Mat Harden

I’ve given up with MovableType. I’ve always liked it, but it’s just too difficult to do some simple things. The template/widget system is too confusing. I got very frustrated trying to remove file extensions from post URLs - I can’t believe they don’t make this easier to do. The final straw was when I somehow couldn’t allow comments even though the option seemed to be on in the admin.

WordPress 2 has so many great features and is a joy to use. I’ve taken me about 30 mins to sit down and get it all set-up including importing posts from MovableType. It took longer than to update MovableType from version 3 to 4! Let’s see how I get on with WordPress.

Not much blogging going on yet, but I’ve added my micro-blog feed from Twitter today. At least I’m serving bite size nuggets of my mundane existence for you to scoff whole.

Courtesy of Damien du Toit’s neat little jQuery plug-in. This little feature uses JavaScript, so if it doesn’t appear it may be because that’s not available.

Since the move to WordPress I am no longer using this JavaScript plugin, but rather the WordPress plugin Twitter Tools.

I’ve been meaning to blog it since he launched it. And I’ve been meaning to blog it since Andrew mentioned it. I’ve added a link to it. Now, I’ve just read iFridge? and I think it’s about time I finally got around it.

Colley.me.uk launched on 11 May 2006. Apart from being my gigging buddy he’s also one of my favourite have-a-little-chuckle-to-yourself-over-a-lunch-time-sandwich wordsmiths. Check him out!

Shame you can’t write comments though. I got done by one of those smart-pants mini bars when I emptied the whole damn thing to put my water in there. Next thing I know, there’s a bill at my door.