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Movable Type Weblog, Tutorials, 17 KB, 647 words
When I started to work with fulltext search in Movable Type, I enhanced my Movable Type Weblog with a native MySQL fulltext search engine. Later I created a new website called MTLookup, which could be used for searching several websites at the same time.
After MTLookup was released, the search within the Movable Type Weblog was still based on the initial release: no Google-like keyphrase, only my weblog being indexed, some of the most recent articles not included at all.
Starting today, the search within the Movable Type Weblog will be powered by MTLookup, making all the enhancements of MTLookup available within the Movable Type Weblog.
Some more details
Although both websites - the...
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MovableTweak, Tutorials, 23 KB, 820 words
So Thursday AM is "The Big Day", the day when we all get to experience Movable Type 3.2, sans beta.
My entries are slow-in-coming for a few days while I launch my brand new design site. The current site is truly ghastly. I'm also currently slogging my way through 12 rounds in the ring with a couple of ornary problems:
Headache#1: .htaccess
First, I'm trying to get my server to process my .html files as .php files so I can use includes for my sidebar. I'm up to my neck in .htaccess, and I've tried adding the simple "AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html" with no luck. The site keeps returning a happy 500 error any time I try to view a .php file or...
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MezzoBlue, Tutorials, 10 KB, 384 words
It's Movable Type Fun Day!
First start with Paul's account of switching from .html file extensions to .php, and how gracefully MT handled the transition. Even existing off-site bookmarks don't break!
Then head over to Scott's place to read up on how he managed to wrangle Movable Type into producing human-friendly, meaningful URLs instead of the arbitrary sequential URLs that MT ships with. Fun!
Then take a look at the URL attached to this post (click the title), and rejoice for I too have switched to more meaningful URLs. Except… oh wait. Look at that. No I haven't.
The intent is there, but instead of something nice and tidy like...
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Movable Type Weblog, Tutorials, 18 KB, 362 words
After the second version of MTLookup has been released some days ago, more websites have been added to the database. These are: Murky, alogblog, David Raynes, Brad Choate, Don't Back Down, and Everitz Consulting.
Welcome on board.
Currently, MTLookup knows 26 websites with 2400 articles.
Websites and User Profile
MTLookup remembers which websites you used for your last query. This information is stored in the user profile, which also contains the query history and several settings from the search dialog. If you later return, MTLookup is able to select the most recently used list of websites.
However, if a new website is inserted into the MTLookup database, that website will...
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StyleMonkey, News, 14 KB, 166 words
Going dynamic was a lot easier than I expected. Well the initial conversion anyway. Every page here is now being served on demand with the exceptions being the thumbnail pop-ups. This is in preperation for some new things I have planned after I learn some more PHP and scripty goodness.
One thing you may notice is the layout is changing slightly day by day. I felt I had too much going on in the sidebars and posts so I'm cleaning up and trimming down. I have also seperated the news and style entries and now am only displaying the most recent news entry and the 5 newest styles. I was posting news more often than styles and the style posts were being pushed off the bottom. Now since...
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Movable Type Weblog, Tutorials, 19 KB, 535 words
Some days ago, a new version of MTLookup was released. Please read Second version of MTLookup released for the announcement. I will describe the new features in several posts, which will be published here in the Movable Type Weblog.
Today, I want to tell you about persistent user data.
The problem
Today, an MTLookup query is defined by several settings. For example, in addition to the search phrase, you choose which websites should be included, and whether just the titles or also the excerpts are to be shown.
Most of these settings will not be changed from one query to the next. For example, I will always select "Title, Summary, and Excerpt", as this is my preferred...
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MovableTweak, Tutorials, 24 KB, 914 words
Less Is More
One key principle of interface design is not to overload your users by dumping every choice available on your site right there on the front page. Users don't mind drilling for information that needs to be drilled for. Important stuff should be readily and easily accesible, and category archives falls into the category of important stuff, especially since they're one of the primary ways someone navigates your site. But for anyone who posts on a regular basis, your category section can become rather large and unweildy, very quickly falling under the category of "choice dumping". Fifty-one categories and seventy-two months listed on your sidebar...
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Six Apart ProNet Weblog, News, 63 KB, 5103 words
01.31.2005
BlogBinders: Publish your blog in print
If you're looking for a way to hold your blog in your hands, BlogBinders.com offers a simple and clever service to turn your blog into an attractive, customized book. BlogBinders supports LiveJournal, Movable Type, and TypePad.
Posted by Anil in Web Services at 10:58 AM | Permalink | Trackback (0)
01.31.2005
Gawker launches Lifehacker and Gridskipper
Gawker Media's just added two new Movable Type-powered weblogs to its media empire, as announced by Nick Denton. Lifehacker is a friendly geek site and Gridskipper is a travel site aiming for selectivity.
Posted by Anil in New Sites at 10:45 AM | Permalink |...
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