April 13, 2007

Clear As Mud

Pixy,

We have mu.nu, mee.nu, who.knew, and who.knows.what.else!

I'm getting confused, and even more importantly, the folks that I've handed out beta keys to are too!

Are the mu.nu sites going away when Minx migration is done? Or are we keeping the domains and redirecting to the new mee.nu sites? Can Marsha keep her secret from Todd? Or will Stacy spill the beans and ruin everything?

Sorry, got carried away there (which I highly recommend by the way). Anyways, when and if you get a chance, can you explain to us how this is all set up and how it's all going to work together and interact?

'Preciate it, and thanks for all the hard work you do!

Rocket Jones

Pixy says: mu.nu will stay mu.nu, same as always. The Minx software that runs mee.nu will be available at mu.nu as well, but you keep your domain. No need to redirect; mu.nu will still have its own servers.

The one thing that is shared is the user database: If you sign up at mee.nu, mu.nu blogs running on Minx will recognise your login when you leave a comment.

Posted by Ted at April 13, 2007 11:32 AM
Comments
#1

I'm keeping my keys under wraps until the beta matures a bit. Once I understand how to run a blog on the new system, I'll get some bloggers with some level of sophistication to go at it.

Posted by Steve Janke at April 13, 2007 03:11 PM
#2

One thing - the beta program won't run for all that long. Unless we run into some significant issues, mee.nu will start hosting free (ad-supported) sites next month, and once that happens, the beta will close.

The keys will be good up until the end of April, but I'm not sure how much longer after that.

Posted by Pixy Misa at April 14, 2007 12:52 AM
#3

On behalf of the technologically and chronologically challenged (i.e. those of who barely know what we are doing and don't have an excess of time) will there be a fairly idiot-proof way to migrate an MT blog into Minx?

Posted by Stephen Macklin at April 14, 2007 01:03 AM
#4

Hey Pixy,
Do I get keys?
And is MookieRiffic going to be reset?
And just in case my email addy is mookieriffic -at- gmail -dot- com
Thanks
-Mookie.

Posted by Mookie at April 14, 2007 02:27 AM
#5

Stephen - There's a working method for getting your posts and comments across to Minx. Not for templates, though, and I don't know if or when that will happen.

Mookie - I'll email you.

Posted by Pixy Misa at April 14, 2007 02:37 AM
#6

Steve, I'm taking the exact opposite approach.

Minx, like any other blogging software, is going to be used by primarily unsophisticated users. If newbies can handle the interface and starting up tasks and be successful, then anyone can.

I fully expect 90% of my keys to lead to dead sites within 6 months. Such is the nature of blogging.

Posted by Ted at April 14, 2007 12:35 PM
#7

Yep. Although - at some point I'll probably require users to register to comment. Also, if you've handed out all your keys and need more, just ask.

Posted by Pixy Misa at April 14, 2007 07:06 PM
#8

Oh, lost my train of though there.

You'll need to register to comment - or log in if you already registered. And there will be private messaging and forums and polls and so on that will need you to log in, The idea is to give people reasons to keep coming back to mee.nu even if they're not actively maintaining a blog. Or rather, give users the tools to keep their readers coming back, and give those readers reason to want to log in and make more use of mee.nu.

Or something like that...

Posted by Pixy Misa at April 14, 2007 07:09 PM