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April 22, 2005

Hey Now, It's Movable Type

Over the years, I've run this blog (or its predecessors) on a variety of platforms. First, there was SlashCode, which was nice for what I was trying to do at the time. Then came CuteNews, which never quite did exactly what I needed. For a while, I ran my blog over at Xanga until I made the jump BACK to my own server. When I moved my blog back to www.lockjawslair.com, I started using PostNuke. Postnuke is a GREAT application, with FAR MORE power than I'll ever need to run a blog. Unfortunately, it lacks a couple features I've come to love. It doesn't automatically ping update sites, and it has no capability to handle trackbacks.

I've paid attention to which blogger runs what software, and what they think of it. The most respected blogging software seems to be Movable Type, by Six Apart. Well, I've made the jump. Lockjaw's Lair now runs Movable Type 3.16.

The old site is still up and running. I did this so that old links to stories will continue to work. The two systems (Postnuke and Movable Type) can actually co-exist pretty well in the same directory. If you go to index.php, you're on the old Postnuke site. If you go to index.html or just plain old www.lockjawslair.com, you'll get the new Movable Type site. Links on the old site are starting to point to the new site, as fast as I can change them, and the transition to the new site should be rather painless.

What this means for my readers is that commenting on posts will be easier. I'll have more control over comments. The site should run cleaner, load faster, and generally be better.

What this means for me is that I've got to get to work on my template.

Posted by Lockjaw at April 22, 2005 2:35 PM

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