Okay, I give up – I’ve had it with Movable Type 4. I recently “upgraded” to the latest “new and improved” version of Movable Type and it’s given me nothing but headaches – it’s not possible to export templates without buying an expensive plug-in, trying to customize it is a nightmare, for every step forward there have been three or four back (it seems as if every time there’s an “upgrade,” MT loses functionality). On top of that, I bought an individual license at the beginning of the year because I finally gave up on some of the problems (with the older version) I was having and now MT no longer recognizes that license for this latest version.

While some things look “great” (like the administrative control panel), beauty with Movable Type 4 is only skin deep – there seem to be many little problems and quirks which often interfere with simple things like publishing an entry. Frankly, I’d rather spend my time blogging and not spend countless hours just trying to get my blogs to work, at the same level as with older versions of MT.

So. . .I’ve finally decided to dump MT and move on the WordPress. Interestingly, it was far easier to install WordPress (minutes versus hours), they have a ton of templates, their support forums are far more active that MT’s, they actually have a LOT of plug-ins (which don’t cost an arm and a leg), and everything seems to work as it should. As a result, this will be my last post on this blog (I’ll eventually put a redirect on this page to my WordPress blog, which already contains the same content). Of course, I intend to cross post this entry on the new blog. Based upon my experience so far, I’ll be able to get the new version customized within a very short period of time – hopefully, within a matter of days. With luck, I’ll soon be concerned only with blogging and not dealing with all of the backend problems with MovableType.