Results
If the result list is too large, please consider these hints
- Reduce the number of websites.
- Add more keywords.
- Use quotes for building terms from keywords. For example, the phrase banner image searches for all articles containing both words. However, "banner image" searches for the exact two-word phrase.
Movalog, Tutorials, 19 KB, 425 words
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PowerRebuild 1.1
Some of you may remember the RebuildBlogs plugin I had created that allowed you to selectively rebuild multiple blogs at once. Although the plugin worked as is with 3.2, it didn't take advantage of some of its newest features, namely...
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Posted on 08/26/2005 | Permalink | Comments (0)
MT RebuildBlogs
UPDATE: I've released v1.01 due to bugs faced with the paths to the plugin being incorrect on pre-3.16 systems. Download MT-RebuildBlogs_1.01.zip and follow the installation instructions. I often need to rebuild many blogs on my system because I make system...
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Movable Type Weblog, Tutorials, 17 KB, 670 words
Question
What are all those templates used for? Will I need each and every one, if I want to work with Movable Type? What template should I try to understand first?
Answer
Actually, you do not have to look at the templates at all. If you are satisfied with one of the default templates, or you find a template for download somewhere, you will not have to dig into this subject.
But even if you want to change your weblog's style, you will not have to look into each and every template. Fortunately, most templates are not needed in the beginning. The most important templates are as follows: • The Main Index Template is responsible for creating the start page of your weblog. It is...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 25 KB, 476 words
There are two types of ways you can show recent comments on your sidebar. The first method is to shown last N comments.
<MTComments lastn="5" sort_order="descend"> <MTCommentEntry> [<a href="<MTEntryLink archive_type="Individual">#c<$MTCommentID$>" title="Comment Permalink">#</a>] </MTCommentEntry> <$MTCommentAuthorLink spam_protect="1" show_email="0"$> <MTCommentAuthorIdentity>: <MTCommentBody convert_breaks="0" trim_to="50" remove_html="1"> <MTCommentEntry> [<a href="<MTEntryLink...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 24 KB, 429 words
Since my latest upgrade to 3.16, I haven't bothered to implement my quicktags hack so I was left with the default quicktags. Out of habit, I hit the quicktags to create the necessary HTML then enter my content, however with the default quicktags, you have to first select the text then click the quicktag. I decided to change that. Open up mt.js and find the formatStr function
function formatStr (e, v) {
and on the third line of this function delete this
if (!str) return;
That's it, now when you click the quicktag, it'll create the opening and closing tag.
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Six Apart User Manual, Manuals, 22 KB, 410 words
GenerateTrackBackRSS
By default, for each TrackBack item in your Movable Type system--either entry or category TrackBack items--an individual RSS feed will be automatically created and managed, listing the TrackBack pings for that item. These pings are stored in your Local Archive Path. If you want to turn off this feature, you can set GenerateTrackBackRSS to 0. The default setting is 1, to generate RSS files for each TrackBack item.
Default value: 1
Example: GenerateTrackBackRSS 0
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Movalog, Tutorials, 25 KB, 474 words
UPDATE Many people seem to be experiencing the following problems on 3.11: • Categories don't show in entry permalink on first save • When you save an entry, on the individual entry page, the next/previous link points to the first entry of your weblog
Add NoPlacementCache 0 to your mt.cfg file. NoPlacementCache is a variable that caches the category assignments for a particular entry. Currently, a category is assigned and the entry is built in the same operation (or request) and because of caching, that category assignment is getting ignored. If a category is assigned in its own request then it is recognized. There is a bug that is causing the categories to be loaded and cached prior to...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 25 KB, 773 words
In the last post, I called for feature requests and unfortunately didn't get very many. None-the-less, I've been hard at work on the next version of MT Blogroll and due to time constraints can't test out all the new features across all databases and platforms like I used to. As a result, I'm calling for beta testers. If you wish to beta test the next version of MT Blogroll, simply leave a comment (ensure you fill in the email field so that I can contact you) with your specs, specifically I'll need: • Webserver and Operating System (e.g. Apache on Linux) • Movable Type version (I hope everyone's on 3.2!) • Database (e.g. MySQL, PostGreSQL etc. Users that don't use MySQL are highly required!) • MT Blogroll version you've currently got...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 25 KB, 450 words
Someone asked me how you could add custom tags to the QuickTags toolbar. Its quite simple really, the js_quicktags has a commented part explaining it: function edButton(id, display, tagStart, tagEnd, open) { this.id = id; // used to name the toolbar button this.display = display; // label on button this.tagStart = tagStart; // open tag this.tagEnd = tagEnd; // close tag this.open = open; // set to -1 if tag does not need to be closed }
So you could just add something like this: edButtons[edButtons.length] = new edButton('ed_code' ,'code'...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 26 KB, 684 words
With 3.2 came the very nice StyleCatcher plugin that allowed you to easily manage and apply themes or styles to your blogs. This tutorial will show you how to make your repository work Style Catcher. Note, this tutorial won't show you how to create the library javascript that allows you to browse themes, it simply shows you how to make your themes discoverable by StyleCatcher. In this tutorial, I shall use the example of Vicksburg, the default theme with 3.2.
