Question

When anyone tries to sign in to post a comment on my site, they keep getting this message:

The site you're trying to comment on has not signed up for this feature. Please inform the site owner.

Answer

Make sure you have entered the correct URL in your TypeKey profile under Your Weblog Preferences on the Account Preferences page: • Use the domain URL that matches your CGIPath in mt-config.cgi1, rather than the blog URL.

If you have http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/ for CGIPath, then use http://www.example.com/ as the application URL in...

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Question

How do I install the StyleCatcher Plugin?

Answer

• Download the StyleCatcher plugin1 and unzip the file to your local computer. The files should be organized into two folders within a StyleCatcher folder. For example, after unzipping the file for version 1.0 of the plugin, you would have the following two folders, each with other folders and files inside them:

• StyleCatcher-1.0/mt-static/ • StyleCatcher-1.0/plugins/

• Open your FTP program and log into your server.

• Navigate to your mt-static directory2, and upload3 the contents of the StyleCatcher-1.0/mt-static/...

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Question

When I run an upgrade script, I get this error message:

You have not yet upgraded to the #.# version of MT. Please do that before you run this script. Exiting...

where #.# is the version number I am trying to upgrade to.

Answer

When you see this message, it means Movable Type is still detecting files from the previous version on your server.

Make sure that you have uploaded all of the files from the new version package, and that all of the files from previous versions on the server were overwritten with the new files....

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Question

When installing Movable Type, I get an error message that says Can't find default template list; where is 'default-templates.pl'?

Answer

First, make sure that a folder named lib exists in the same folder where you installed Movable Type, and that there are several folders and files inside of it. Then, make sure that the specific file lib/MT/default-templates.pl was uploaded there, and in ASCII mode.

The files are also case sensitive, so make sure it is lib/MT/default-templates.pl, not lib/mt/default-templates.pl, or Lib/Mt/Default-templa...

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Question

When clicking any of the archive links on my site, I get a 404 error.

Answer

Versions 3.2 or Higher

If you're using Advanced Archive Publishing on the Settings > Publishing screen, make sure that the settings you've designated for Archive URL and Archive Root correspond correctly to the same location on the server.

Versions Prior to 3.2

This usually means your Local Archive Path in Weblog Configuration > Core Set-up does not correspond to the same location on your server as the Local Archive URL, so you should check your settings...

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2.63 (2003.02.23)

• Fixed faultCodes returned from XML-RPC server to override the default SOAP::Lite value, which wasn't an int (it should be). (Adriaan Tijsseling) • Fixed Javascript error with MT It! caused by Windows security update. Thanks to Phil Ringnalda for the fix. • Creative Commons licenses can now be removed (but should be done so sparingly, as the licenses are designed to be irrevocable). Also, added more warning text before setting up a license. Thanks to Matt Haughey for the help. • Added a GenerateTrackBackRSS option to mt.cfg, which determines whether the individual RSS files for TrackBack items are created....

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Question

Someone commented on or sent a trackback to my blog, and I never received the notification email.

Answer

Note: There was a bug introduced in version 3.14 which prevented notifications for moderated comments from being sent out. Please upgrade to version 3.16 or higher to eliminate this bug as a possible cause for this issue.

Check Settings

• Make sure you have specified a valid email address in your Author Profile.

• Make sure you have checked the appropriate options on the Settings > Feedback screen for Email notification, for both Comments...

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Question

The instructions say I need to use a "full server path", but I have no idea what that is, or how to determine the correct path for my system.

Answer

A full server path is the path your system uses to define where your own files are located on the server (as opposed to files belonging to other users).

You can usually get an idea of the full server path on your system by running mt-check.cgi and looking at the current working directory that it gives you.

If that does not work, see if you can determine the path while you are...

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Question

Visitors who are trying to comment on my weblog with some browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari) aren't able to do so; they still see the sign in link, instead of the comment posting form. If they use another browser (Firefox, Netscape), they don't have this problem.

Answer

There are several reasons why this might occur in some browsers but not others:

Caching issues

The browser is caching the page; have your visitors refresh the page after signing in to force the page to update.

Your pages are encoded with UTF-8.

Some browsers are more likely...

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2.0b4 (2002.02.25)

• Added border="0" for thumbnail image after choosing popup image; also fixed the invalid XHTML. • Fix thumbnail creation error by providing Image::Magick with the image format on $magick object creation. • Fix bug on category-editing page where an error will be displayed if the user who created a category has been deleted. • When creating a new author, give an error if no password is provided. • Fix bug with Convert Line Breaks being unchecked for pre-2.0 entries even if the default in blog config is set to on. blog • Cache format hashes for dates after creating them....

