Comments on: A big change: From MT to WP

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:42:23 +0000

I am moving our platform from one built in-house to Wordpress…I am so excited!!!

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:59:14 +0000

Thanks Darcy. I’m glad your experience was better than mine.

By: Darcy McGee

Darcy McGee — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:53:59 +0000

I just don’t buy this, based on one person’s experience (even if I respect that person, as I do in this case.)

> From a simple, useful, usable blogging tool in 2002 MT had become a bloated,
> useless, unusable tool in 2008. I could no longer use it.

I started with MT2.6 and have moved through 3.1, 3.3, 4.0 and 4.1 seamlessly. Every upgrade has been error free and easy to manage, including the move to 4.0.

I recoded templates in 4.0 because I prefer the new tag syntax to the old, but I didn’t have to do any of it: everything worked.

Yes the tool is bigger, but it still works. The conclusions you’ve draw from one bad experience are too generalized: like arguing that all cars are crap and unusable based on the occasional lemon.

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Wp Wordpress » Blog Archive » MaadMob Dumps MT for WordPress — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:22:20 +0000

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By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:47:53 +0000

Welcome to WordPress!

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:47:41 +0000

I think it’s safe to say that nobody expected to find it there…

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:56:15 +0000

Thanks Adam – it is good to know it is possible and there is that flexibility. I thought I looked everywhere but didn’t think about looking on the template editing screen

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:56:57 +0000

Yes – you can do it on the template editing screen for the template the URL structure applies to.

It actually gives more flexibility than there was before, but the change hasn’t been well documented.

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:02:52 +0000

Thanks Ian. But I shouldn’t have needed help. After 6 years of using a product, I shouldn’t end up in a position where I don’t know what to do and can’t find the answers

Is it actually possible to change the structure of the URL?

By: Ian Fenn

Ian Fenn — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:49:12 +0000

What a bummer. I would have been happy to help you out with MT. I agree with you though – the user interface for MT 4 was a huge step back.