Rodent Regatta

Today I downloaded Zempt 0.3 and this is the first entry that I’ve done from it. We’ll see how this goes.

My challenge at this point is to compare and contrast the following in an attempt to improve on my blogging experience:

• Zempt
• TypePad
• TextPattern
• Textile
• MT-Textile 2 (beta plugin)
• Movable Type Pro (with all the features of TypePad and more?)
• an assortment of plugins at Brad Choate’s site

This will take quite a bit of research.

• * * UPDATE * * * I’m only moderately impressed with Zempt. My first experience with an entry wasn’t terrific; I couldn’t preview the entry. There’s a preview tab, but it didn’t work properly. More importantly, I haven’t hit on the advantages of using Zempt to create and publish an entry as compared to Movable Type’s own entry-edit screen.

Also, I created the original entry, spell-checked it and added several words to the dictionary. Each of the two times I’ve edited the entry, it has forced another spell-check and the words I added continue to pop up as incorrectly spelled. (Beta?)