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    Movable Type

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMovable Type is a Perl-based content management system from Six Apart, featuring the capability to host multiple weblogs and standalone content pages, manage files and user roles, templates, tags, categories, and trackback links.N/A
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    Movable Type
    Editions & Modules
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    Movable Type
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Movable Type
    Considered Both Products
    Six Apart
    Chose Movable Type
    WordPress and Movable Type are the go to CMS for a reason - they are by far the easiest to navigate, learn, and use for daily blogging/content management. And now with more plug-ins available, these CMS products are getting more responsive and are offering capabilities (even …
    Incentivized
    Chose Movable Type
    I've used Joomla! and Drupal. Both are power CMSs but I found it easier to work with Movable Type. Every CMS has its positive and negative points, but I found more benefits to using Movable Type compared to Joomla! and Drupal.
    Chose Movable Type
    Movable Type is better than Wordpress because it generates static sites that cannot be broken by losing your database connection. The custom fields in MT are superior to Wordpress because of the way the fields are presented in the new content form. You need to get paid plugins …
    Chose Movable Type
    I believe that these two product are interchangeable for my purposes. I believe WordPress is slightly more complicated and prone to accidents to someone dealing solely with writing like myself; however, this seems to be the hot product right now, and Moveable Type may need to …
    Chose Movable Type
    I'd say Wordpress is better because it's free, but MT is better than Drupal,Joombla and Concrete5.
    Chose Movable Type
    Compared to other content management systems that I have used, Movable Type is certainly a top-of-the-line platform. It is my primary choice when building large and intense user-based websites. If I'm building something simple, like a client portfolio website, I may stick with …
    Chose Movable Type
    Movable Type is outdated and out of style with current blog design trends.
    Chose Movable Type
    Movable Type can be compared to WordPress. It's easy to use, and I would say Movable Type is actually more user-friendly.
    Chose Movable Type
    I have not used any other product except Movable Type for my job needs because this is a fairly new position for me. However, with the positive experiences that I have had with Movable Type thus far, I cannot imagine using another product to meet the demands of my job. I am …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Movable Type
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Movable Type
    Feature
    Movable Type
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Movable Type
    Feature
    Movable Type
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    API6.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Movable Type
    Feature
    Movable Type
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor9.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings
    Admin section8.01 Ratings
    Page templates5.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes3.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.01 Ratings
    Form generator3.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Movable Type
    Feature
    Movable Type
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    Content taxonomy9.01 Ratings
    SEO support6.01 Ratings
    Bulk management3.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions3.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Movable Type
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (9 ratings)