I thought it was going to be hard, but it wasn't. Thanks to the easy export of MT and the import wizard in b2, moving blogs, categories, comments, and authors was a snap! It only took a few minutes to redo a few things to my liking, and now I am running a full php based solution. Many people have made the jump away from Movable Type, myself included. It has started taking longer and longer to do a rebuild, and after trying the Typekey service, I found it did very little for me. (Especially the part where nobody wanted to sign up). I had to get away and try something different.
A while back, I had helped Dave get his own blog up and running. In setting that up, I fell in love with b2's structure. It was kind of clunky, but I could do something I had been wanting to do for a long time- step around templates. I like having a back-end application for data entry, but when I want to display my blogs, I want to most direct access to it. The EvoSkins are nice, but nothing will ever beat the ability to set some parameters in a stub file and have 100% control over your layout on a physical level. Templates are nice, but the instant you start doing things such as custom views, file includes, and php based queries in addition to your blog, the skins just don't work as well as you would like them to. Enter the stub file- small, simple, allows you to set template variables on the fly, and just works. As a person who wants a site dedicated to experimentation and development, I couldn't have found a sweeter deal.
Now, I simply have to wait for google to update, and my new links will start behaving like they should. The old MT archives are still up since I haven't finished the b2 format yet, but I must say, I am liking things better already.
Between you and I, however, when it comes to a business solution, I'm probably still going to suggest Movable Type. The new version is perfect for businesses.
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