So I came running back to Movable Type. I begged her to take me back and she did, but things have changed since I left. I think these changes will help us repair our relationship.
I am running Movable Type 4.2 Beta Release Candidate 3 right now. This version is introducing a lot of improvements including threaded comments out of the box. Right now you have to do a little code patching but I hope that the final release version makes this process easier for users. There are other improvements as well. Check out the MT 4.2 Beta page for more information.
I came back to Movable Type for many reasons. WordPress just didn't suit me. I had problems getting paragraphs to break properly, I could not use the built in image uploader because it continuously failed, I could not get Flickr integration working properly, and I just didn't like the publishing interface. I guess I have grown too accustomed to MT. I know all the problems I had with WP can be fixed, but there just weren't enough reasons to switch to WP to overcome all the frustrations I was having. On a positive note, I am pretty good at installing Drupal, WP, and MT at this point. So, if you need some help, give me a whistle. Then, email me because I won't hear the whistle.
Since this is beta software some things are a little buggy. Search, for example, is not working right now. I assume it will be fixed for the full release. That is the only problem I have found up to this point, but there might be others. If you find any problems, please let me know so I can keep an eye on it when the final release is out.
I am done moving platforms at this point. I learned that new isn't always better and sometimes being comfortable with something is a good thing. I firmly believe now that Movable Type is the most powerful platform but it is also the most complicated technically. I am sure there are plenty people that will argue this point, so take it as one pseudo-geek's opinion and nothing more.
It's nice to be home.
I am running Movable Type 4.2 Beta Release Candidate 3 right now. This version is introducing a lot of improvements including threaded comments out of the box. Right now you have to do a little code patching but I hope that the final release version makes this process easier for users. There are other improvements as well. Check out the MT 4.2 Beta page for more information.
I came back to Movable Type for many reasons. WordPress just didn't suit me. I had problems getting paragraphs to break properly, I could not use the built in image uploader because it continuously failed, I could not get Flickr integration working properly, and I just didn't like the publishing interface. I guess I have grown too accustomed to MT. I know all the problems I had with WP can be fixed, but there just weren't enough reasons to switch to WP to overcome all the frustrations I was having. On a positive note, I am pretty good at installing Drupal, WP, and MT at this point. So, if you need some help, give me a whistle. Then, email me because I won't hear the whistle.
Since this is beta software some things are a little buggy. Search, for example, is not working right now. I assume it will be fixed for the full release. That is the only problem I have found up to this point, but there might be others. If you find any problems, please let me know so I can keep an eye on it when the final release is out.
I am done moving platforms at this point. I learned that new isn't always better and sometimes being comfortable with something is a good thing. I firmly believe now that Movable Type is the most powerful platform but it is also the most complicated technically. I am sure there are plenty people that will argue this point, so take it as one pseudo-geek's opinion and nothing more.
It's nice to be home.
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