I've seen questions on SR.SE about blogging platforms that have features useful to programmers, but even with extensive Google-fu I'm at a loss for a blogging platform that would allow me to have multiple 'versions' of articles in different languages.
I ask this question because a cool new platform, Ghost, comes really really close to meeting all of the following specifications, with the exception of a 'multiple language toggle' and the ability to have comments on articles.
Must have
- Platform be hosted (I don't own any servers)
- Articles on the blog have multiple 'versions'.
- Articles should be able to be written in multiple languages with an easy-to-use toggle for context-switching
OR
have blog 'subdomains', e.g.fr.my-blog.domain
;en.my-blog.domain
- Articles should be able to be written in multiple languages with an easy-to-use toggle for context-switching
- Platform should support markup
- quoting
- code blocks
- straight-up HTML if possible
- Lightweight! This is just a blog, not a web site. Support for really basic things - text, images, hyperlinks, etc. I'm not really looking for a full-blown CMS.
Like to have
- Hosting cost < $15.00 per month (free would be great, but I wouldn't mind paying)
- Custom domain name
- Support for per-article commenting system
- Programming language-specific markup (syntax highlighting)
Now, I've already checked out Ghost, as mentioned. The only features it seems to be lacking are a native per-article commenting system and a multi-language toggle. Since I can't very well install the Ghost platform on my own server (that I don't have), I wouldn't be able to implement a 3rd-party commenting system as suggestion in this article.
Since I require hosting, modifications to the original platform will probably (but not always) be limited (as with the above Ghost example).
Is there any platform that manages to encapsulate these requirements?