3.17 (2005.06.02)

• Once an entry or category has been set to receive TrackBack pings, disabling pings for it through the UI will not actually refuse pings to that item but will suppress display of those pings. • Rebuilds will fail silently after saving an entry if a problem exists in your templates (for example, mismatched tags or a missing include module). An error will be shown, however, upon manual rebuild using the "Rebuild Site" functionality. • The nofollow plugin will cause a spurious warning for users with older versions of Perl upon running...

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2.5 (2002.10.08)

• Localization: the MT interface can be available in multiple languages, on a per-author setting. • Integrated Jay Allen's mt-search (Thanks, Jay!). We've made the following changes from version 1.31b: • Rewrote ``new comments search'' to make it more scalable (using recently_commented_on functionality) • Added a search log through the Activity Log. • Added search request throttling, to help against denial of service attacks. • Merged mt-search.cfg directives into mt.cfg....

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3.2 (2005.08.25)

Major Features

• New dead-simple AJAX-powered installation/upgrade process (see screencast demo) which replaces mt-load.cgi and all mt-upgrade* scripts. Also eliminated the upgrade distribution since only the config file would be different. • Combined mt.cfg and mt-db-pass.cgi into mt-config.cgi. Shipping as mt-config.cgi-original so as to prevent overwriting when upgrading. • Introduced the new System Overview section which allows administrators to configure and manage aspects of the system across all weblogs • Introduced a plugin-based feedback rating framework which scores comments and TrackBacks upon submission on a scale from -10 (least desirable) to 10 (most desirable)...

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By default, Movable Type offers two formatting options for the text in your entries: None and Convert Line Breaks. The former leaves your entry intact without any conversion and is appropriate for HTML-formatted entries. The latter includes basic formatting of paragraphs and line breaks allowing you to write as you would normally.

The Movable Type Plugin API allows you to add additional options via plugins such as the popular Markdown and Textile.

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We should probably included a full explanation of TrackBack and how it works, but there isn't enough time to do it justice.

Needs refinement. This comes in out of nowhere. better define "resource" and "communication."

Weblog comments still require the use of that particular site's interface and the content is limited to that one weblog unless it is cut, pasted, and posted elsewhere.

Released in August 2002 as both an open protocol and new functionality in MT version 2.2, TrackBack was designed to provide a means of notification through a small message called a ping that establishes a link between...

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Question

I receive an error message that says "Unsupported driver MT::ObjectDriver::DBD::mysql" (or something similar).

Answer

Error occurs when initializing the system during installation or upgrade

• Make sure that you ran mt-check.cgi and that it reported the particular database module you are wanting to use as installed. If the check script does not detect the appropriate database module, you'll need to contact your host to have it installed; or choose another database option which is already supported by your server.

• If you are using a...

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01: Installation and Upgrade

• Introduction • Choosing the Right Weblog Platform • Finding Perl on your Server...

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Enabling Dynamic Publishing

Problem

You want to enable the dynamic publishing features in Movable Type.

Solution

Configure your web server so requests are routed through mtview.php, the Dynamic Bootstrap Handler.

Discussion

• 1. Turn on the dynamic page option in Movable Type.

Select whether to publish all of your archive templates dynamically or set your templates' publishing modes individually. See Specifying the Publishing Model. • 2. Set up the template cache directory.

In your weblog's root directory, create a new subdirectory named templates_c. The directory should...

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Upgrading Movable Type

Problem

You want to upgrade the Movable Type software.

Solution

Upgrading follows nearly the same steps as installation except that you will want to perform a backup of your system before attempting the upgrade. If you are upgrading from Movable Type 3.1x or before, you will also want to migrate to the new configuration file: mt-config.cgi.

Discussion

If you're on any past version of Movable Type, version 3.2 offers a lot of features and improvements that will make managing your blogs easier. To take advantage of them, you'll need to install the latest...

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1.1 (2001.10.22)

• Made <$MTDate$> work as a ``system date'', or the current date/time at which the page is being rebuilt. • Added Pragma: no-cache header to keep Opera from caching pages. (Jay) • Changed default templates to use iso-8859-1 (Latin 1) encoding instead of utf-8. • Added Blog Configuration option for the number of words in an auto-generated excerpt. • Added comment previewing, using the new Comment Preview template. Default templates now ship with comment previewing enabled, and the comments links on the main index...

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Question

When running the script, I get an error message that says Got an error: install_driver(sql) failed:, where sql is either mysql, Pg or SQLite.

