Installing Movable Type
Movable Type runs on a Web server where you use it to set up and add content to your blog and build the blog pages that visitors see over the Internet. You install the Movable Type software on the Web server. Once Movable Type is installed, you use a Web browser on your personal computer to connect to Movable Type and make changes to your blog.
You don't need your own Web server to install and use Movable Type. You can easily contract with a Web hosting provider to "rent" space on a managed Web server. Just make sure that your hosting service provides the minimum requirements for Movable Type. Most hosting services offer the Apache Web server and MySQL database. When this is the case, you can follow the Quick Start instructions to get your Movable Type system installed and running in just a few minutes.
If you have your own Web server, you can also follow the Quick Start instructions, or you can read about more advanced installation and configuration options in the UNIX/Linux Installation Instructions. If you have a Windows Web server, we've provided detailed instructions for installing the required components as well as Movable Type. See Installing on a Windows Server.
- Before You Begin
- Quick Start Instructions
- Working with Your Blog
- Linux/Unix Detailed Instructions
- Windows Server Instructions
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
Community Installation Resources ΒΆ
For additional help, consult some of the following resources created by the Movable Type community:
- Step-by-Step Guide with screenshots - courtesy of Super XM
Alquma
April 9, 2009 4:52 PM | Reply
How many minutes it takes the installation and running of Movable Type software on a Windows Web Server?
seo power
April 10, 2009 1:08 AM | Reply
I feel more complex than wordpress install
Rob Kenny
replied to comment from Alquma
April 20, 2009 11:07 AM | Reply
Provided the pre-requisites are there (perl, mysql, iis) a couple of minutes.
BrooklineTom
June 22, 2009 11:58 AM | Reply
How tedious is it to install Moveable Type on my (local) winXP developer system under an Apache webserver, so that I can preserve compatibility with my linux host when (and if) the time comes? I'd like to try it out locally before I deploy it my public (linux) server.
My WinXP box has perl and mysql installed and running, as well as Apache. I avoid IIS like the plague. I'm an experienced programmer.
BrooklineTom
replied to comment from BrooklineTom
June 23, 2009 12:13 PM | Reply
I'm mostly there. I found the directory structure assumed by the "Installing Fully Within You (sic) Web Root" directions to be a little surprising, but not seriously so. I needed to add an "AddHandler" directive to my apache configuration file, again nothing serious. All in all, so far it has been very smooth.
Based on my experience so far, I strongly encourage WinXP users who, like me, prefer apache to IIS to go right ahead with this approach.
All in all, including the time taken to update my perl installation, download and install some optional modules (I use ActivePerl and PPM), and so on, it's taken me a few hours at most.
I'm impressed with the package, and look forward to supporting it for others.