I got hammered with comment and trackback spam when I had MT… that’s why I had to move over to Expression Engine. It’s not free, but it’s worth it.

http://www.elise.com/mt/
archives…ovable_type.php

good site for moveable type info.

A lot of people have moved over to wordpress. I use it and like it alot (it’s free).

I like MT - but the comment spam is bad. But then again, I haven’t implemented my anti-spam software. It’s free, Typepad isn’t. Also MT allows you to keep your domain. I’m not sure that Typepad does. Regardless, you should find a friend with the know-how to move your site over for you - bc it can get a bit tricky. I know a lot of ppl use WordPress and love it - though i like MT layout a lot more.

I’ve used Typepad since day one and have no complaints. There’s no stuff to download, not a lick of content spam, the interface is easy to navigate and their support people are prompt and helpful. And yes, you can keep your domain. Not free, but for me it’s worth the small change to avoid major hassle.

I doan’ know nuthin’ about no MT.

Typepad: I can tell you that there is a way to import your Blogger posts, and if you had Blogger comments, you could import those too. (It was even easy enough that I could do it myself without a tech person.) But at present, you’d lose your Haloscan comments.

We use WordPress over at Jewlicious; the interface isn’t as “shiny,” but seems to work ok. CK swears by it.

Here’s what you need to know.

1. Typepad rocks. But it’s not free. If you want to be able to cut and paste your blogger template into Typepad (which you can do) you have to have advanced templates, which will cost you an account at about $13/month.

2. You can just download Moveable Type (movabletype.org) which is the same “under the hood” software that Typepad uses. You have to have the ability to upload a program like that on your webserver, which I’m sure you can. The only downside — installing it is friggin confusing.

3. After going through step #2, I downloaded WordPress and it’s WAY easy to install and easy to setup. I’d go with this option, and then you don’t have to pay for Typepad, you get WP for free, and you just copy over your templates.

I could help, but it would cost you…something.

I use WordPress over at the Prizzo Skeezy. I like it way better than Blogger, because it doesn’t suck and it’s free. However, it can be a serious pain in the ass to install if things don’t go right, so find a friend with mad PHP and MySQL skillz. Supposedly it will import Blogger posts, but I did mine the old fashioned way with cut ‘n’ paste.

Well, for the past HOUR I’ve been TRYING to transfer my posts to Wordpress except that stupid ass Blogger won’t let me publish. Because they suck.

There’s a free version of Movable Type, and if you run it, you should use SpamLookup so you don’t have to deal with any comment or TrackBack spam. If you don’t want to deal with installation, you can get MT preinstalled with a hosting account that uses your own domain name.

On TypePad, you can keep your domain name as well, and you get stuff like categories and TrackBacks, which Blogger doesn’t have, and photo albums and TypeLists and statistics and a help ticket system, which WordPress doesn’t have.

Both systems let you import your Blogger posts, too.

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I like WordPress (comes with Yahoo! hosting, as does MT, I think), although it is lacking some features I would like. WP make it really easy to import your posts and comments from other blog hosts.