As bloggers and blogging in general have been maturing we have been witnessing a shift in the types of things people expect and need in their tool-set. That is why an important part of this release has been building a platform that helps bloggers and site owners to manage and promote a more active and engaged audience and community.
In our ongoing series of "What's New in Movable Type 4" we showcase the next set of features that help people build real community sites.
In our ongoing series of "What's New in Movable Type 4" we showcase the next set of features that help people build real community sites.
- OpenID support built in
- Built-in user registration
- Powerful profile pages for every user in your system
- Customizable roles and even more granular user permissions let you control exactly what users can access
- A ratings framework that lets users rate any item in the system -- entries, comments, and in the future even authors or entire blogs
- Easily reply to comments from right within the administration UI
- Built in per-author archives let your readers connect with the people who publish the site
- Automatically provision a new blog for each user who registers with the system
- Built-in support for integrated spam fighting and optionally displaying a CAPTCHA for comments
- Integrated email notifications -- let your readers know when a thread they're interested in has updated
Tami
June 22, 2007 8:24 PM | Reply
Wonderful feature improvements!
metisinternet
June 24, 2007 10:50 PM | Reply
The built in rating system is something very exciting that I have been looking forward to for a couple of years. All of these features listed make it easier to create and manage blogs, but the rating system really impacts on stickiness and user engagement. Just hope that the UI continues to improve.