Six Apart Launches Movable Type 4
Six Apart’s latest release, Movable Type 4, is out of beta and into the wild. Movable Type 4 features a completely redesigned admin interface and some 50 new features. For full details on what’s new in MT4 check out our earlier coverage of the beta.
Perhaps the most notable feature of MT4 which we didn’t discuss in our earlier review is the move to a component-based architecture where paid extensions and additional functionality run on top of the same code base. In other words the enterprise version of MT4 can be laid on top of an existing MT4 installation.
The more modular approach should make it easier to upgrade and migrate your installation should you decide that the features merit the price.
To go along with the release of MT4 there’s an entirely new plug-in directory available so even if 50 new features doesn’t satiate your blogging desires you can always drop in the latest and greatest plugins from the MT community of developers.
Another notable element of MT4 is the much touted open-source version, which will offer most of MT4 under the GPL, but you’ll have to wit for that. The open source version is slated for release later this quarter.
