Upgrades

Spent some time today upgrading to version 5.2.9 -- user interface is a lot better than 4.381 but I still prefer 3.15 - concise and fast.

4.381 (this was the last of the 4.nnn releases) was a pig with lipstick and I abjectly apologize to all of the wonderful (and tasty) pigs out there.

5.2.9 is a lot nicer. Movable Type's upgrade path was not as smooth as I would have liked. There are a lot of archived posts that display odd formatting and lots of those little black diamond question marks wherever there used to be an MDash or a nice quotation mark. We should have had the option to strip out custom formatting and replace it with standard during the upgrade. Here is a recent post that shows what I am talking about: The Left's fondness for Global Warming

Moot for a new customer but when you have over ten years of posts and over 17,000 entries, this becomes a bit of a hassle.

I do have the full backup of the site back to 3.15 so I may tender some options if they are offered but not holding my breath...