Creates a new tag called MTEntriesExCat. When used in place of MTEntries, this tag excludes all posts from the categories specified in the "categories" attribute.

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Container tag which allows use of a similar command to MTEntries words="N" in any field.

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This plugin adds "recently_pinged_on" option to MTEntries and allows you to list up recent incoming pings as like comments.

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A plugin which provides information on the number of words, sentances, syllables, etc. within specified sections of your template. Can be in terms of the entire blog or in the MTEntries context. Requires Lingua-EN-Fathom and Lingua-EN-Syllable.

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Version 2.0 of Movable Type is now released. This version of Movable Type is still free for personal or non-profit use; note that version 2.0 is not free, however, for commercial or for-profit use. See the FAQ for more details. Existing users of versions 1.0-1.4 should use the upgrade distribution to update their MT installation, and should follow the upgrade instructions. Before upgrading, you will need to back up your MT databases and export your entries and comments, as a precaution.

In addition to bug fixes and improvements to general system stability, this release adds the following features: • Multiple category support: the ability to assign multiple categories per...

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Creating a Search Template

Problem

You want to customize the look of your search engine results.

Solution

Edit the default.tmpl file in the search_templates directory.

Discussion

MT provides a handful of search tags which are only recognized in these special templates. Let's take a look at those tags and their usage: • MTSearchResults

Similar to MTGoogleSearch, MTSearchResults is a container tag that creates the search results context and loops through each of the returned items. This tag creates an entry context so that any of the MTEntry tags will be valid. The search also...

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Question

I want to exclude a category from the list of entries on my index page. How do I do that?

Answer

If you only have a few categories, you can specify the ones you want to appear by using the category attribute: <MTEntries category="Apples OR Bananas OR Peaches">

That would exclude any entries in a category called Oranges.

If you have several categories, listing them all with an OR could be tedious. In that case, you should consider using the ExcludeCategories plugin.

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MTEntriesWithSubCategories

A specialized version of MTEntries that is aware of subcategories.

Attributes: • category - The value of this attribute is a category label. This will include any entries to that category and any of its subcategories.

Since it is possible for two categories to have the same label, you can specify one particular category by including its ancestors, separated by slashes. For instance if you have a category "Flies" and within it a subcategory labeled "Fruit", you can ask for that category with category="Flies/Fruit". This would distinguish it from a category...

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03.11.2002

2.0 Release Dates

The release of version 2.0 of Movable Type is around the corner. Progress has been slowed down as of late, because we moved, and we are now in Austin, TX for SXSW. But on our return--or shortly thereafter--we plan to launch version 2.0. Specifically, the release will be sometime between March 15 and March 20.

If you have a question to us pending at the moment, please bear with us, as we don't have a lot of time to check email.

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MTSearchResults

A container tag that creates a list of search results. This tag creates an entry and weblog context that all MTEntry* and MTBlog* tags can be used.

This tag is only recognized in search templates.

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MTEntriesFooter

The contents of this container tag will be displayed when the last entry listed by a MTEntries tagset is reached.

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MTEntriesHeader

The contents of this container tag will be displayed when the first entry listed by a MTEntries tagset is reached.

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Entry order

This setting controls which order entries are printed out by the MTEntries tag when no sort_order attribute is included with the tag. Descending is the default and places newer entries at the top of the display.

This is a required field.

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Development on MT version 2.0 is going smoothly and we're looking at a early March release. Can you believe it's almost February?

A list of definite 2.0 features: • Multiple category support: The ability to assign multiple categories per entry • Multiple archive template per archive type • Interface modifications, application navigation and icon improvements based on findings from professional usability testing • Power edit screen: Apply title, category or author changes to multiple entries -- using one screen and all at once • More sorting options for the MTEntries tag: alphabetical by title, most recently commented-on, ascending and descending chronologically • Mail this entry • IP banning for comments...

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Entries to display

This setting controls how many entries are displayed by the MTEntries tag when no lastn or days attributes are included with the tag. You can choose either a specific number of entries or a time frame. The latter will display all entries with an Authored on date within that window.

This is a required field.

Note that the days option means consecutive days and not the last N days on which you posted an entry. A "day" is defined as the time from 24 hours ago to now, where "now" is the time when the page is rebuilt or compiled dynamimcally.

As an example, if you are...

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0.05 (2001.09.30)

• Added mt-import.cgi, which imports blog entries from either Blogger or Greymatter (or, for that matter, any system that can get the entries into the right format) into Movable Type. Also added an import interface through the main Movable Type interface, and docs for importing to the manual. • Fixed bug with MTDateHeader contents actually appearing before the start of the <MTEntries> contents, each time through the loop. (Daniel Talsky) • Added a ``Convert paragraph breaks'' option to specify whether paragraphs should be enclosed...

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Note: This plugin used to be called LastModified, and had an MTLastModified tag. Since version 2.65, Movable Type has had a built-in MTEntryModifiedDate tag, making the plugin tag obsolete, but MTIfModified is still useful.

This Movable Type plugin implements a template tag for displaying a section of template code conditionally based on whether or not an entry was modified since it was created.

Installation

To install the IfModified plugin, upload the file IfModified.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 the documentation.

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Question

When I use the <MTEntryExcerpt> tag to display the excerpt for my entry, the HTML is removed from the text.

Answer

The behavior of the <MTEntryExcerpt> tag differs depending on whether or not you have entered your own text in the Excerpt field on the Edit Entry screen.

If you do not enter your own excerpt for the entry, Movable Type will automatically generate one for you based on the Entry Body and your specified Excerpt Length setting in Settings > General : Default Weblog Display Settings1. This is the equivalent of...

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Many people seem to want to know how to alphabetize their archives, ie instead of the newest entry at the top to the oldest entry at the bottom, they want entries starting with A at the top and Z at the bottom. This can be done quite simply from MT as well. Just use <MTEntries sort_by="title" sort_order="ascend">

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0.08 (2001.10.03)

• Added mininav to left side of all system pages (once you have selected a blog to edit, that is). Items in nav are dependent upon permissions, of course. (Josh Buchanan) • Added activity log; currently it records logins, logouts, unsuccessful authentications/password recoveries, etc. because that seems most useful from a system maintenance perspective. • Added ability to rebuild just a single set of pages from a particular archive type, eg. all Weekly archives. Also, split up ``Rebuild all files'' so that it rebuilds in steps: Individual...

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