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Initializing the System

Problem

You have installed or upgraded the Movable Type software and want to initialize the database.

Solution

Sign into the main Movable Type admin script (mt.cgi) for your domain (e.g. http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi). You will be prompted to run the installation or upgrade process. Administrative rights are required to perform this task.

Discussion

To initialize your system after successfully installing the Movable Type software, simply sign in as the default user, Melody (password: Nelson). Movable Type will automatically detect that the...

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Question

I'm getting an Invalid Login message when trying to sign in to Movable Type.

Answer

First Login?

• Is this your first login attempt after installing Movable Type? If so, did the installation script run successfully? Until it reports success, you will not be able to log in. • Are you entering the default username (Melody) and password (Nelson) correctly? These are case sensitive.

Changed Hosts or Servers?

Are you trying to log in after moving servers, and you are using the Berkeley database?

When you change hosting providers (or just move...

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Six Apart has a variety of support options and self-service resources for you to choose from. This chapter provides pointers to those options so that you can get help when you need it. An overview of Movable Type support options can be found online at http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support.

Users who have purchased a paid license for Movable Type 3.0 or above get access to Basic and Advanced personal support options.

Basic Support includes access to our Members-Only Knowledge Base and use of an online help ticket system to request assistance with Movable Types features. To access the Basic Support...

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Enabling the Send an Entry Functionality

Problem

You want to give readers the option of sending an entry to someone else via email.

Solution

Place a send entry form in your layout.

Discussion

Movable Type ships with a script called mt-send-entry.cgi. This script can be used to implement a simple "mail this entry" form that allows visitors to email links to entries.

To add this feature to a site, insert an HTML form that POSTs to the mt-send-entry.cgi script in your MT home directory with parameters of entry_id, to, from, message and _redirect. entry_id and _redirect should be...

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Introduction

This section of the appendix details all configuration directives that can be defined in mt-config.cgi. Through use of these directives, you can control numerous aspects of the system.

Except for those which define things specific to your system (e.g. CGIPath and your database settings), all of them have defaults set by Movable Type. This means that not every directive will appear in mt-config.cgi. If you wish to override the default for a setting which does not appear in the file, simply add it and the desired value to your mt-config.cgi....

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Question

How can I control the permissions on the files and directories generated by Movable Type?

Answer

Permissions on the generated files and directories are controlled by the *Umask and *Perms settings in the mt-config.cgi1 file. # DBUmask 0022 # HTMLUmask 0022 # UploadUmask 0022 # DirUmask 0022 # # HTMLPerms 0777 # UploadPerms 0777

For more information on using these settings correctly, see My PHP Output Files Need To Be Executable.

1 In versions prior to 3.2, the configuration file is named mt.cfg.

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A conditional tag that displays its contents if the email addresses of all registered users are required by the weblog.

Back to top | Permalink | Comments (0)

MTIfRegistrationAllowed

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Question

When I upload an image, I do not get an option to thumbnail it.

Answer

The thumbnailing option depends on your server having both the ImageMagick libraries and the Perl module Image::Magick installed and working correctly. You can run mt-check.cgi to see if the module is installed.

If the module is not installed, you'll need to contact your host to request that it be installed. Once Image::Magick is detected and working correctly, the thumbnailing option should be visible.

If it does not, then the problem may be with the ImageMagick...

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Question

My domain name has changed and I need to update Movable Type to use the correct location.

Answer

• Update your CGIPath in mt-config.cgi1 to use the new domain name/location of your installation. Use a plain text editor to modify the file and be sure it is uploaded in ASCII mode when restoring it back to the server.

• Log into Movable Type and go to Settings > Publishing2 for your weblog(s). Update the paths there and save the changes.

Note that if your server has not changed, only the domain name, you only need to update the URLs for the new name. If both the server and the domain have changed, you'll need to update both the...

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2.65 (2003.12.18)

• Added Atom syndication feed template (atom.xml) and auto-discovery for Atom feed to main index template. • Added <MTIfNonEmpty> and <$MTEntryModifiedDate$> tags, and added a exclude_port attribute to <$MTBlogHost$>. • Fixed security issue with XML-RPC server. • Added proper handling of offsets in ISO-8601 dates in XML-RPC requests. If timezone offset is omitted, timestamps are assumed to be in the weblog's timezone already; otherwise, the timezone offset is first applied, then the weblog's offset is applied on top...

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