Movable Type and WordPress on XAMPP

Both Movable Type and WordPress are powerful, flexible blogging engines. Both are available in downloadable, install-it-yourself versions that can be uploaded to typical web hosting accounts that support Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl. But, if you want to play with these tools locally, there’s a great package call XAMPP – “…an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.” Once XAMPP is installed, your test bed is ready for applications like WordPress and Movable Type. Since it’s on your own Windows box, you can play around with configuration, templates, styles, and so on. I’m using it on Windows…

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