Why Movable Type?
Briefly, the requirements for the Setup32.com Web site were something like:
- Ability to create and maintain a deep category structure.
- Ability to assign the documents to multiple categories.
- Ability to produce a clean and valid XHTML code.
- Ability to customize the templates.
- Ability to produce search engine friendly URLs.
- Ability to use all SEO related tags – h1, h2, h3, alt, etc.
At first I wanted to try Joomla CMS (formerly Mambo) for this project. However, it was impossible to comply with at least 3 of the above requirements. First, it is impossible to create a deep and complex category structure with Joomla. You’re forced to stick with the very old Section/Category model, i.e. the directory structure can be 2 levels deep.
Second, in Joomla it is impossible to assign a document to multiple categories. I really hope the development team will come with some updates shortly. In fact, the lack of the above two abilities makes Joomla inappropriate choice for a large number of projects.
And third, Joomla still produces ugly and not valid table-based code.
So, Movable Type in action :)
I hope to show you how Movable Type can be used for building large and complex Web sites. i'll use Movable Type 3.2 for this project. Please visit Six Apart's web site for all the new features in Movable Type 3.2