Movable 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.
Web Producer at AIGA (Media Production, 11-50 employees)
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 …
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Web Designer/Developer in Information Technology at eVariant (Internet, 51-200 employees)
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.
Web Developer in Professional Services at Digital Designs (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)
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 …
Web Manager in Information Technology at New World Media Management (Newspapers, 51-200 employees)
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 …
Website Developer at Amundson Studios (Design, 11-50 employees)
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 …
Web Specialist in Marketing at Anoka-Ramsey Community College (Higher Education, 51-200 employees)
Chose Movable Type
Movable Type is outdated and out of style with current blog design trends.
Verified User
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.
Verified User
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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Features
Movable Type
Security
Comparison of Security features of Movable Type
Feature
Movable Type
5.0
1 Ratings
49% below category average
Role-based user permissions
5.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Movable Type
Feature
Movable Type
6.0
1 Ratings
26% below category average
API
6.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Movable Type
Feature
Movable Type
6.4
1 Ratings
20% below category average
WYSIWYG editor
9.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness
6.01 Ratings
Admin section
8.01 Ratings
Page templates
5.01 Ratings
Library of website themes
3.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
8.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow
9.01 Ratings
Form generator
3.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Movable Type
Is your business an enterprise level business that has more than a half dozen different content types? If so, then you might want to use a dedicated CMS rather than Movable Type. Movable Type is best used on small / medium sized businesses and is not the best solution for a full-fledged CMS. If you're using your content for something other than just displaying a website, then it's probably not for you. Movable Type works great for news/blogging sites. In fact, Daring Fireball, one of the most popular Apple-centric blogs is using Movable Type as its publishing platform.
Easy to use straight out of the box, very user friendly with an intuitive interface.
Great for team use where there are multiple editors and writers fixing and editing each other's works. It's easy to track who last made the latest edits.
Stellar support team and system. I've found that Moveable Type's support system is generally more responsive and helpful than WordPress.
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Especially on the older versions, the limited number of well-developed third-party plugins is problematic for efficiently developing a well-functioning website.
Versions of movable type which didn't allow pages to be constructed were difficult to create continuity in design and easily editable pages for our editors.
The installation process could be simplified to make it easier for those new to a CMS to install.
I think there are still improvements to be made. I haven't tapped in to the full functionality of the CMS yet but the rating I give it now is only based on what I've been able to use it for
