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Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki

Founder of Magic Pages. I build reliable Ghost hosting, so publishers can focus on what they do best − creating. When I'm not improving the platform, I'm probably helping a customer get their site just right.

Building a Ghost site with no Ghost experience

Building a Ghost site with no Ghost experience

Mark Alexander − the Melbourne writer behind Tech That Fits − joins Jannis on judging gadgets by whether they earn their place in a small home, choosing Ghost over Webflow and WordPress, building a first custom theme with Fantasma, and reaching readers via Google and Apple News.

Help Center & Guides

Can I buy a Magic Pages site as a gift?

Yes. One payment covers a Pro site for 3 months, 6 months, a year or for good, and the person you give it to sets it up themselves.

Help Center & Guides

Setting up a site someone gifted you

Open the link in your gift email, pick a web address, and your Ghost site is built a few minutes later. There's nothing for you to pay.

Roadmap & Changelog

Gift a Site to Someone Else

Pay once for a site and give it to somebody else. They pick their own web address, never hand over a card, and never see what you paid.

Help Center & Guides

Can I get SFTP or FTP access to my site?

No. Ghost reads your theme into memory at startup, so files changed on disk never reach your site. Ghost's built-in code editor does the job instead.

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Staging site or a local copy?

We recommend staging, unless you're writing theme code. The side-by-side, what a local copy takes to set up, and the one thing neither of them can do.

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Refreshing staging from your live site

Refreshing replaces staging with a fresh copy of your live site. What comes across, what's deliberately left behind, and when to run one.

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Adding a staging site to your plan

Staging is a €3 a month add-on you switch on from your billing page. What it costs, which plans can have it, and what happens when you remove it.

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What is a staging site?

A private copy of your site for drafting posts and trying designs, with its own address and an access code. Here's what you can and can't do on it.

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