Movable Type

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This article is about the weblog software. For information on the printing term, see Printing press.

Movable Type is a proprietary weblog publishing system developed by California-based Six Apart. It is widely used, and supports most popular weblogging features, including user accounts, comments, TrackBacks, categories, and themes, and is extensible through a large library of third-party plug-ins. (The TrackBack feature was actually originated by Six Apart, and version 2.2 of Movable Type was the first weblog publishing software to include support for it.) Movable Type is free of charge for a single author, and paid licenses are available [1] to allow more authors and weblogs on a single installation of the software. The current version is 3.2.

Movable Type is written in Perl, and supports storage of the weblog's content and associated data within MySQL, Berkeley DB, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. The application supports static page generation (in which files for each page are updated whenever the content of the site is changed), dynamic page generation (in which pages are composited from the underlying data as the browser requests them), or a combination of the two technologies.

With the release of version 3.0, there were marked changes in Movable Type's licensing [2], most notably placing greater restrictions on its use without paying a licensing fee. This sparked criticism from some users of the software, many of whom announced that they would convert their weblog to another package, such as WordPress. With the release of Movable Type 3.2, the ability to create unlimited weblogs at all licensing levels was restored.

Six Apart also maintains two other weblog publishing systems, TypePad, and LiveJournal. While Movable Type is a system which needs to be installed on a user's own webserver, TypePad is a hosted weblog service. LiveJournal is an entirely separate blogging system which was developed independently until being acquired by Six Apart in January 2005.

History

Movable Type was originally named Serge after musician Serge Gainsbourg.

Date Version Other notable occurrences
October 8, 2001 1.0
October 22, 2001 1.1
November 5, 2001 1.2 Supports pings.
December 13, 2001 45 donations received. Donations of $20 and above receive a recently updated key. Donations of $45 and above receive personal support.
December 12, 2001 1.3 Supports Blogger API.
January 7, 2002 1.4
January 11, 2002 Paid installation available for personal sites at a cost of $20 for the first hour and $5 for each additional hour.
March 20, 2002 2.0 Supports IP banning for comments. Commercial license of $150 introduced.
May 2, 2002 2.1 Supports MetaWeblog API.
June 26, 2002 2.2 Supports MySQL databases and TrackBack. Plugin architecture introduced.
September 6, 2002 2.5 Open pinging interface and integrated search.
February 13, 2003 2.6 Support for Creative Commons licenses, RSD, and PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.
December 22, 2003 2.65 Atom syndication template introduced as a default template.
May 13, 2004 3.0 Supports TypeKey, a centralized authentication system for commenting.
August 31, 2004 3.1 Supports dynamic PHP publishing.
August 25, 2005 3.2 Highlights include improved installation and upgrade, new styles and new plugin capabilities.

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