Upgrading to Movable Type 5 was no trouble, as usual, but afterwards, I tried to switch to a new theme, and now I'm running into all kinds of trouble: inconsistencies, previous leftovers, missing elements, just general weirdness. It's probably caused by the previous theme I used. Yikes! If I can't figure out how to fix it, I might have to pay someone to do it for me.
[Update, 11 January 2010] Choosing the community style theme Tristan Blue (MT 5.0) seems to have solved the incompatibility issues. I'm guessing the upgrade from MT4 to MT5 is major enough that new themes will have to be created to support the added features and changes. I will be searching for other new MT5 themes.
Note: I normally like to use 2-column layouts, but if you want this theme to be readable on the iPhone, choose 3-column instead. The 2-column text is too small even when rotated to landscape in Mobile Safari.
[Update 2, 11 January 2010] Rebuilding the site seems to bring back legacy elements from the previous theme, so I guess the the Tristan Blue (MT 5.0) didn't solve the problem. Now I tried the Community Blog 1.0 theme, and so far it's working. It's a 2-column layout but readable.
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