MT to WP
Yup, I switched from MovableType to WordPress. I know my layout looks pretty generic but it sure looks better than the stale one that’s remained unchanged, until now, since this blog’s inception. I’ve been tired of the old one as I’m sure many of you have as well (nauseated by it, even). So why switch to an entirely new blogging system when all I want to do is change my layout? As I’ve never upgraded to the paid version of MT, I saw this as an opportunity to try something new and free. I chose WordPress which some of you have recommended in the past. So far, it’s proven to be a relatively easy blogging tool to set-up and work with.
That’s not to say it’s been a flawless process. Because of my requirement to have WordPress use the same directory as MovableType (”deebeedee.com/blog/”) while still keeping the MT files intact for linking purposes, I ran into a few snags. It’s all been ironed out already though. I also got my MT posts to import into WP without any hitches. My main concern with this migration was to have links to my old MT pages (whether from search engines or other sites) not break somehow by having them point to their corresponding WP posts (which have an entirely different permalink structure — a future-proof one). After much searching, I found a redirect script that does just that.
Now that I’ve got the backend work out of the way, I can concentrate on the front-end. The layout will incrementally take on a more customized look as I learn how WP themes work. It may take a while, but I’ll get there, doncha worry.
Tags: movabletype, webdev, weblog, wordpress
June 12th, 2005 at 10:01 am
Congrats! I love WP. Now, if only I had the time to upgrade from 1.2 to 1.5, then I wouldn’t have to deal with comment spam anymore.
June 14th, 2005 at 10:49 am
Thanks, it’s been good so far. But I’ve barely touched the templates. Soon!
June 14th, 2005 at 11:23 am
Bughaw is run by Wordpress, and I love it! It’s so easy to tweak by just looking at the stylesheets. I replaced the background and the header with my own —- but, it does take up your time, but well worth the effort in the end.
June 14th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
Hi milkphisch (what’s up with all the fishes?)! Welcome to my blog. As you can see I did some tweaking and changed the header image. It’s pretty easy!
I’ve added you the blogroll by the way.
June 15th, 2005 at 11:31 am
I’m not the Phisch person who posted above. I chose milkphish for my nick because bangus is the national fish of the Philippines — it was the only thing I can come up with
Thanks for blogrolling bughaw — I also added you to my links page.