Comments on: Switching from Typepad.com to Wordpress http://blog.twelvehorses.com/blog/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David LaPlante | New Blog Design. w00t! http://blog.twelvehorses.com/blog/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-253 David LaPlante | New Blog Design. w00t! Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:15:25 +0000 http://blog.twelvehorses.com/2007/02/14/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-253 [...] Robert and Josh accumulated enough photos/emails of me to extort me to get me to get off my butt and join their little WordPress revolution. So I’ve been working with Scott Patterson (designer) and Veronica (my very own personal project manager) to switch over from my TypePad account to a “company” developed/hosted site. Practice what we preach we say… I’ve been on TypePad since 2004 — having upgraded from a failed experiement with Blogger in 2003. Let me just say to Anil Dash and Mena Trott (founder of SixApart): TypePad rocks! I still love it…and will miss it greatly for this site. TypePad was soooper easy to use and made this widget addict very happy. [...] [...] Robert and Josh accumulated enough photos/emails of me to extort me to get me to get off my butt and join their little WordPress revolution. So I’ve been working with Scott Patterson (designer) and Veronica (my very own personal project manager) to switch over from my TypePad account to a “company” developed/hosted site. Practice what we preach we say… I’ve been on TypePad since 2004 — having upgraded from a failed experiement with Blogger in 2003. Let me just say to Anil Dash and Mena Trott (founder of SixApart): TypePad rocks! I still love it…and will miss it greatly for this site. TypePad was soooper easy to use and made this widget addict very happy. [...]

]]> By: Josh Kenzer http://blog.twelvehorses.com/blog/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-93 Josh Kenzer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:13:38 +0000 http://blog.twelvehorses.com/2007/02/14/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-93 Anil, Thanks for the comment. My original blog (thekenzers.com) was created on Movable Type back when the product was open source - and I loved it. However, once there was a cost for the software, it became less easy to try. The low cost risk along with the open source community made WordPress a better choice for Twelve Horses. After implementing dozens of WordPress blogs over the last 6 months, the thought never occurred to us to try out Movable Type again. Anil,
Thanks for the comment. My original blog (thekenzers.com) was created on Movable Type back when the product was open source - and I loved it. However, once there was a cost for the software, it became less easy to try. The low cost risk along with the open source community made WordPress a better choice for Twelve Horses.

After implementing dozens of WordPress blogs over the last 6 months, the thought never occurred to us to try out Movable Type again.

]]> By: Anil http://blog.twelvehorses.com/blog/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-92 Anil Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:33:52 +0000 http://blog.twelvehorses.com/2007/02/14/switching-from-typepadcom-to-wordpress/#comment-92 Just curious -- any reason you didn't choose Movable Type for your standalone blog? It can reuse your TypePad design, comes with the same dedicated support team, and lets you export your data if you ever want to back it up or move to another tool in the future. I work with the MT and TypePad teams, so I get the chance to see that MT powers a lot of the biggest blogs in the world, and we help send a lot of business to consultants who work on the platform, especially in the marketing world -- I'd be glad to put you in touch with our team if you're interested. Just curious — any reason you didn’t choose Movable Type for your standalone blog? It can reuse your TypePad design, comes with the same dedicated support team, and lets you export your data if you ever want to back it up or move to another tool in the future. I work with the MT and TypePad teams, so I get the chance to see that MT powers a lot of the biggest blogs in the world, and we help send a lot of business to consultants who work on the platform, especially in the marketing world — I’d be glad to put you in touch with our team if you’re interested.

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