Category: Weblogging

When exploring the differences between the dynamic version of Movable Type and WordPress, it’s easy to get caught up in the one using a template engine and tags and the other using function calls. Those who support tags will say, and rightfully, that actual PHP code in a template can be intimidating to non-techs; but […]

In the last post, I said I was a pusher of code, not a designer. As a pusher of code, then, I do feel comfortable commenting on the user of Atom or RSS for an import/export format. Danny Ayers recently pointed out that there’s a new Atom format spec. Good, clean writeup with an interesting twist […]

I spent time yesterday working with the three sites ported from Movable Type. While I port each individual’s current look, I set up a PHP-based switcher they could use to try out some of the available WordPress Themes. There has been criticism that WP doesn’t look that great out of the box. I think the issue […]

Unless I get specific questions, the last post concludes my WordPress to MT coverage. Ultimately we find that the two environments are more compatible than not, as long as you approach conversions methodically. However, I’ve done so many conversions between tools now that I may have forgotten something; so please add questions into the comments. […]

The two environments, Movable Type and WordPress, are very different. Apart from one using Perl for core functionality, the other PHP, another significant difference is that WordPress uses PHP function calls directly in the template, while MT uses template tags, and then relies on the Smarty Template Engine (more on this in a separate post), […]