Changes to the Site
By Michael on Jul 24, 2006 in Blogging
You may have noticed that the site looks a little different today. That’s because I switched blogging platforms over the weekend from Movable Type to WordPress. I managed to get most of the site rebuilt but there are still some things missing and some broken links. Hopefully I’ll get all that sorted out in the coming days. If you see anything strange on the site, please let me know — especially those of you who are not using a FireFox browser.
Those of you who are subscribed to my feed shouldn’t have to change anything. But if you’re having feed issues please let me know about that too.
If you’re wondering why I changed platforms it was just so that I could do this — 
. Just kidding, although that is one small part of it. The main reason is that WordPress is a lot more flexible than Movable Type. The functionality available via its plugins and widgets is almost mind-boggling. Maybe I’ll write more about that later if anybody even cares. For those who are considering starting a blog and don’t want to deal with managing their own server space and configuring software I highly recommend using WordPress.com which gives you free, hosted WordPress blogs. IMHO, it’s a much better way to go than Blogger/BlogSpot (ClogSpot)
P.S. Oh, if the site looks really crazy, like it’s totally unformatted try reloading a couple of times and/or clearing your browser’s cache.
Tags: Blogging, movable_type, plugins, wordpress
20 Comment(s)
By Dan on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Hello, I’m running Firefox 1.5.0.4, and all of the charts and even this text box run into and under the right menu column. May be something on my end, but I’ve never had this problem at your blog.
By Trader-X on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Mike - I think it looks great. The only problem I see is that on the old site you had the “tribute to Trader-X” at the top of the page…you know, my picture, bio, and how I impacted your life. Anyway, I am sure it will be back up soon.
By Trader-X on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
I am using the same version of FireFox, and everything looks fine.
By Hubert on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Mike,
congrats nice new look.
hope it makes you life easier
Hubert
By Michael on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Thanks Dan. I’ll look into it. If you’re still here, can you try clearing your cache and/or reloading the page a couple of times. If it still doesn’t look right would you mind telling me what your screen resolution is?
By DrFox on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Hi Mike,
Here everything looks okay. Links are working and bla-bla-bla.
Wish sucess with the new plataform and will definitively take a look at WordPress.
[]’s
DrFox
By Gav on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Hi Mike,
I am using firefox and Flock. No problem! Everything looks great. Good move.
By Gav on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Btw, I think you need to lengthen your banner.
By Baby Jocko on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Looks fine with IE7
By Trader-X on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
As if to challenge me to look at WordPress, Blogger has been down all morning. I have been unable to post for about four hours now.
By Michael on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
X, I’m
at your earlier comment. I’ll get right on that tribute to you.
As for ClogSpot. Go ahead and free yourself man! I started out there back in 2003 and quickly bolted b/c of the same issues you’re having today.
By Babak on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Neat! First ugly and now you Mike. Welcome to the WP family
By Blain Reinkensmeyer on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Mike,
I head a non-profit organization dedicated to investing and the stock market. I am looking to speak with you regarding an interview for our community blog and would like to run by you a few ideas for our site. Please send me over an email when you have some free time.
Look forward to speaking with you Mike. The blog looks great.
Best Regards,
Blain Reinkensmeyer
President
falkininvesting.com
By Mousefinger on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Welcome to Wordpress Mike!
I’ve used it for a few years on a couple of my sites. I love it! It think your site looks great now. Congrats.
By Mousefinger on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
That should be “I think your site…” Not “it”.
By Mike O'Connotr on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Hi Mike,
My version of Firefox is the latest for the PC, and everything looks fine to me.
-Mike
By Michael on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Thanks for the beat testing guys.
By eric haller on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
wordpress is great, i made the move a couple years ago. it looks awesome to me!
By Chris on Jul 24, 2006 | Reply
Mike,
The site looks great! I need to switch out of blogger and onto WP. I also need to drop the blogspot address and get the blog on my own web server. I worry about the transfer of charts but understand that it can be done.
Great job, it didn’t take any time to adjust to the new format (that’s a sign of quality).
Chris
By Jim on Jul 26, 2006 | Reply
Mike,
FYI, I am using IE 7 (beta 2) on one of my machines and see the same problem Dan reported. The right side of the center column is behind the right column. Also your banner logo is cut off on the left side. I cleared the cache and that had no effect. Resolution is set at 1024×768.
Regards,
Jim