I've decided to change my blog software from Wordpress to Movable Type. The main reason for this is that I was finding my blog to be running rather slowly. Wordpress regenerates every page view from the database, whereas Movable Type generates static HTML pages when anything is published (be it a post, comment, etc) which should make things a lot snappier.
I've imported everything from my old blog (a surprisingly easy process), and put in a redirect on the server to the new page. This will mean however that people will need to change their RSS/Atom feeds to point at the new system. It also means my facebook profile has reimported all the posts, but that's not really a major problem.
OK, a few things:
Make sure you blog your thoughts on MT vs WP when you've had the chanct to use it a bit mate. I'm keen to hear how you feel about the comment management, ease of use, themes, plugins, etc.
Cheers!
PS. The built-in openID support doesn't correctly read my name from my openID provider (unlike the OpenID plugin for WP ;)). So it looks like a URL instead, not good!
PPS. There's a bug in the javascript when you press "preview" before posting a comment.
I sure will write a comparison post once I've used it a bit. I'm not sure what's up with the OpenID stuff, I'll dig around the settings and see what I can do.
The preview thing seems to work here in IE7 - got to eat our own dogfood in work. I'll check it out in a few other browsers at home later.
I've changed the settings so I don't have to approve every individual comment. Should make things a little easier for you.
OJ - looking at the users page in my admin panel, it shows you having both a name and a url of "rant.blackapache.net" and doesn't give me any way to edit it.
Hey dude.
I still hate #2, and you're still lucky I have an OpenID otherwise I wouldn't sign up just to comment :)
I had no issues with WP-cache breaking at all, and I upgraded wordpress constantly. Are you sure it wasn't some other plugin that was breaking?
As far as the OpenID stuff is concerned, I don't think that'll be something that'll appear as an option for you. Most OpenID providers allow you to specify a persona which contains the name to be shown when the comment is made.
Do you have an OpenID? If so, post a comment on my blog using your openID and you'll see what i'm getting at. If not, have a look at my comments, they're all openID enabled, but actually have my name as requested.
Some sites that i post comments on that use OpenID get my full name out, but that's still better than the url :)
PS. turn on javascript debugging in IE7 and you'll see it fire the error when you hit preview!
OK, I see what you mean about the commenting registration process, I've enabled anonymous comments (hopefully the spam filter is good enough!).
I still don't see a script error, even with the script debugger turned on.
Ah well, never mind. Good work on the anon comments. I do think it's a good thing to do. Nothing worse than having to register just to say "Yup, i agree" :P
Yup, I agree! ;-)
Is there a RSS feed for comments still? I can't see it, but maybe I'm being blind.
Hmm. There's a feed available in my admin panel, but I can't see it from the blog. I'll hunt around to see if I can enable it for ya!