Funny story.
My old web host migrated me to a new server (without telling me). Suddenly, POOF! Movable Type stopped working. Wouldn't even let me log in. Calls to tech support got misinformation and no progress. At precisely the same time, Matthew Baldwin sent me an email chiding me for not having registered staticzombie.com. And so the universe aligned, and one thing led to another web host, and presto-- here we are, running on the new Movable Type 3.2-- which I'm sure has some whiz-bang features that I'll discover when I have more time.
Actually, one feature that it does have is TypeKey support. If I turn this on, it would require that you register with TypeKey in order to post comments. Yeah, I know-- a bit of a hassle, but it's actually quick and painless, and you only have to do it once. Then you just provide your TypeKey ID when you post a comment. The HUGE advantage for me is that it would effectively eliminate comment spam (or so I'm led to believe). Cleaning out comment spam costs me quite a bit of time, so getting rid of it would be a huge relief. Any other MT 3 bloggers care to share advice on plug-ins to install, anti-spam strategies, etc? Is there a good alternative to turning on TypeKey authentication?
Meanwhile, everything here seems to be working. Entries that link to other archived entries are broken, but I'll fix those when I have a few minutes. If you spy anything awry, let me know.
Welcome to the new Zombie.
Posted by Peter at September 8, 2005 05:43 PM | TrackBackBut don't forget to put the links to here on the Game Report, though. That's how I get to SZ (because I keep hoping you'll actually put content on the other site).
Posted by: Nathan Beeler on September 9, 2005 10:19 AMWell, hell -- if I'd known you were gonna do what I told you I'd-a asked for twenty bucks.
Posted by: Matthew on September 9, 2005 11:05 AMditto on the link from GameReport... it is also how I get here... I'll take my dry humor where ever I can find it!
Posted by: Danielle on September 9, 2005 01:41 PMI'm not sure yet how I can link from TGR to here the way I used to. I used an SSI to include a Zombie index file on TGR's front page, but that doesn't seem to work when the index file is on a different web host. I'm sure there's some alternate way to accomplish the same goal-- and if you know of one, I'd love to hear it-- but I haven't found it yet. So I suggest you add SZ to your RSS aggregator or start coming here directly. Besides, TGR is effectively dead, and I don't anticipate updating it any time soon.
Posted by: Peter on September 9, 2005 05:44 PM