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Can’t locate object method “configure” via package “MT::ObjectDriverFactory” (perhaps you forgot to load “MT::ObjectDriverFactory”?) at \\nas-002\winspace\10-eyes4u.net\www\mt\lib/MT.pm line 877.

Does anyone know when Yahoo is going to upgrade the Movable Type version they provide in their Web Hosting from version 3.2 to 4.0?

Thanks
Ed
Peningo Systems

Maybe a better example of how we’re trying to reach out to the community, and how that’s being responded to by bloggers is to look at Aaron’s MT4 video and his more recent post. Even since the comments he and I both posted above in this thread, we’ve been able to reach out and have a productive dialog. I’ll get in touch and hopefully you can see we’re trying to do the same for all of the members of the blogging community.

I know a few years ago you didn’t – MT installed with comments and trackbacks open by default, and when Six Apart changed this they made the implicit statement that it was to reduce load on the Six Apart servers – no consideration for user experience.

I used to use MT, but it couldn’t hold a candle to WP. WP is just so much more flexible as a platform and easier to admin. There’s nothing in the MT 4 notes that suggests Six Apart has even gotten near looking at such issues.

In the meantime, I guess I remain an ex-customer of Six Apart who’s been given no reason to change his disgruntled view of the MT platform.

This has been my experience.

Over the years I have used various blogging platforms, and never found one I was completely happy with, even ones I designed myself. I always felt ’something was missing.” It was as if I was being forced to use a Windows based platform when I knew there was something better out there — my Mac. :)

Having used MT3 on a visit to a colleagues office, I was immediately smitten.Maybe this is THE blogging platform I have been looking for.

I had a major no-commercial project in the pipeline which would involve a need for numerous blogs on our own servers so I decided to wait until MT4 was available before I switched over to it.

I read all the reviews, followed all the pre launch beta testing comments and marketing hype with anticipation, and finally took the plunge and downloaded MT4 this week.

I am no whiz at the technical side of server management, but I would consider myself a bit more technically savvy than the average man/woman who would wish to use MT4.

Here are the results to date of my attempts to get up and running with MT4 out of the box.

Ran MT system check on server. Server returned as having all the necessary requirements and being OK for running an installation of MT4.

Set up a MySQL database (DBD::mysql & DBI.pm perl modules ) for MT use.

I uploaded Movable type via FTP to the server using my Mac ftp client. (Fetch)

MT4 setup wizard said that as server will not allow it to run from cgi_bin. directory it had to go in other directory. I moved it.

I then had to change all the necessary permissions on .cgi files to 755 so they executed.

This got the MT installer wizard to start. The wizard then told me that one of the MT Folders ( mt-static) had to be put outside the main MT folder so it could be on accessible webpath to run.

However, no matter where I put it, the wizard could not find it, even though the web path address to it is correct. ( I can find it by putting webpath url in browser and get “mt-static OK” message )

I then tried editing the mt-config.cgi file. This did not work either.

I have a much better than the average server hosting account with one of the top providers in Europe. ( Unlimited number of domains/unlimited domain size/unlimited data transfer with full access and control)

The current thought — according to a Server support engineer — as to why MT4 will not install properly was that.

“MT was trying to connect to server through Port 80 which is dis-allowed”.

End result? I still do not have MT4 to use. But I am not — yet — fully disheartened. I have now ordered a “paid for” installation from MT4.

This will make it an expensive “free” solution, but if my expectations are realised it will be worth it. Watch this space :)

On the other hand, because I’ve left my existing MT blog with it’s old articles in my server – I’ll give MT4 a try and see the difference. Maybe it’s changed a whole lot since 3.2. :)

Danny
http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/

I’ve never had the same problems with Wordpress. I’m interested to see that it’s possible to run MT “dynamically” though – as rebuilding a large site to form static pages is a real pain.

I’m sure there are performance hits both ways (ie the hit on the server building static pages, versus the continual hit of creating dynamic pages each and every time), but then there are possible solutions like Lightpress.

Unfortunately, my Movable Type (and Typepad) experiences have tainted my judgment for now and it would take a lot to convince me to use MT by choice for my own sites.

And of course memcached works great with MT4. I don’t think I’m the one who’s being arrogant here.

Those infrastructure pieces also help run most of Web 2.0

Anil, this is why no one respects SixApart. This comment is the pinnacle of arrogance.

Of course, MT also supports dynamic PHP output, too, if you just want to publish and go. :)

Check the last Wordpress release notes please! ;) And don’t forget Matt’s site was hacked too. I can’t believe Wordpress anymore

So thanks 6A team amd community for your work

With MT, the policy is that we completely disclose security issues as soon as they arise and we’ve created a patch, and the disclosure happens right on the Movable Type homepage. One thing we work very hard to ensure is that you don’t have to dig around in obscure mailing lists or developer sites or on somebody’s personal blog to know there’s a new version our update available. We also do professional internal code reviews of all of our releases before they go out the door, along with periodic more detailed security reviews. The last significant security update was created as a result of our own internal review, for example.

We also proactively mail users who are on the email update list, and all Enterprise customers get directly contacted by their account representative.

In all, we’ve had *very* few security issues over the years. Some of the design choices we’ve made have helped inform that, and I think you’ll also see security benefits from the fact that we’re sharing code with our other platforms like LiveJournal and Vox and TypePad, which also have their own security review processes.

The truth is, any platform will have security issues. Judging by the common public security tracking mailing lists, I’d guess that we have fewer security issues than most applications of equal popularity. But the real focus is how they’re dealt with and how frequent they are, and I’m quite pleased with our record in that regard.

And security does seem to be an issue with WordPress, although I’m not knowledgeable enough about it to say so definitively. I’ve read some things here and there that make me wonder. Anil, are there specific areas in which MT4 has superior security over WordPress?