Why would mt-check.cgi and the System Overview/Tools pages give me different results on the same installation?

In mt-check.cgi it says that some of the optional Perl modules are installed, whereas the System Overview page says they aren’t. Also it shows up an old plugin folder in the includes section that no longer exists, which isn’t there in the mt-check.cgi version.

Very confusing, and probably something to do with the errors I’m getting.

Update: Hmm, well I just checked both pages again and they’re now saying the same thing. I tried clearing my cache and logging out/back in yesterday and they were different.

Just for reference, here is the error from Action Streams I’m getting:

Error during task 'Poll for new events': "expat_parser" is not exported by the MT::Util module Can't continue after import errors at /cgi-bin/plugins/ActionStreams/lib/ActionStreams/Event.pm line 20 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /cgi-bin/plugins/ActionStreams/lib/ActionStreams/Event.pm line 20. Compilation failed in require at /cgi-bin/plugins/ActionStreams/lib/ActionStreams/Plugin.pm line 798.


Movable Type seems to heading towards a dead end, and I’m thinking about jumping ship to the much more popular WordPress. There used to be a great community built around MT, creating plugins and helping out when things go wrong… but where are all these people now? Using WordPress!

After a few upgrades to my copy of MT and my web server, the Action Streams plugin that powers the LifeStream part of my site appears to be broken. I can’t work out how to fix it as there’s no one out there any more! Also the site search has been broken for months. I’ve hidden those sections since they’re useless until I can somehow fix them.

So I am starting to think seriously about dropping Movable Type once and for all, and install WordPress 3.2.x instead.

I seem to be having an issue with Movable Type pinging FeedBurner.

I just realised I’d somehow broken my feed URL, and now I’ve probably lost all of my old subscribers. Ho hum.