Thus begins the second chapter of my blogging. I started out back in January of 2001 with my first entry using Blogger. I liked blogger and what it meant, but after a while I outgrew it's capablilities. That was about last July. Around that time I bought this domain (www.hawktaildesign.com) and downloaded MovableType. I haven't been updating my blog much since then because without good blogging software it just isn't much fun. It has taken me a while to finally install MT and get it up to speed. It really doesn't take that much time, but I honestly just haven't been making the time.
So finally I made the time and here we go. I plan on upgrading my other blog (AllianceWatch) eventually, but I don't know when that will happen. I also plan on putting up my graphic design portfolio at the root of this domain eventually.
Something I did occasionally on this blog in the past was a list of things I like and didn't like about a particular subject. So here it goes for MT.
Things I like about MT:
-Stylesheets
-Easy to use
-Lots of freedom
Things I don't like about MT so much:
-Having to make a creative stylesheet (which I haven't done yet)
-Typing links
-Typing other html
Looks nice and ***WOW*** an entry!
Posted by: alan at February 3, 2004 03:58 PMTyping what other HTML?
I think "typing other HTML" means "in addition to typing in <a> tags.
Noah: You should check out the textile plugin:
http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2003/02/13/textile
One of the people on my server asked me to install it and seems to enjoy it as a way to not deal with HTML all the time.
Posted by: mph at February 3, 2004 10:50 PMYeah, Michael hits it right on the head. Sometimes I just don't want to have to type in the a href and such. I know it but it just slows down my train of thought. I'll have a look at the plugin you mentioned.
Wow, first day up and I already have some comments. I am feeling pretty popular.
Posted by: Noah Brimhall at February 3, 2004 11:14 PMWelcome back,
Moveable Type is great, but it may be easier to post (From your Mac) with Blogapp: http://www.objectivelabs.com/blogapp.php
Thanks for the hint on Blogapp. I think I will probably give it a try at home. Most of my bloging is done during my lunch break, so I will probably use MT most of the time.
Also, I noticed that there is a link creation tool in the MT editor which I had missed before. Dohhhh!
Posted by: Noah Brimhall at February 4, 2004 01:29 PMOh, and there's this way too: http://www.kung-foo.tv/ecto/
Posted by: Andy at February 4, 2004 01:44 PM