For some reason I found myself wanting to try MovableType 5. So, as I usually do, I took the READY-SHOOT-AIM approach and wiped out what little was still here and installed MT5 completely clean. This version takes what was new in the last big release and ads what I feel is just another level of complexity to the system without really changing too much under the hood. The first hurdle for me was understanding the concept of Websites versus Blogs as they relate to MT5. It seems that in this version everything has to be contained in a "Website" and a blog can not exist on its own but is rather part of a website. I am slowly starting to see how this can be advantageous and I suspect it is intended as a framework for building sites that include blog content but that are not strictly weblogs only. For me, however, it was and still is confusing on a technical level if not necessarily on a conceptual level.
I get the feeling that I really should be using WordPress for this personal blog. I don't really have any reason to say that other than MT seems to be more and more big website/corporate focused than personal user focused. Of course, if I had any real skill at design and layout I might be able to actually use the power of this software but I just don't have the experience. Still, I am used to MT's publishing interface and familiarity often breeds contentment...or something along those lines.
It looks like I have to rebuild my layout...again. I'll get around to it but really what is more important is giving this website a reason to exist. Such a thing has been hard to define over the last year or so but I still feel a certain pull to this medium even if I don't use it particularly well or for any lasting purpose. In the long run I suppose this site and anything associated with it continues to be my little playground. I guess every so often I just like refilling the sandbox with fresh, white sand.
I get the feeling that I really should be using WordPress for this personal blog. I don't really have any reason to say that other than MT seems to be more and more big website/corporate focused than personal user focused. Of course, if I had any real skill at design and layout I might be able to actually use the power of this software but I just don't have the experience. Still, I am used to MT's publishing interface and familiarity often breeds contentment...or something along those lines.
It looks like I have to rebuild my layout...again. I'll get around to it but really what is more important is giving this website a reason to exist. Such a thing has been hard to define over the last year or so but I still feel a certain pull to this medium even if I don't use it particularly well or for any lasting purpose. In the long run I suppose this site and anything associated with it continues to be my little playground. I guess every so often I just like refilling the sandbox with fresh, white sand.
