Movable Type moderated comments notifications
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If you're running MT 3.14 and you're wondering why you aren't getting email notifications of pending comments under comment moderation, you'll find some solutions in this thread - movabletype.org : Support Forum. Hopefully, it will save you from going through what I just went through trying to figure what the problem was. I opted for removing the couple lines from the Comment.pm file and all is well with the world again. (Except for restoring the rest of the templates I trashed during the debugging process ;)
January 09, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Type 3.14 Release
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Six Log: Movable Type 3.14 released - addressing server load/spam issues.
December 20, 2004 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Disguising MT Comments Url Hack
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Following the recent MT Trackback url disguise plugin, now there's one to Trick the Comment Spammers too. Yet another tool for the arsenal.
December 17, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Planet Movable Type
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Planet Movable Type aggregates posts from a number of MT related sites and blogs. Handy way to get the latest MT news, tips and tricks.
December 14, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Fun with Movable Type and Photography
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I see Movable Type being used more and more for photoblogs. It's amazingly versatile, especially with the wide variety of plugins available now. photojunkie zine : Fun with MT Photogallery is a great tutorial from Jon of Ground Glass on how he manages part of his photolog with Movable Type. Beyond the tutorial, be sure to spend some time having a look around Jon's photo site. Excellent photos taken mostly in and around Toronto. And speaking of great photography, have a look around the photojnkie zine for more examples!
April 13, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Archive Dropdown Lists
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Karmakars.com: Custom Monthly Archive dropdown.
April 11, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (9)
Recent Articles Dropdown in Movable Type
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Saw this link at Movable Blog: Asides this morning and while it's not new, a worthy bookmark in case I ever need this - Recent Articles Dropdown in Movable Type.
March 21, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (1)
Movable Type Sideblog How To
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In-Depth: My Sidebars - nice how-to write-up explainiing how to integrate a Sidebar Blog into your main weblog.
February 29, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Styles
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Movable Style - drop-in style sheets for Movable Type.
February 21, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Illustrated Movable Type Templates
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Illustrated Movable Type Templates is not new but it's well worth bookmarking as an excellent starting point for anyone looking to move beyond the default Movable Type templates.
February 18, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (3)
Front End Editing for Movable Type
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brain-dump.com - Frontend Editing for MovableType - nice article that shows a couple of ways to put "edit this" access directly on your pages.
February 04, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Installing Movable Type locally on Windows XP
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I just set up a local install of Movable Type. I had previously done so using phpdev. I think I fluked my way into making it work. I'm unix challenged ;) After a recent computer format, I tried to install phpdev again and, for some reason, I just couldn't get it to work.
I stumbled on EasyPHP yesterday though and decided to use it to give a local MT install another go. It was so easy, I thought I'd take a minute to write up some basic instructions while it was still fresh in my mind. I can't guarantee results on your machine, but these steps worked for me on Windows XP, SP1. All the steps are listed in the Extended Entry.
As a side note, if you're interested in just setting up a local server on WinXP to learn and test php, EasyPHP is a dead simple and painless way to do it!
My main focus though was to set up a local testing install of Movable Type, so these instructions are with that goal in mind. If you have interests beyond just running MT locally, have a look at phpdev, XAMPP (as suggested by Achim) or Aprelium's Abyss Web Server X1 (as suggested by Nicholas) for more comprehensive options.
The end result of these install instructions is a local MT install using a Berkeley or mysql Database, with a user-friendly interface.
If you notice anything unclear or missing from the instructions, let me know and I'll add or clarify.
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February 01, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (23) | TrackBack (15)
Integrate del.icio.us links with PHP
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Yet another easy way to integrate del.icio.us with PHP - Movable Type specific instructions for displaying your del.icio.us links in your MT weblog using PHP.
Added Jan 22, 2004: Bill points out that the instructions have been revised and are now even easier to integrate! Thanks Bill.
January 18, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
MT 2.66 released
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Movable Type 2.66 released - offering some added protection against comment spamming.
January 14, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Integrated Quicklinks Tutorial
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Nice tutorial that explains how to integrate a "quicklinks" blog in with your regular weblog entries. Requires a couple of plugin installations. hit-or-miss: Integrated Quicklinks Tutorial [via Blog-Fu]
Updated Jan. 10, 2004: A revised version of this tutorial was posted.