Answer

This error means you have configured mt-config.cgi to use a SQL database option, but the appropriate required module is either not installed, or is missing a component it needs.

If the error references mysql, then the DBD::mysql module is not properly installed.

If the error references Pg, then the DBD::Pg module is not properly installed.

If the error references SQLite, then the DBD::SQLite...

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Question

When trying to load the script in my browser, I get an error that says %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Answer

Your server may only be configured to recognize files with .pl extensions as valid Perl scripts. Try changing the file extension on the script file from .cgi to .pl to see if the script will execute with this change.

If changing the file extension resolves the error, then this could indicate that .cgi is not mapped to the PERL executable; and you'll need to contact your host or server administrator to update the...

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Question

When running any of the Movable Type CGI scripts, I receive an error that says Can't locate Some/File.pm in @INC (where Some/File.pm is the name of a particular file).

Answer

• Run mt-check.cgi to ensure that all of the Perl modules required for Movable Type usage are installed on your webserver. If they are not, follow the instructions in the Installation Documentation. • Check to make sure that in the directory containing your CGI files (for example, mt.cgi), there is a directory called lib; inside that the file in the error message (for...

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Installing Movable Type on Windows

Problem

You want to run Movable Type on a Windows system.

Solution

Movable Type has been developed to run on a wide variety of operating systems including Windows, although this entails some additional considerations.

Discussion

One of Movable Type's strengths as a platform is that it runs in a wide variety of environments, letting you choose the operating system, web server, and database. As a Perl-based application though, Movable Type has historically been most at home on Unix-based operating systems like Linux, BSDs, or Mac OS X.

If you have chosen Windows as...

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Question

When clicking View Site from within Movable Type, I get a 403 Forbidden error.

Answer

In most cases, this means that no index file has been generated in your weblog directory yet. Follow the same diagnostics as outlined in 404 on View Site to troubleshoot this error.

If Movable Type is generating an index file correctly in the weblog directory, and you are still seeing this error, then your server may not be configured correctly to display the index file as the default page for that directory.

In other words, if you can browse to the...

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Question

When running the script, I get an error message that says Got an error: Bad ObjectDriver config.

Answer

If no further information follows the error, this means mt-config.cgi1 has not been properly configured for your database; specifically, that you have not uncommented2 any of the database settings so that Movable Type will know which one you want to use.

If the error is followed by more information which includes Connection error, see Connection Errors (MySQL).

If the error is followed by more information which says Your DataSource directory ('/path/to/database/directory') does not exist....

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Question

When trying to run Movable Type, I get an error message that says Variable [xxx] not defined.

Answer

First, make sure that you used a plain text editor when making changes to the mt-config.cgi file1, and that you uploaded it to your server in ASCII mode.

If uploading the file in the proper mode does not resolve the issue, open mt-config.cgi in a plain text editor and make sure that the only lines which do not begin with a # are those which represent valid settings. The general format of the mt-config.cgi file is that there are several...

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Question

When I try to login for the first time with Melody/Nelson, I get a 404 Page Not Found error.

Answer

This typically means your CGIPath as set in mt-config.cgi1 is incorrect. • Make sure the CGIPath is the URL you use to log in to Movable Type, minus the mt.cgi piece: CGIPath http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/mt/ • Remember to include the trailing slash (/) at the end of the path.

• Also, case sensitivity may be an issue on your server. Make sure your CGIPath uses all lowercase letters (unless a capital is truly part of the folder name, i.e., MT rather than...

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Introduction

Movable Type is the premier weblog publishing platform for businesses, organizations, developers, and web designers. Powerful customization gives you control over everything you publish and the elegant interface keeps things simple and clear.

Features

• Unlimited Blogging

Movable Type offers the ability to publish an unlimited number of blogs quickly and easily through a single installation of the application. And the platform supports posting by as many authors as you need, with no limit on the numbers of entries, comments, or TrackBacks the system...

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Question

When installing Movable Type (or trying to access the Configuration Menu for the Nofollow plugin in a version prior to 3.2), I receive an error saying Your DataSource directory does not exist.

Answer

Error occurs during installation

First, make sure you have created a folder named db, and that you have set its permissions to the equivalent of chmod 777 (if you are not running under cgiwrap or suexec).

Then, make sure you've specified the full server path1 for the DataSource setting in mt-config.cgi2. For example: DataSource...

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