Title: WordPress or Movable Type?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress or Movable Type?

 *  Resolved [ShadowXOR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadowxor/)
 * (@shadowxor)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/)
 * I’m considering starting a news/blogging website that I want to have room for
   expansion.
 * One of my biggest things I want is forum integration with IPB where my posts 
   automatically generate a thread on the forums (without using IPB’s portals, I
   don’t like them). I also would like members who sign up being able to login to
   both the forums and the main page at the same time, and that they share the same
   account. Is this possible? I may forego this feature since it seems perhaps very
   difficult to do but I would like to hear your thoughts on it.
 * And is WordPress relatively easy for a somewhat technical person who isn’t very
   familiar with coding and the platform to get set up? I would have customizations
   done by a pro.
 * Finally, is it a very…open and dynamic platform where I can add features such
   as user blogs, etc.? This is a long ways down the road but I want to pick the
   right platform that will scale to my needs and handle traffic loads well. Thanks!
 * For a feel of what I’m kind of going for see [http://www.destructoid.com/](http://www.destructoid.com/)
   except they don’t have the forums integrated with the same login as the main 
   site. They currently use Elephant which seems really buggy to me (and expensive).
   Is this the right software for me?

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 *  Thread Starter [ShadowXOR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadowxor/)
 * (@shadowxor)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/#post-680710)
 * Help? Did I post this in the wrong section?
 *  Thread Starter [ShadowXOR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadowxor/)
 * (@shadowxor)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/#post-680729)
 * I’m also considering Joomla! and Drupal.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/#post-680734)
 * You know, this is a community based forum, staffed by volunteers. Waiting more
   than an hour before getting impatient would be wise. At least wait a day or two,
   you know?
 * All I can tell you is what Google told me. There is a commercial plugin to link
   IPB to WordPress. I know nothing of it other than it exists. Invision Bridge 
   seems to be the name of it.
 * Setting up WordPress is very easy. Customizing it requires knowledge of PHP and
   web design.
 * It is a very open platform, however some customizations are easier than others.“
   User blogs” might take some advance planning.
 * The short of it is that WordPress can be customized to do just about anything,
   but it’s really heavily geared towards being a blog, not a general purpose CMS.
   It has much of that sort of functionality, but customizing it would take some
   PHP skills.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/#post-680735)
 * what some of “help” are you looking for? There isnt any _pre-sales_ advice that
   one can give you, that isnt really just attempts at placating or biased opinion.
 * For starters though, stand alone wordpress, the one that you download from **
   this domain**, does not support multi-user blogs. There is a another project 
   for that, located here:
 * [http://mu.wordpress.org/](http://mu.wordpress.org/)
 * You mention IPB, did you google “wordpress and IPB” or did you look here to see
   what others want to do/have already done.
 * [http://wordpress.org/search/IPB?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/IPB?forums=1)
 * lastly, browse the documentation
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page)
 * 99.99% of what people here say is going to be baised, we already use WP after
   all.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-or-movable-type/#post-680735)
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