January 06, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Expanding Entries/Comments Script remix
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The Tweezer's Edge v3: Improved Extended Entry Script and Template Code for MT - an old favourite given a bit of a clean-up.December 02, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Spam Wait for Movable Type
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Spam Wait for Movable Type Comment Spam, by John Wehr - a new option in the fight against comment spam. From their site ... "These files will make it necessary for a person or robot to wait fifteen seconds after accessing a comment form to post a comment. As humans generally take time to read an entry and write a comment, this should be unnoticeable. Hypothetically it should prevent most simple comment spam bots from functioning properly."
November 25, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Shutting down another Movable Type Spam Issue
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Via Virtual Venus: "Mail This Entry" Used For Spam - reference this thread at the MT Forum. If you don't use the "Mail This Entry" script in MT, the last thread by Rossz suggests a quick and easy addition to the script to make it unusable by spammers.
November 23, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Bayesian spam filter for MT
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James Seng's blog: Bayesian filter for MT - another Movable Type spam solution.
October 16, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Adding upcoming.org events to your MT Blog
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I linked this on my blog this morning but I thought I'd note it here as well. If you're using upcoming.org and would like to add an RSS feed of your events to your MT blog, here's a tutorial that shows you how (uses the RSS Feed plugin).
September 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Reviews Blog with Movable Type
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Legends of the Sun Pig: A reviews blog (or sidebar reviews) with Movable Type - complete with a how-to tutorial! The end result is fabulous. Nice work, Martin!
[via Lovelinks]
September 14, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Seven Quick Tips for a Spam Free MT Blog
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I can't say that comment spam has become an issue for me yet, but I'm bookmarking this in case it ever does - Seven Quick Tips for a Spam Free MT Blog. Tip #6 is a hack I like though - having a "Delete this Comment" link in the comment notification email. Handy for spammer and troll situations.
September 09, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Movable Type Blogrolls
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(Yes, I'm cleaning out my browser bookmarks tonight ; )
August 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Trackbacks as Bookmarks
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TrackBacks as bookmarks - Virtuelvis - another one that's been out there for a while but is a unique idea for a bookmarks log so I wanted to bookmark it myself!
August 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monthly Archive Calendar for MT (PHP)
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This has been out there awhile but I wanted to note it here so I could find it if I find the time to do this. RoyalTS - Monthly Archive Calendar.
August 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Sitewide RSS
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Brad Choate: Sitewide RSS - as a companion to "Doing Your Whole Site in Movable Type", a feed for your whole site. Uses Brad's Simple Template Plugin.
July 30, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Beyond the Blog
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A Whole Lotta Features - Movable Type: Beyond the Blog. - an interesting exploration of using Movable Type for static pages and other types of content.
July 15, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Better Blogging
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21+1 points for better weblogging.
July 03, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Simple Amazon Wishlist
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Simple Amazon wishlist display :: Kalsey Consulting Group. - display your Amazon Wishlist without plugins on any blog.
July 03, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Per-Category Templates Plugin for Movable Type
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MT Extensions: Per-Category Templates 1.0 - a very useful new plugin!
June 23, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Rich Text Editing for MT in Mozilla!
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I am now in Mozilla heaven! Yes, I use Mozilla. I love it. The one and only thing that has been lacking is the disappearance of those handy text editing buttons in the Movable Type Entry screen. This hack, from Blogzilla solves that problem. I've done it. It works!
May 10, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (1)
Virtual Venus
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It's here! The girls have been teasing about this and I've been anxiously awaiting it's debut. Virtual Venus - MTWiki a great Movable Type collaborative FAQ, Tips, Tricks and more! Well worth the wait ... and well done!
May 03, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Big News for Movable Type!
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Via BoingBoing and elsewhere, big news about Movable Type! Ben and Mena will now be setting up and hosting MT blogs under a service called TypePad, to lauch later this year! Great way for people to get started with a great tool.
More: Press Release from Six Apart and Type Pad. page, where you can sign up to keep informed on the progress of this project.
April 23, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Full Posts + Comments RSS Template for Movable Type
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I've posted my template for a Movable Type RSS Feed which includes the full posts plus the comments. The code below would replace the code for the RSS 2.0 template I quoted in my previous post (if you want this feature.) On my own blog, I made the full posts + comments feed the default (the index.xml one) and I made another index template called RSS 2.0 Posts Only with an output file of postsonly.xml and put the original RSS 2.0 template in it. On my blog's index page, I provided this alternate link for anyone who didn't want the comments with their feed.
Here's the template code: Paste in, save and rebuild.
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April 08, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack (95)
Movable Type RSS Feeds
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There's been a lot of talk about RSS Feeds lately and it seems a lot of people are still a bit unsure of what it is and how to do it.
