Comments on: WordPress vs Movable Type

By: Yusuf

Yusuf — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:18:42 +0000

Installation takes a little getting used to, but becomes a breeze after a while.

I’m planning on using MT for my business site and WP for my personal site.

Both are free by the way, so I’m not sure why the author mentions cost as an issue.

The advantage WP has is that there are a lot of templates available, giving its users more choice.

By: Гинеколог

Гинеколог — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:13:43 +0000

Update! WordPress 2.6.2

By: Lissa

Lissa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:14:04 +0000

Hi, nice blog. Well written posts. A definite keeper :) Be good. Lissa

By: Mike K-H

Mike K-H — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:16:07 +0000

I have used WP for a couple of small blogs, so I’m getting to know it and some of the plugins. However, when I asked one of my older hosting companies whether I could install WP rather than MT(which thye install and maintain for a monthly fee), they commented that WP could cause heavy server loads on a busy blog. What sort of traffic levels would I need to reach before this was a consideration?

By: Melanie Cameron

Melanie Cameron — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:30:51 +0000

I need some serious blogger expertise. Our site is entrenched in MT’s modules and templates and … I worked way too long as a manager attempting to decipher it all, and crashed my site once.

The hosts we use charge $50/hr, and oftentimes overestimate on hours needed. I can’t independently make cosmetic changes to the site because of how the div classes are set up.

I would really appreciate some consultation on:
A – What am I missing from Movable Type? How are all of these different pages related? What are its capabilities that we are not taking advantage of? How can one make cosmetic changes possible without relying on the host?
B – If MT is not really the best, most manageable, user-friendly option, then is WordPress going to work for us? How long will that kind of project take to bring our MT to WP?

site: http://www.edspresso.com
contact: melanie (a) edreform.com

By: http://www.howmuch.co.nr/

http://www.howmuch.co.nr/ — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:14:43 +0000

Id say WP all the way. More plugins, easy to install, more themes.. Try it out. Install couldnt be more easy. Setup database, get php to work, run install. Done..

By: Reply on Movable Type at Successful Blogs

Reply on Movable Type at Successful Blogs — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:27:28 +0000

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By: Kirja » Migrando a Wordpress

Kirja » Migrando a Wordpress — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:27:25 +0000

[...] En fin, podría extenderme sobre las ventajas de Wordpress y deshacerme en alabanzas, pero creo que lo mejor que puedo hacer es recomendar a quien esté pensando en montar un blog que lo pruebe. Incluso si no se tiene una cuenta en un servidor donde instalarlo, o no se quiere entrar en cuestiones técnicas, existe un portal donde se puede crear un blog basado en Wordpress sin más que registrarse. Yo por mi parte pienso seguir disfrutando de este software durante mucho tiempo y, a partir de ahora, este blog proseguirá tras el primer arranque en falso con nuevos cimientos. No en vano Wordpress se ha convertido en el sistema de creación y gestión de blogs más popular, así que en serio… ¿a que estás esperando? ;) Entradas relacionadas: [...]

By: Farwell Sam

Farwell Sam — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:49:14 +0000

“Whilst” is a horrible word….

By: DavidCubed » Blog Archive » WordPress vs Movable Type

DavidCubed » Blog Archive » WordPress vs Movable Type — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:21:09 +0000

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By: Lee Rogers

Lee Rogers — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:54:13 +0000

Are you sure 26256 about this?!?

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iconSam.com » Blog Archive » WordPress vs. Movable Type — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:30:46 +0000

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By: OODLEDAY! » Interesting

OODLEDAY! » Interesting — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:25:40 +0000

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By: mama dearest

mama dearest — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:18:50 +0000

I have chosen the MT option to try it out and I couldn’t figure it out for the life of me! It didn’t let me have the option of modifying the page, like “Word Press” does. At least it’s “Dummy Proof!” I vote for Word Press.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:19:25 +0000

I use and love WordPress.

At first, I wanted to use MT. But I couldn’t figure out how to install it ;)

By: Lorelle on WordPress » WordPress versus Movable Type: Choosing a Winner?

Lorelle on WordPress » WordPress versus Movable Type: Choosing a Winner? — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:40:21 +0000

[...] Since June 2005, Problogger’s WordPress vs Movable Type post has gotten over 80 responses and so far, it looks like WordPress is winning. This was followed in January 2006 with an unscientific poll of Problogger readers of which blog platforms users preferred. The results were interesting. The results had a few surprises for me. While I was expecting a large showing for WordPress (around 37% of the 1000 respondents) I was intruiged by the large number of ProBlogger readers using the free hosted Blogger.com platform (22.2% – or 222 readers). This figure was almost triple the number of Movable Type Bloggers. Another surprise to me was the large numbers of Blog platforms that I’d never heard of before. By the end of the poll there were 49 options. Thirdly I was interested that 2% of those taking part use some sort of ‘custom made’ blog platform (sometimes even hand coded). [...]

By: C. Wess Daniels

C. Wess Daniels — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:29:18 +0000

without a doubt wordpress!

By: Erin Dailey

Erin Dailey — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:02:37 +0000

I just stumbled upon your site while searching for comparisons between MT and WP and I after spending an hour and a half trying to upload MT to my server and getting frustrated, I finally uploaded WP in five minutes and imported all my old files and damn, it rocks. I can’t believe how awesome it is.

By: nir

nir — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:14:17 +0000

testing

By: jack.ukleja.com » Blog Archive » Hello world!

jack.ukleja.com » Blog Archive » Hello world! — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 11:22:21 +0000

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