Thanks go out to Dave for suggesting WordPress to me. It took me a little while but the switch from Movabletype to Word Press is finally finished. The only thing I wasn’t capable of doing was the dropdown categories without a ‘go’ button. When I used the code to have the page transferred after selection (the same used for the monthly archives) it wouldn’t validate. I got fed up with fiddling with it and left it as is, it works, just not the way I want it to. A task for another time.

In short, WordPress is a breeze to setup. The only minor obstacle I had (aside from the dropdown menu creation) was adjusting to the new tags. Which, after a few minutes, became much easier.

My major reason for switching was NO MORE REBUILDING. If you have tons of entries, archive monthly, daily, and categorically, you know how much a pain rebuilding can be in Movabletype when making even the slightest of adjustments. One click and it’s instantly published.

I like the way, after setting up the main index template, WordPress automatically configured the archives and comment pages by integrating my design. A nice time saver.

WordPress is a powerful content manager, simple in its appearance but bold in functionality. Combined with all of the plugins that are available and a great support community, WordPress is absolutely superior to the other content managers I’ve used.

Thanks to the Subscribe to Comments plugin from ScriptyGoddess it’s now possible to be notified via email when someone replies to your comment.

I’m going to explore and add some plugins. If you’re thinking of switching to Word Press, try it, I promise you won’t look back.