MT 3.0
A little over a week ago a very shocking thing happened. Movabletype 3.0 was released, and it came with a few surprises. Needless to say it was a tough week, more so because as a alpha/beta tester, I had no clue this was coming.
I'm not disappointed, and I'm not taking the time to rant about it now because there's no point. I love MT, and I hope that Six Apart keeps listening to the community.
Now Mena is asking how we use our MT installs. Well, this is my breakdown: past, present, and what I had planned for the future.
Currently I have two MT installs on my domain, version 3.0 which I'm still testing and may eventually use for something, and 2.661.
I run three weblogs and each has an author. This is one weblog, and the other two blogs I run for the people I host on my domain. One is used frequently, the other lapses. Sometimes it's not used for 90 days.
I plan to replace a group blog with an MT blog, which currently runs on greymatter. It's password protected. Right now there are about 7 active authors on that blog.
I've previously run a group blog on a different domain with MT using one blog and 5 active authors, 3 inactive.
The licenses need to take into consideration group blogs. There are some great group blogs out there with the ability to discuss relevant issues, or even post pretty pictures. Whatever. The fact of the matter is, the ability to have multiple authors is just a unique and relevant tool as the weblog, and many people count on having that. I think it would be more agreeable to add a few more authors to the licenses.
Comments
i thought moveable type was a php/mysql system? how is this one set up? hrm...
Posted by: jonni | May 21, 2004 3:07 PM
MT was PHP/MySQL. Still seems to be, but Yasmin would know for sure.
It does seem odd that the changes happened so abruptly. Do you know what happened with that "future publish" option? It doesn't seem to be in the documentation anywhere, and I resent buying a corporate license three weeks ago and now facing the fact that I'll have to buy the upgrade already. I won't do it unless that future publish feature is there.
And how fucked up was the Angel finale?? Argh.
Posted by: Steph | May 22, 2004 11:44 AM
The system uses a mysql database to store the entries, and if I wanted to I could code the actual site in php, but the actual script is cgi.
I had no clue they were going to role things out so quickly. The beta testers were completely in the dark about the whole thing. As is, the Developer Edition of 3.0 is still very buggy, so I don't recommend upgrading to it anyway. If you want to test things out on my test version, Steph, let me know.
As for Angel, I need to write up something on that. I think I'm still feeling withdrawal symptoms.
Posted by: yasmín | May 22, 2004 12:14 PM
i need to upgrade the blog system i use. the only thing i miss having is a url box for users who leave comments. i like the system i use because it is so small and minimal. it has what i want and lacks the bulk of the others (like pmachine). i suppose i need to dig around and look at different products. :)
Posted by: jonni | May 22, 2004 3:35 PM
I would really, really appreciate that Yazzy! I'm planning on waiting as long as possible to upgrade just because of the traffic volume to the site. I can't risk a crash.
Jonni; did you ever use Greymatter?
Posted by: Steph | May 22, 2004 4:53 PM
jonni: most of the blog systems out there are going to come with tons of features, but the good thing is that you can restrict what you want to use and what you don't want to use. i'm sure a search will turn up something. i've heard great things about wordpress, and it's php based. mt 2.661 is also still available. if you need it, let me know.
steph: i'll email you.
Posted by: yasmín | May 24, 2004 5:31 PM