cajunman4life Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Hello everyone. I'm looking at starting another site (blog site), and while I'm quite pleased using Blogger with FTP upload, I'm considering using either MT or WP. What are your recommendations? Which one do you like and why? Any comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Quote
marie b. Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I'm a massive fan of MT. No particular reason why -- just adding my 2C -- but I'd rather use MT over WP any day. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I feel you should install several and use the one you like best. Which one is better or worse is purely subjective to your tastes. I've used Blogger (with FTP) then MT and now I use WP. I was using MT when everyone was having problems with spam comments. WP and Spam Karma have eliminated 99.999% of all spam for me. Quote
TCH-Rob Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I started with MT and moved to WP. Cant remember why but I doubt I will go back. I like WP quite nicely, easy for me to use. Install them both as tests and make your pick from there. Quote
abinidi Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I have not used MT, but I really like WP. I love how fast it is, and I like that it uses SQL/PHP, because as I'm trying to learn more about SQL and PHP, I can practice what I learn on my blog. It is fun. I love how easy WP is to install, maintain, and use. I love the feature set in WP, and I have had good success working with people on the WP forums to overcome any problems I've encountered. But I agree with others, install both and see which you like. If you go with WP, I'd recommend that you pick a different theme from the default theme. It isn't my favorite design. But that's just me... Quote
TCH-Tim Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Started with MT, ended up with WP. Think the "out of the box" setup and maintenance is easier and makes more sense. Content is dynamic using PHP and mySQL, which is nice. And it's all still 100% free. Think I jumped ship when MT started charging for certain licenses and knowledge base access. But like everybody else said, just try them out. If you don't like one, it's very easy to export your stuff to the other. Quote
cajunman4life Posted October 12, 2005 Author Posted October 12, 2005 I installed WP (like timhodge, I kind-of was put off by the fact that for certain things regarding MT, it requires you to purchase a license). I think it will work good. I'll work on designing my own template now. Quote
kaz Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 1) Check all blog site links to other blogs to see customisations and how it looks 2) look for admin demos and stuff 3) check their community forums or support pages even email em to see how they respond if they do 4) search for hacks/mods/themes etc for the blog and see if their are and easy to find Ive used MT, and Wordpress and b2 and now im using Nuclues CMS, its really cool and everything you need is on the site Quote
OldTimer Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 Ive used MT, and Wordpress and b2 and now im using Nuclues CMS, its really cool and everything you need is on the site I'm also a fan of www.nucleuscms.org/ Just have it running on my localhost now, but it has a great community and a slew of pluggins' Not sure what the server load is on it? Didn't care for the forum setup at WP Too hard to find anything. Greg Quote
DWD Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 MT fan here, and it is free for one author w/o tech support. Whatever review you look at be sure they are discussing MT 3.2 which made a whole lot of improvement over prior versions. Quote
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