Jeff Blogs

When I first decided to get into the blogsphere the software was still pretty raw and it was pretty hit and miss on whether things would actually work. Slowly but surely the industry began to mature and with it came some stability especially from a software perspective. A couple of years ago I finally decided that it was time for me to give up the manual HTML style of blog that I had been running since 1999 and move into the zeros (2000’s). After reviewing and playing with several different software packages I finally resolved that Movable Type was best suited to what I was going to do. I bought the software. Yes you read that right I actually bought the software. I am probably the only individual on the planet that actually spent money for a license of Movable Type for individual use. I figured that if the developers took the time to create and support the software I should do the same and at least monetarily support them.

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Six Apart announced the latest version of their Movable Type software had
been released. Version 4.0 has several features that look very interesting
which is part of the reason why I decided to take the plunge and upgrade
quickly. I’m not completely fearless though as I am not going to upgrade all of
my blogs. I did start with the largest one though when I upgraded Diary of a Diehard. I think I should have
had my head examined with that decision. It’s not that the upgrade was not
successful, it is just that it has nearly 1,000 entries so the upgrade process
has a lot of opportunity for failure. But I wanted to use the new CAPTCHA
feature of Movable Type 4.0 and that was enough to make it worth the risk.

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