Saturday September 4, 2004
MT Ugraded
On August 31st, the folks at Six Apart released Movable Type v.3.1, which signified the general public release. Previously, v.3.0 was mainly for developers.
They have already patched a few small things, and so last night I finally upgraded from v.2.661 to v.3.11. The layout of the admin screens is a bit different, but it is easy to figure out. I like that so many options are available from the main menu—for example, you can go straight to editing templates, instead of drilling down the screens.
Also, there is the great ability to view all comments, comment moderation, etc. The moderation—bolstered by installing MT-Blacklist—allows options pretty much identical to those I set up on my test Wordpress site.
I’ve also implemented the feature of dynamic pages—a new option with this current release. I had to the slightest of modifications, but so far so good. Think of all the space I’ll save.
So there you have it. If you notice anything out of whack, please let me know—there may have been some issues from upgrading that weren’t readily apparent to me.
So anyway, if you’re still running an older version of this software, you really should consider upgrading—it’s pretty neat.
Posted at 2:14 PM |
Do you think it’s better then WP?
Faster? Easier?
They both have their pluses and minuses I think. This version of MT pretty much works the same as the old one, although now you can actually schedule the time/date of the post BEFORE publishing, instead of changing it after the fact…and you can customize each template to either be static or dynamic.
There is a PHP folder where I think you could write plugins but i’m not sure—if not, then WP is easier to code for….the plus side is that modifying the look of MT doesn’t involve hacking core files like it does with WP. There are a few features MT doesn’t have yet like passwording entries with individual passwords, but it looks like it caught up to WP in terms of many cool things like subcategories and dynamic publishing.
I guess it’s really coming down to a matter of personal preference….I do like the easy to write plugins for WP, but I don’t want to use it unless it has full multi-blog support—including the feature I use which is to show posts from my photolog on my main index. Once WP can do that, I might reconsider.
Do you miss MT?
3 | Posted by: Jennifer
on September 05, 2004 @ 2:05 PM
I’m happy that my blog runs.
I’ve been running on nucleus and that blog crashed on me during an upgrade.
MT.. well I actually deleted that DB without knowing (my fault *G*) so now I got tired and put up WP.
The installation is so much easier.. and I’m pretty fast convinced if it comes to those points. :)
But miss MT? No not at all! I even dare to say that I’m happy to be rid of it. ;)
4 | Posted by: Sofie on September 06, 2004 @ 1:02 AMWell, in that case, I think that’s great! Ultimately all that matters is that you like the program you are using—there are too many options out there not to use one that you are comfortable with.
I do agree that the WP install is faster/easier than MT—although I find it’s A LOT easier to break the WP templates if you put in an extra space, “, ? or whatever.
Anyway, I’m glad you’re happy with WP, I do think it’s a neat program.
5 | Posted by: Jennifer on September 06, 2004 @ 8:27 PM
