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.

Following the directions here were a snap. I also made sure to follow these backup instructions, just in case. Within minutes I had moved my entire blog (small I know, but it is mine) to the new version. Short version of what I did- backup wp files and database, upload new wp files, modify config files as needed and hit the admin pages for the database to be upgraded. Painless and quick.

As I look at the admin interface I think I will enjoy the product even more.

Hats off to the Wordpress folks!