Every style or theme should be in its own folder (with no subfolders) which should contain: • The css stylesheet. • Two thumbnails named thumbnail.gif and thumbnail-large.gif. These two files are used in StyleCatcher as previews of...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 27 KB, 748 words
New to MT 3.12x is the tag <MTHTTPErrorCode>. This tag is only applicable to dynamic pages but we can use this tag and a bit of PHP to serve different error messages for different error codes -- currently no matter what the error message 403, 500 etc, mtview.php just says "The requested page could not be found."
For example, replace the contents of the Dynamic Pages Error Template with this
<?php $err = $this->tag('MTHTTPErrorCode'); if ($err == 404) { ?> This is a 404 Error <?php } else { ?> <$MTErrorMessage$> <?php } ?>
If the error code is 404 (Page Not Found) the error message displayed will be "This is a 404 Error" otherwise for all other error...
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Movalog, Tutorials, 25 KB, 436 words
Safari users can now enjoy the Template Tag Bookmarklet by simple installing the Saft extension (which is a highly recommended extension), grabbing the template tags plugin and unpacking it into ~/Library/Application Support/Saft/Sidebar/. Alternatively, you can also open the destination folder by turning on sidebar in Safari ('View' > 'Show Sidebar') and clicking the '+' icon at the bottom-left corner the the browser window.
A big thank you to Lola Lee and Joe D'Andrea (who, incidentally, has an awesome plugin called Seeker which you can try out on Movalog by searching!)
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Movalog, Tutorials, 24 KB, 445 words
From PhotoMatt I found a service called Zoto It seems to be an interesting photo managing service that can merge directly with your blogging software - at the moment it supports only Blogger, MT or Custom HTML. At the moment I am uploading 60 MB of photos to see how this will work.
I was always unhappy with Gallery because I wasn't able to integrate it with MT . Why must everything be MT because I want to be able to access most parts of my site via MT to keep everything organized - just the way I am.
Watch for follow up entries on Zoto as I play around with it !
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Movalog, News, 24 KB, 463 words
In an attempt to provide a proper environment for support, I've created the Plugins Forums, I was getting too many support and feature requests in Trac's bug tracker. Please use these forums to get some help on the plugins, they're also the best place to request for new features. The exams are nearly over but my time is still limited, as always donors receive priority support, if you wish to donate use the button on the sidebar.
Although the forums are powered by PunBB, I've hacked a lot of the files so that you can use Typekey to login and use the forums. I'll be releasing the hack sometime in the near future!
If you do face a bug in any of the plugins, please file a ticket so that I can address it more appropriately....
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Movalog, Tutorials, 26 KB, 506 words
I really liked Phil Rignalda's PreviousNextInCategory that would basically show the Previous/Next entries in the same category as the current entry (kinda like <MTEntryPrevious> and <MTEntryNext>)
Unfortunately this plugin didn't work under the dynamic publishing system. So announcing PHP PreviousNextInCategory. There are two files in the zip file that will need to be uploaded to the php/plugins/ directory. The two files will provide the container tags <MTEntryPreviousInCategory> and <MTEntryNextInCategory> exactly like the perl version and are to be used in exactly the same way eg
<MTEntryPreviousInCategory> <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">« <$MTEntryTitle$><...
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Movalog, News, 25 KB, 499 words
Announcing MovaDir v2 This directory uses MT and Typekey technologies to create a pretty powerful directory script. This is how it is set out in MT: • Categories in the directory are categories in MT • Links listed in the directory are entries • Any reviews of the links are stored as comments • Use of Brad's Key/Values plugin to track who submitted the link (Typekey profile only!)
Signing in with Typekey really opens up the power of the directory, signing in allows you to • Submit links to the directory -- these go through an approval system • Suggest categories • Maintain a favourites/bookmarks list -- similar to the hotlist here, save your favourite links • Comment on links • Email listed sites to...
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Movalog, News, 25 KB, 448 words
Although not directly related to Movable Type, many bloggers I know have been asking for such a tool. The Newsgator Toolkit is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that will eventually provide you with a series of complex and powerful tools that will make it even easier to use Newsgator.
For the moment, however, it simply sits in your statusbar and acts as a notifier displaying the number of unread posts and giving you a detailed view of which feeds have been updated.
More information is available on my personal blog.
Note: This version is completely unsupported, please do not email me any bug reports or support requests (something many people have taken the liberty of doing the past few...
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