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# Moving to WordPress
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2009428moving-to-wordpress-html/
- Published: 2009-04-28T21:01:17.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:31:06.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Blogging, Technology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

I’ve been blogging for almost seven years now. Most of that (until last December) has been on [Movable Type](http://movabletype.org/?ref=dashhouse.com). At the time, MT was by far the best blogging platform out of there, and I was happy with it for a long time.

Two things turned me off of Movable Type. One was my own doing. I had customized the installation to the extent that upgrading was a major chore, and one that I no longer desired. Also, the server load was quite heavy. I had my account suspended once for the demands it was putting on the server.

This January, I moved to [Typepad](http://www.typepad.com/?ref=dashhouse.com). I got a free lifetime account with the [Typepad for Journalists](http://www.typepad.com/blogging/bailout.html?ref=dashhouse.com) program. Typepad is good; they handle the back-end maintenance. I encountered a few problems:

- I had a couple of complaints that people couldn’t load the home page. I found that it didn’t always load the style sheet.
- Images posted on the site are really hard to get off if you ever decide to move.
- I missed tracking applications like [Google Analytics](http://www.google.com/analytics/?ref=dashhouse.com) and [Mint](http://haveamint.com/?ref=dashhouse.com).

So I’ve made the move to WordPress. WordPress seems fairly easy to maintain, and powerful as well. I’ve been impressed with things so far.

One thing is for sure: I hope it’s a very long time before I have to change blogging platforms, or spend hours on the back-end!