# Blog with open user registration (like in a forum)

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/blog-with-open-user-registration-like-in-a-forum/5337>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [January 28, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/blog-with-open-user-registration-like-in-a-forum/5337 "2019-01-28T20:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/blog-with-open-user-registration-like-in-a-forum/5337/5 "2019-01-30T05:13:35Z")

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Great question! Since the API is going to come with documentation, I’m going to be brief -

The Admin API is capable of editing your Ghost instance, while the Content API is only capable of reading data. The admin interface (`/ghost`) is a decoupled application from Ghost, meaning all changes you make to your site are actually done via the Admin API

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