on MT..

My initial reaction was much the same as a lot of people's when I first read about MT3.0... $100 (normal price) for only 3 authors & 5 weblogs is a stiff price to pay for the limited number... I currently have two authors & three weblogs. Sometimes I create another author for test purposes, but I suppose that wouldn't really count as an "author" unless it was used on a regular basis... But if I were to purchase MT3.0 and someday decide to do a guest post thing like some people do, that would fill up the limit, and that would just leave me with an uncomfortable feeling.

And the free version having only 1 author & 3 blogs.. Well, using that version would mean I'd have to install two copies just for Josh & I to continue to use updated versions... (not that I've upgraded this one to 2.661.. and oh, look, now I can't unless someone has a copy laying around to send me!) I don't know if installing two copies in the same public_html directory but in different sub-folders would have any adverse affects or not.. and I'm not sure I'd want to risk trying it...

So anyway, when I heard through the grapevine that pMachines was doing a promotion to give away 1000 free copies of Expression Engine, I jumped at the chance and signed up. I got my e-mail this afternoon, letting me know I won and can download my copy. So I did.

But, now Six Apart has listened to the masses, and has adjusted their pricing structure for the personal license. Upped the lowest version of the paid personal license to 5 authors, 5 weblogs. A little more room to move, but still limiting. Expression Engine is unlimited in both.

I am going to be installing EE over the weekend. Mainly, I'm tempted by the lure of "no rebuilding, updating is dynamic & on the fly". I hate that MT has to rebuild, especially if I want to change the layout of the page (I don't have skinning implemented yet). It takes several minutes now to rebuild the whole site, and I still only have less than 300 entries in my blog. I can't imagine how long it takes for you people who have multiple years of entries! Gosh that must take forever!

So, in the interest of experimentation, I'll be installing EE, to try it out, get a feel for it. To see whether we like it better than MT, to see what its limitations may be. I'll definitely leave this copy of MT running in case things go horribly wrong or I just don't like EE. I'll make another entry here when I've tinkered around with EE enough to give an opinion on it.

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