teh SUCK is high with movabletype

MadCat · 2010-02-14, 11:37 PM

MT has issues working off the domain root, blogs you create always go in a subdirectory off the main domain. You -can- get it to work off the main domain root but then you have to do some shit with rewrite rules, or you'll be forced to have a single blog per MT install (and not the multiple blogs per install).

Multiple blogs on different domains are also a pain in the ass because MT insists using the search script etc. off a single domain.

Bill · 2010-02-15, 03:27 AM

Well it's totally the wierdest cms I've ever played with.

It's interesting, but it keeps doing unexpected things on me, I never have any idea what it is going to do when I hit publish.

The distinction it draws between website and blog still confuses me. And I've just barely begun to figure out it's widgets. Or how to edit it's appearance.

Or how to create a blogroll.

Earlier tonight I finally got it to publish roughly the way I wnated it, with blog entries posting to the root of the domain, but I feel certain thats a fluke, and teh next time I make an entry it will totally fuck up the root index again.

There doesn't seem to be all that much in the way of good advice available on how to work with it either. At least my searches are all finding old pages based on mt 3 and 4.

Still, like working on an antique engine, it's kinda satisfying. And if it can be used to create really stable blogs with low server load that could be worth the learning curve.

2010-02-14, 11:37 PM	#1
MadCat If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 247	MT has issues working off the domain root, blogs you create always go in a subdirectory off the main domain. You -can- get it to work off the main domain root but then you have to do some shit with rewrite rules, or you'll be forced to have a single blog per MT install (and not the multiple blogs per install). Multiple blogs on different domains are also a pain in the ass because MT insists using the search script etc. off a single domain. __________________ What's blue and not heavy?

2010-02-15, 03:27 AM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well it's totally the wierdest cms I've ever played with. It's interesting, but it keeps doing unexpected things on me, I never have any idea what it is going to do when I hit publish. The distinction it draws between website and blog still confuses me. And I've just barely begun to figure out it's widgets. Or how to edit it's appearance. Or how to create a blogroll. Earlier tonight I finally got it to publish roughly the way I wnated it, with blog entries posting to the root of the domain, but I feel certain thats a fluke, and teh next time I make an entry it will totally fuck up the root index again. There doesn't seem to be all that much in the way of good advice available on how to work with it either. At least my searches are all finding old pages based on mt 3 and 4. Still, like working on an antique engine, it's kinda satisfying. And if it can be used to create really stable blogs with low server load that could be worth the learning curve.