to use, appears sleek and simple and comes with a split screen writing function where live preview is on the right and Markdown editor is on the left. The beautiful dashboard have drag-and-drop feature and holds all the essential information about blog in one place. Ghost is completely free to share ideas and concepts.

Wardrobe

Another simple and free-to use blogging platform is Wardrobe, which too concentrates on writing. The theming system being powerful, blog designs matching to blogger’s own business can easily be created. Blog posts can be scheduled and tagged for grouping and categorization.

Postach.io

Postach.io works by literally converting Evernote into a content management system, thus claiming to be “the simplest blog ever”. People other than Evernote user can use Postach.io by creating account through this blogging platform. It supports Google Analytics, Disqus and Markdown. Themes are easy to create and custom domain and avatar can be used. Posts can be embedded to YouTube and Vimeo videos and shared on a wide range of SNSs.

Medium

Medium is a simple yet great way for bloggers to gain exposure. This blogging platform is much professional, requiring no tools or widgets to master and essentially contain no distraction for the audiences. Readers can easily find their topic of interest by looking up in the categories and can also leave comments for feedback purposes. Ideas can be reached to thousands of people without directly concentrating on blogger’s own services or products.

Jekyll

Jekyll works by transforming dynamic components into static websites, and thus known as “static site generator”. Switching to the platform from another blogging system is lot easier as compared to other platforms. It is mainly a parsing engine requiring no internet connection and having the ability to host freely on GitHub Pages.