What it is: another way for people to read your blog! A lot of people are using News Readers to read their favourite blogs these days. Providing a good feed for these people is a good way to keep them tuning in ;)
How to do it: There are a number of templates floating around. These are the ones I'm using, which I believe came from Dive into Mark originally (correct me if I'm wrong please). They're posted in the extended, with instructions. They all validate.
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April 07, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (14)
Anonymous Posting to MT Blog
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A while back, I posted a link to a MT Forum thread which provided a solution for allowing anonymous postings to a MT blog. Through a trackback to that original post, I find a further hack to that solution that completely hides the MT interface from the poster.
April 01, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Different Master Archive Display Format
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How to alter the display of the Master Archive Listings to show as:
Month
Entry
Entry
Month
Entry
Entry
March 19, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Use MT Trackback to display Winamp Playlist
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Via Ain't Too Proud to Blog, a link to A Whole Lotta Nothing's instructions for Use Trackback to display Winamp Playlist.
March 16, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Five Step Photolog
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I'm not sure if I've linked this already, but I stumbled on it today and thought I should. It's how I manage photos on my personal site and I think it's a great solution. FIVE STEP PHOTOLOG IN MOVABLE TYPE.
March 05, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Easy Linking in Movable Type Entries
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Thanks to Donna for pointing me to a neat idea for Easy Friends Links at Maniacal Rage. Also from MR, some PHP code for Better Category Sorting.
One last tidbit from garrett's site, the Currently Hearing Winamp Plugin looks very neat, as well.
March 04, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Type Calendar Tips & Tricks
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Sillybean provides a nice round up a tips and tricks for Movable Type Calendars.
March 03, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Solution for Anonymous Posting to MT Blog
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From the MT Forums this morning, funvill shares a solution for allowing anonymous postings to a Movable Type blog.
March 03, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (1)
Integrating a WYSIWG html editor into Movable Type
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Interesting thread from the Movable Type forum today, showing how to integrate a WYSIWYG html editor into the MT interface. Be sure to follow the link in the 2nd posting in the thread from John, who has made some modifications and provides a neat screen capture of his new interface.
February 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (7)
Integrating "Gallery" into Movable Type
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At the Movable Type forum, some detailed information for anyone looking to integrating Gallery into Movable Type. (Gallery is a separate, usually stand-alone image gallery script.)
February 27, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Using MT for static site pages.
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I'm a regular reader of the Movable Type forums and I often see a lot of the same questions asked. I thought it might help someone to compile the "answers", in the form of a link to the movable type thread that answers them, anyway. So here's the first entry for this new category:
Question: How to use Movable Type to make static pages? (ie. for an About Me page.)
February 27, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Type 2.63
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Just noticing another point release of Movable Type is out Movable Type 2.63 Also noteworthy, the decision to start releasing nightly builds.
February 24, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Alternate Date Header
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From the Movable Type Forum tonight, jblanton shares some PHP code that generates the age of entries, as an alternative date header, as done at Textism.
February 21, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monthly Archives by Title
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Live in the Delirious Cool: Making your archives easy on the eyes. - displaying your monthly archives by title. If I didn't use the calendar archives, I'd be doing this!
February 20, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Type 2.62 update released.
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Another update to the new 2.6 Movable Type release has been posted. movabletype.org : 2.62 Download Page
February 17, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Spam Trackbacking
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Can anyone tell me how to stop trackback pings from sending again, if I go back in to edit a post? If you can, I'm sure the people I've been spam pinging would appreciate it especially ;)
February 12, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Skinable smilies and icons
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I saw this on the MT Forum today in a post that was a couple of months old (not sure how I missed it!). Skinable smilies [Click link for English Version at top and then scroll down] is a very neat idea even if you don't skin your site. The smilies are transparent gifs with the background color controlled by CSS to match your site (or your various skins.) He has also just come out with the same idea for Skinable Navigation Icons. [Can't find an English version for this but same principle as the smilies - download the zip with the images and use CSS similar to the smilies example.]
I might have to try this. I've never really been a smilie person, although if anyone reads my blog, they know I use a lot of the old-fashioned kind! ;)
February 11, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (1)
Graphical Dates
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Garrett has written up a great tutorial for adding Graphical Date Headers
to your movabletype posts. This is PHP-based so it requires .php extension pages to work. I really like the finished product!
Alternately, anyone looking for very simple graphical date headers that doesn't require php, can find some code and instructions at Empty Pages Graphical Dates.
January 13, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Annoying Comment Trolls
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This recent thread at the Movable Type Forum, highlights a unique MT plug-in. The Disemvowelment Plugin removes the vowels from comments of known comment "trolls", making them unreadable and look ridiculous. Too funny!
