Behold, Movable Type 4.0

Congratulations on another fine release!

CONGRATS!!! I was shuffling through today and everything looks great!!!

Hi there,

I'm a paid-up MT3 customer. I'd like to migrate my blog, but how do I do so while keeping my status, in particular, continuing to use my recent-update key? The MT web pages give no indication on whether this is or isn't possible.

Hello Anil. Congratulations to you and your team at MT4 on launch.

In your interview at http://www.problogger.net in regards MT4 you said,

"the install process is *much* easier. I’m certainly not a super-technical guy, and just by following the steps it was really easy — no need to edit a config file or any of that stuff."

This has been my experience — to date — with MT4 .

Over the years I have used various blogging platforms, and never found one I was completely happy with, even ones I designed myself. I always felt ’something was missing.” It was as if I was being forced to use a Windows based platform when I knew there was something better out there — my Mac. ☺

Having used MT3 on a visit to a colleagues office, I was immediately smitten.Maybe this is THE blogging platform I have been looking for.

I had a major non-commercial project in the pipeline which would involve a need for numerous blogs on our own servers so I decided to wait until MT4 was available before I switched over to it.

I read all the reviews, followed all the pre launch beta testing comments and marketing hype with anticipation, and finally took the plunge and downloaded MT4 this week.

I am no whiz at the technical side of server management, but I would consider myself a bit more technically savvy than the average man/woman who would wish to use MT4.

Here are the results to date of my attempts to get up and running with MT4 out of the box.

Ran MT system check on server. Server returned as having all the necessary requirements and being OK for running an installation of MT4.

Set up a MySQL database (DBD::mysql & DBI.pm perl modules ) for MT use.

I uploaded Movable type via FTP to the server using my Mac ftp client. (Fetch)

MT4 setup wizard said that as server will not allow it to run from cgi_bin. directory it had to go in other directory. I moved it.

I then had to change all the necessary permissions on .cgi files to 755 so they executed.

This got the MT installer wizard to start. The wizard then told me that one of the MT Folders ( mt-static) had to be put outside the main MT folder so it could be on accessible webpath to run.

However, no matter where I put it, the wizard could not find it, even though the web path address to it is correct. ( I can find it by putting webpath url in browser and get “mt-static OK” message )

I then tried editing the mt-config.cgi file. This did not work either.

I have a much better than the average server hosting account with one of the top providers in Europe. ( Unlimited number of domains/unlimited domain size/unlimited data transfer with full access and control)

The current thought — according to a Server support engineer — as to why MT4 will not install properly was that.

“MT was trying to connect to server through Port 80 which is dis-allowed”.

End result? I still do not have MT4 to use. But I am not — yet — fully disheartened. I have now ordered a “paid for” installation from MT4.

This will make it an expensive “free” solution, but if my expectations are realised it will be worth it. Watch this space ☺