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0.02 (2001.09.25)

• Added FTP URLs to installation instructions. (Daniel Talsky) • Fix some warnings. (Caroline van Oosten de Boer)...

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In creating templates for your Movable Type installation, you'll find that the <MTEntryCategories>, <MTCategories>, and <MTParentCategories> container tags have a "glue" attribute. The glue attribute is used to separate items with a string. For example, joining category/subcategory names together with a comma or slash to create breadcrumbs (a path tracing your entry's hierarchy). A simple example of breadcrumbs might look like this:

Category Subcategory Entry

Often it is desirable to use an HTML tag as the "glue," though quickly trying it you'll find it doesn't work. The extra greater-than and less-than signs...

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Question

I don't like the default filenames Movable Type assigns to my files. Can these be changed?

Answer

Yes, you can control these filenames.

Index Templates

For Index Templates, you can change the Output File name on the Edit Template screen.

Archive Templates

For Archive Templates, you can use Archive File Templates (on the Settings > Publishing screen, under Archive Mapping1).

This feature lets you customize the names/paths of your archive files, using standard Movable Type tags. This allows you to impose a directory structure and...

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This Movable Type plugin implements a set of template tags for defining a section of text and/or HTML code as "glue" that will appear between items (entries, categories, comments, etc.) in a listing, and will not appear after the last item in the listing. The functionality is similar to that of the glue attribute of Movable Type's MTEntryCategories tag, although the way the plugin is used within a template is somewhat different.

Installation

To install the Glue plugin, upload the file Glue.pl to the plugins directory within your Movable Type directory. If you do not already have a plugins directory, create one before uploading the file. For more information about Movable Type plugins, see...

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MTSubCategories

A specialized version of MTCategories that respects the hierarchical structure of categories.

Attributes: • include_current - An optional boolean attribute that controls the inclusion of the current category in the list. • sort_method - An optional and advanced usage attribute. A fully qualified Perl method name to be used to sort the categories. • sort_order - Specifies the sort order of the category labels. Recognized values are "ascend" and "descend." The default is "ascend." This attribute is ignored if sort_method has been set.

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We have just released a new plugin, called MT-CategoryCounter. This plugin provides a replacement container for the MTCategories tag, and provides a sorted result list (by number of entries). You can also limit the number of entries returned and restrict the list to children of a single parent category. Enjoy.

Special thanks to Ross for his ideas and support on this plugin.

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The FAQ has been extended, explaining the following questions.

June 2nd, 2005: In Movable Type, entries or comments or other objects are often shown in lists. For example, the main index shows the most recent entries, a category archive also shows entries, or an individual entry archive shows comments. I preferred if not all items in such lists were styled the same. For example, there should be an alternating white / gray background. How can this be done? Read FAQ: Entries or Comments with alternating Style

June 1st, 2005: I have a couple of categories. When using the MTCategories tag, these are sorted by name. However, I preferred if I could choose the order manually. There is a...

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Controlling the Naming of Archive Pages

Problems

You want to control the naming of files for a particular archive template.

Solution

Modify the template's Archive File Path on the Publishing Settings tab.

Discussion

The Archive File Path allow you to customize the names/paths of your archive files. This allows you to define a directory structure and file naming from a weblog's archives. For each Archive Template that you use, you can define an Archive File Path in the pulldown menu to its right on the Publishing Settings tab. This pulldown includes a number of common options...

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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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One of Movable Type's most powerful traits is its flexibility to adapt to practically any weblog design or use you can imagine. For the average user, most of this flexibility comes from Movable Type's template engine.

The template engine is crucial to automating the process of publishing and is what makes a publishing system go. When a rebuild is performed, templates are merged with content to create a page that visitors can view in their browsers.

These templates are what control the design and layout of your site and what keeps that design separate from the content. Templates describe where you want...

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Now that Movable Type supports a real database with the MySQL support in version 2.2, it's time for some new tags that can let you select entries, comments and categories using any criteria you'd like. Click the 'more' link for full docs and download link.

Availability

You can download this plugin here: mtsql-1_52.zip

Installation

To install, place the 'sql.pl' file in your Movable Type 'plugins'...

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