{"id":7128,"date":"2008-08-15T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/mt-42\/"},"modified":"2008-08-15T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T15:15:59","slug":"mt-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/mt-42\/","title":{"rendered":"MT 4.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p>I just bussed in all of the upgrade files for Movable Type 4.2, so I had to<br \/>\nhustle together an entry to see whether it lives up to the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.movabletype.org\/2008\/08\/movable_type_42_is_here.html\">hoopla<\/a>,<br \/>\nespecially the faster page-creation times, which had become downright arthritic<br \/>\nwith the latest releases (e.g., 4.x). <\/p>\n<p>So far, I can offer the following (<i>exclamation-style<\/i>, so as to keep<br \/>\nwith the mood of 4.2&#8217;s release):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the upgrade was a cinch. 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