From the author, "shrpshr.pl is a small plugin which filters out the vowels for comments coming from a designated IP address (or addresses)." Download for the Disenvowelment Plugin.
January 06, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Skinning your site
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This thread at the mt forum provides lots of information and various methods for skinning your blog or other web page.
December 20, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Movable Type Forum Bookmarks
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Just cleaning up my favourites list and bookmarking some forum threads of interest:
• Hack mt to send a confirmation e-mail when someone signs up for notification.[Thread]
• Hack to add "Unsubscribe" to notifications feature. [Thread]
• Ideas for using mt as a links log [Thread]
• Php to print out "today" or "yesterday" for blog posts. [Thread]
• Including updates from other blogs on main page ie. portal page. [Thread]
• Bookmarklet for up-load file to mt. [Thread]
December 02, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Adding URL to Notification Form
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Girlie found this old post on the mt forum, which shows how to hack mt-add-notify.cgi to gather an url along with the email information from people who sign up for notifications. Handy thing to have. Here's the movabletype.org : Support Forum Link with instructions.
November 29, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Rebuild Options
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I have been using Movable Type for over 10 months now and I just learned something new this week that I can't believe I didn't know before this. So I thought I'd share in the event there is anyone else who totally missed this fine point.
When I finish editing a template, I click to save it. Then, I always used the "Rebuild" link at the top of the page (mainly because the page resets itself after the save and the Rebuild link at the top is the visible one.) From that link, the only options are to rebuild all, all index, all individual etc.
For some reason, this week, I clicked the Rebuild button underneath the template screen (next to the save button), only to discover that this link provides the option of only rebuilding the precise page I have just finished editing. Not only that ... when it's done, it offers up a link to the particular page as well (very handy when the editing was done on an internal page!).
I can't believe I didn't find this out earlier. I could have saved much time and many rebuild resources.
November 26, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
Add Unsubscribe Function to MT
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Wangjianshuo details how to Add Unsubscribe Function to MovableType. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it's a great feature so I'm going to have a go at it.
November 20, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Using MT as an Agenda program
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Here's another interesting thread on the mt forum showing how to use mt as an agenda-type program. Requires php. movabletype.org : Support Forum Thread Link
November 20, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Link, Bold, Italics in Comment Area
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Scriptygoddess has come up with another great script - this one for adding bold, italics and links in the blog comment areas. You'll find their entry with the script here. You can see it in action on this blog by clicking on the comment link.
Added later: It was pointed out to me that the script could be made more XHTML compliant be changing it from bold to strong and from italic to em. This is easily changed by editing the head section of the script and replacing the b tags with strong and the i tags with em.
November 18, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Alphabetical Archive Listings
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This is an interesting thread on the mt Support Board, showing how to use PHP to provide an alphabetical listing of achives. Good work, Kristine!
November 17, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
MT As Events Calendar
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This is an interesting thread from the mt forum, for anyone interested in using mt as an events calendar. movabletype.org : Support Forum Link
November 16, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Entries: Conditional Comments/Trackback
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For anyone who hasn't already found it elsewhere, here is the PHP code for conditional comments - ie. Comment? 1 Comment, 2 Comments. The code for trackbacks is included as well. The bolded part is the part that will show on your page that you may want to change to your own preference of wording. Code follows
Continue reading "Entries: Conditional Comments/Trackback"
November 12, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
"Converting" to php
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I always thought the term "converting" to php was a bit misleading. It's makes it seem like a big, dynamic process or something. I imagine it's kept more than a few people from making the switch. With php becoming more and more popular, there's no reason to be left out. Here are a couple of threads from the mt forum on the subject:
Here are some basic instructions:
Continue reading ""Converting" to php"
November 12, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (3)
Entries: Using images for Entry Date
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[Source] This thread at the mt forum shows how to use images for the Entry Date.
November 11, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Collapsing Entries and Comments
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Since I've seen this asked on the MT Forum several times lately, I thought I'd just bookmark it here. This is the link to the instructions for making extended entries and comments open and close on the index page - Scriptygoddess Link
November 10, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Entries: Last Days Posts Only
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This code would be used to display only the last calendar day's posts on your index page. You need to have "daily" archiving turned on for this.
Continue reading "Entries: Last Days Posts Only"
November 07, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Exporting Scripts to Template Modules
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I was reading this article tonight and also remembering someone (mcroft?) mentioning that they included scripts in their blog pages by modules, and it all got me to thinking that this sounds like a really good idea (in the same vein as moving CSS to an external pages, for efficiency and bandwidth savings.)
