Comments on: Giving blogs with Movable Type http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type/ BlogSavvy: Professional Blog Consultant - Consulting for blogging in Business, education, a cause, the community, and blogging for Money! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Yusuf Smith http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type/#comment-348 Yusuf Smith Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:15:48 +0000 http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type#comment-348 <em>No discussion of MT is complete, unfortunately, without the mention of comment spam. In many ways the tool is a victim of it’s own success in this sense as 1st gen comment spammers has little more to aim for and consequently it’s become somewhat of a spam honeypot. Anyone looking to install the free version of MT needs to be 100% aware of this…. am not sure how well later versions stack up.</em> MT 3.2 deals with the spam problem very well. I moved to Wordpress when 1.5 came out because it became intolerable on MT 3.1 - you either put up with the spam or installed a plug-in which appeared to be a factor in causing continual internal server errors. I moved back when 3.2 came out and it's worked very well - it traps nearly all the spam and I've always examined the trapped posts and not found a false positive yet. I run three blogs, and it's more convenient to have a single web interface than three Wordpress installations. No discussion of MT is complete, unfortunately, without the mention of comment spam. In many ways the tool is a victim of it’s own success in this sense as 1st gen comment spammers has little more to aim for and consequently it’s become somewhat of a spam honeypot. Anyone looking to install the free version of MT needs to be 100% aware of this…. am not sure how well later versions stack up.

MT 3.2 deals with the spam problem very well. I moved to Wordpress when 1.5 came out because it became intolerable on MT 3.1 - you either put up with the spam or installed a plug-in which appeared to be a factor in causing continual internal server errors. I moved back when 3.2 came out and it’s worked very well - it traps nearly all the spam and I’ve always examined the trapped posts and not found a false positive yet. I run three blogs, and it’s more convenient to have a single web interface than three Wordpress installations.

]]> By: Robert Reuter, BS http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type/#comment-347 Robert Reuter, BS Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:10:23 +0000 http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type#comment-347 I just bought movable type 2 weeks ago to put a blog on my website http://www.education-homepage.com and can't get it to work at my server. I was thinking about using there typepad hosting? In the meantime I went to blogger.com and created my first blog ever and brand new blog called "Worlds Best Teachers Blog" and just posted my first post on 9-11-05. http://worldsbestteachers.blogspot.com/ I have 2 weeks left on movable type 30 day guarantee and I need some professional opinions. Is this the best software out there for blogging on my own website domain? There has to be something easier to use? Should I keep movable type or give it back? I had consultants give me quotes to get this up on my server, but Im having my doubts on how easy is this to use once I get it to work? What I really want is the trackback feature of movable type? What blog software is best to create 500 blogs on one domain? PS - I need to list my new Worlds Best Teacher Blog on some Education Blog sites, any recommendations? I just bought movable type 2 weeks ago to put a blog on my website http://www.education-homepage.com and can’t get it to work at my server. I was thinking about using there typepad hosting?

In the meantime I went to blogger.com and created my first blog ever and brand new blog called “Worlds Best Teachers Blog” and just posted my first post on 9-11-05. http://worldsbestteachers.blogspot.com/

I have 2 weeks left on movable type 30 day guarantee and I need some professional opinions. Is this the best software out there for blogging on my own website domain? There has to be something easier to use?

Should I keep movable type or give it back? I had consultants give me quotes to get this up on my server, but Im having my doubts on how easy is this to use once I get it to work?

What I really want is the trackback feature of movable type?

What blog software is best to create 500 blogs on one domain?

PS - I need to list my new Worlds Best Teacher Blog on some Education Blog sites, any recommendations?

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]]> By: Robert French http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type/#comment-345 Robert French Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:12:27 +0000 http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type#comment-345 I like MT. I've uploaded and launched a few MT blogs. It is, by comparison to Drupal - the other you've reveiwed - much more complex and 'clunky' in my experience. The new 3.2 version is better, though. And, multiple blogs are easier to implement than before. Rebuilding pages, fixing templates, etc. is made easier with the new version - but, it is still clunky. MT is still more of a developer's, or experienced hosting provider's, tool. I know those in that community would argue with me on that, but that's my impression. MT is not for the faint of heart. Great software, though. Nice people in the developer community. A good sampling of plugins. Significant number of themes. All of those aspects are growing. For spam, the only one I've found that really gives you a fighting chance is WordPress. And, even there, you have to implement several together - along with captcha - to do the job well. I like MT. I’ve uploaded and launched a few MT blogs. It is, by comparison to Drupal - the other you’ve reveiwed - much more complex and ‘clunky’ in my experience.

The new 3.2 version is better, though. And, multiple blogs are easier to implement than before. Rebuilding pages, fixing templates, etc. is made easier with the new version - but, it is still clunky. MT is still more of a developer’s, or experienced hosting provider’s, tool. I know those in that community would argue with me on that, but that’s my impression.

MT is not for the faint of heart. Great software, though. Nice people in the developer community. A good sampling of plugins. Significant number of themes. All of those aspects are growing.

For spam, the only one I’ve found that really gives you a fighting chance is WordPress. And, even there, you have to implement several together - along with captcha - to do the job well.

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]]> By: Blogsavvy: Professional Blog Consultant - Consulting for blogging in business, education, the community, activism and for money http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type/#comment-343 Blogsavvy: Professional Blog Consultant - Consulting for blogging in business, education, the community, activism and for money Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:06:10 +0000 http://blogsavvy.net/giving-blogs-with-movable-type#comment-343 [...] ve people blogs. Visit the contents page to see the lot (or suggest more content!) or grab the feed to keep up with new stuff! How can you give blogs with Movable Type? [...] [...] ve people blogs. Visit the contents page to see the lot (or suggest more content!) or grab the feed to keep up with new stuff! How can you give blogs with Movable Type? [...]

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