Here at Smartalyx Computer Support, we like to try new things. We have in some capacity played with some of the major online publishing systems. This includes Joomla!, Drupal and Wordpress. Now in an effort to understand some other options out there we are testing Movable Type by Six Apart.
Installation seemed straight forward. Reading the directions anyways. The install itself was painful and overly complicated. Nothing worked quite the way it should and the instructions did not help much. Where Wordpress has what they call “famous 5 minute guide”, I could not find a similar overview for Movable Type. I am familiar with creating sub-domains, databases and all that so those concepts are not foreign.
Needless to say after multiple attempts it never worked. As soon as I mentioned I was trying MT on Twitter, Six Apart did communicate back- so at first I was impressed. I asked a couple of straight forward questions about licenses and such. However as the install started to fail and I asked for resources, silence. I did not ask for specific resolutions- I know they have a paid structure for that- but rather some resources I could reference. Since that question, I have heard nothing. Alright, that helps me choose whether or not to continue.
I choose not to continue. Wordpress , Drupal and Joomla have all worked without hitch and the communities are great.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
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March 16th, 2009 at 3:37 am
I’ve made the very sad realization that Six Apart should probably rename their product to Immovable Type when trying to move my blog to another directory on my server. Ended up salvaging my blog entries whilst losing all of my images in the end.
WPFTW.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Leah-
That does suck. Looking at your blog I can see how losing your images would really impact you.
Alyx
April 7th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Hello !!! ^_^
I am Piter Kokoniz. oOnly want to tell, that I like your blog very much!
And want to ask you: is this blog your hobby?
Sorry for my bad english:)
Tnx!
Piter Kokoniz, from Latvia
April 14th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Its a pity. MT used to be much better, but ever since they tried to copy WP with MT 4.x, it has sucked. Try using the MT Image upload function… it gives you image code inside form tags. Mindblowing!!!
July 21st, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!
July 29th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Damn, that sound’s so easy if you think about it.