Domians
May 2nd, 2005A few weeks ago I’d never registered an internet domain. Now I find my collection proliferating.
Many, many companies offer domain registration and web hosting services. Each one seems to do things a little differently. Thus far I have not found any company whose web interface I like so much that I want to consolidate all my domains to that single hosting company or registrar.
I have just registered the domain prcsecuritiesregulation.com through the hosting company Media Temple. I wanted that domain for the obvious reason that it relates to my principal research interest (I was frankly surprised it is still available). I am hosting the domain on MediaTemple because they offer to install the blogging software MovableType when you buy a hosting plan. I want to try MovableType because it purportedly allows you to keep multiple blogs through one installation. WordPress, which I am using for walterhutchens.net/blog, does not support multiple blogs from a single installation. I want the multiple blogs feature because, as I have recently noted here, I want to find a way to publish a subset of my blog entries (those on PRC securities law) to a specific domain while keeping the general blog elsewhere. I want to see if MovableType is the tool for that.
MT operates much like its simpler cousin TypePad. I tried TypePad before moving to WordPress. I’ll happily pay for MT if MT will help me do what I want to do (without requiring me to learn a lot of stuff that I want to stay away from), but right now I am having problems just getting it to upload images to my site hosted by Media Temple.
Meanwhile, as shown by the image above, I have discovered that WP can do what TypePad’s insert image command did so well. First I use the “upload” button in WP to move an image from my local hard drive to the server. Then I use an “Insert Image” plug-in to add a thumbnail of the image to my blog entry. When clicked, that thumbnail links to a bigger version. TypePad accomplishes the same function with fewer clicks, but WP seems elegant enough to me.
So, if I can find a way to get WP to push my PRC sec reg entries out to another blog, I will probably stick with WordPress. Meanwhile, though, I’ll also experiment more with MT.