Movable Type
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Javascript Redirect Magic
The comment redirection I'm doing doesn't work with Movable Type out of the box. The problem is that you can return either to the page that submitted the comment (static == 1) or to the comment listing (static != 1). Since I had a pop-up window in the…
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Using Entry Separators
It's very easy to insert separators into Movable Type. Simply place them at the bottom of your MTEntries loop, and after every entry you will have a separator….
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Dynamic Publishing on Media Template
In working with a client, it became apparent that something was amiss with their server. Anytime we tried to set the offset in an MTEntries container, we would get an error. Please note, this was while using dynamic publishing. Static publishing should be fine. And also, as with…
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Enhanced Berkeley DB Conversions
While I haven't done a ton of Berkeley DB conversions for Movable Type, I am certain that if you are still on Berkeley, you should get onto a SQL pacakge pronto. This isn't to say that BDB is a bad product. Just that SQL is so much easier…
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FCKeditor and Movable Type
A client recently asked if I could install FCKeditor into Movable Type. Thanks to some detailed instructions, it was surprisingly easy….
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Movable Type v3.2
The long-awaited Movable Type upgrade to version 3.2 is now available. Get to upgrading, already!…
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Update Your Config File
Especially with the file actually changing names, I cannot recommend strongly enough that when you update Movable Type, you also update your configuration file. Almost every release introduces new configuration directives. If you don't update your file, you're going to be missing something – and you may actually…
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First Movable Type v3.2 Thoughts
Now that I've played with the Movable Type 3.2 Beta for a bit, I have a thought. That thought is that it seems to me as if Six Apart is going for the ease-of-use crowd (in other words, people who haven't used it and for who it needs…
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Movable Type on GoDaddy
Today I was working with a client and having a bear of a time getting their Movable Type 3.17 install working on their GoDaddy hosting account. It turns out that the way the script name was accessed had changed – and since GoDaddy runs under sbox, it was…
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Smarty Category Filtering
Until recently, I depended solely on the most excellent FilterCategories plugin to, well, filter my category list. For instance, where I might present a subset of my entire category list. The latest hurdle in a static-to-dynamic conversion is dealing with the problem that this plugin doesn't work in…