Movable Type
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Movable Type is proprietary blogging software written in Perl and originally released in 2001.
Examples
A few, very active 10+ year old blogs use Movable Type, e.g.,
This makes it an interesting case study for longevity.
Movable Type was briefly open source for versions 4 and 5. This created a fork called OpenMelody but sadly as of 2014 it appears to be stagnant and as of 2024 is difficult to run on a modern Linux installation because of old Perl scripts that don't work with modern Perl. As of version 6, the open source license option was removed.
Previous uses
- https://www.dashes.com/anil (now uses Eleventy)
- https://waxy.org/ (now uses WordPress)
- http://codinghorror.com (now uses Ghost)
- https://beesbuzz.biz/ (now uses Publ)
IndieWeb Examples
The above sites are all "independent" even "indieweb" by at least some IndieMark measure.
However, no one active in the indiewebcamp community currently uses Movable Type.
Would be great to get one or more the above examples involved in the community!
Database and Static Files
Movable type is interesting in the database debate. It uses a database, but renders all pages to static files by default. So sites made with it tend to be less fragile and persist longer
FAQ
Movable Type Outreach
Q: Do we have a moveable type outreach group? (Possible candidate? http://sixcolors.com/2014/12/powered-by-movable-type/ )
A: Not at the moment, as we don't even have any indieweb community members using Movable Type to do the outreaching (in contrast to the WordPress Outreach Club).