The year was 2005. I had recommended to my friend that Movable Type was one of the best content management systems out there. I install it and this website was born.
Yet over time I became a bit frustrated at Movable Type. I had it installed on a church website I maintain. There were over 2000 entries. Everytime I made a slight change to the template I would have to rebuild all 2000 html files which never really completed, leaving the website in a state of disarray.
Then came the nail in the coffin. Movable Type went pay only in 2013. Now for the super low charge of $999 you can have an unlimited pro account or .07/hour or $499 a year for AWS. Since I’m not into paying for software that once was (and still should be) free, I decided to look into other means.
Wordpress had been on my radar for quite a while, but I had no experience with it. I dove into it not knowing what to expect. After some road bumps on installation I found myself thoroughly pleased with the service. After redoing my whole website to make it match my template match my old Movable Type template, I later realized that the way to go was to pick a free theme and modify it accordingly.

I’ll continue to use WordPress until they go pay or something better (and free) comes along. Mark my words. Movable Type will die.