Presumably, it would be done by creating a new Template module, copying any common scripts (popup, trackback, expanding entries) into this new module, setting the output file of the module to something like common.js and then pulling that file into the blog pages with <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript" src="/common.js"></script> in the HEAD section.
Sound right?
November 06, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)
Archives Listings in Chronological Order
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This thread at the mt forum provides a number of solutions for creating a chronological archives listing. Solutions to this were offered using javascript, the PerlScript plugin or php! Just pick your favourite flavour :)
November 06, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Very cool MT Stylesheet Generator!
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Zalary of Brokensky Designs has made a very neat MT Stylesheet Generator. Access to the generator can be purchased for a mere $10! A small price to pay for such a cool and time-saving product. It's a great way for people not comfortable with CSS to get a customized blog going very quickly. Nice!
Thanks to Cheryl for the link.
November 05, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (1)
Sidebar: "To Do" List
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[Source] In this thread at the mt forum, thomase shares his code for a mt generated "to do" list, using categories.
I might be missing something here, but it would seem to me it would be just as easy to make a template module and include it into the sidebar. Instructions for doing it the module way follows, as an alternative:
Continue reading "Sidebar: "To Do" List"
November 04, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (2)
Calendar Archives
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I recently tried Kristine's Master Calendar Archives tutorial and I just love the results! I've only been blogging for about 10 months, but already my archives were out of control. I love the look and functionality of the calendar archive. You can see my results here. Requires php.
November 03, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Drop Down Category Listings
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[Source] Mcroft shares code for putting category listings in a drop down box (about half-way down the page). I'm assuming the first part of the code goes in the HEAD section with the MT scripts and the second part goes where the drop-down menu should appear on the page. I'll have to test that out!
Added later: Tested it out and it is quick and easy. The first part of the code should go in the HEAD section, in between the <script> </script> tags The second part can just be pasted into your index template where you want the drop-down menu to appear. It could easily be used for recent entries or archives, by switching the MT Tags in the code to the appropriate ones.
Added later, later: Loopy provides this alternative, from Pete Bevin. I'll check that out as well, loopy! Thanks.
November 03, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)
Putting a thumbnail in your entry
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This code shows how to use CSS to embed a thumbnail picture in your entry, while having the text wrap around it. This example shows the basic thumb. It can also be clickable and pop-up to a larger photo by uploading the photo, creating a thumbnail and chosing "Pop up image" instead of "Embed Image". The code in the image tag is setting the thumbnail to float to the left (it could also be set to float to the right side instead.) It's also setting a margin for the thumbnail, so that there will be some space between the picture and the text. The margin setting will put 13px to the right of the photo and 5px on the bottom, 4px at the top and 0px to the left. An easy way to remember how the margin settings work, is to picture moving around a clock. The first one is 12 o-clock (top), then 3 o-clock (right), 6 o-clock (bottom) and finally 9 o-clock (right).
Continue reading "Putting a thumbnail in your entry"
November 02, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
Edit from your main page
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Girlie shares how to place an [edit] link within each entry on your index page, that only you can see, which allows you to edit a post simply by clicking on the link. Requires PHP. I have it working on my blog and it is a great time saver.
November 01, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Entries: Excerpt Only
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[Source] This code would be used for putting only your Entry Excerpt on your index (main) page, with a link to the entry following it.
Continue reading "Entries: Excerpt Only"
October 31, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Master Archives: Grouped by Month
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[Source] The following code is useful for setting up a Master Archive page to display a list of entries, dated and grouped by months. Monthly Archiving need to be enabled to use the first code and/or Category Archiving enabled to use the second example. Code follows:
Continue reading "Master Archives: Grouped by Month"
October 28, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Sidebar: List Categories with recent entries in each
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[Source] The following code displays the Category Titles, followed by the most recent entry titles in that category. This code will show the most recent "2" entries. This number can of course be changed to any number. Code follows:
Continue reading "Sidebar: List Categories with recent entries in each"
October 28, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Sidebar: List of recent comments
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[Source] This code would be used to add a list of the most recent comments to the sidebar. It will only provide the most recent for each entry. If the page has a php extension, change the ".html" in the second last line to ".php". Likewise if the page is shtml. Code follows:
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October 28, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Entries: Showing Category in Posted Line
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This code can be used to show which category a post was assigned to. It's most often seen in the "Posted" line, under a post, but some use it at the top of the post, under the title. It must appear within your MTEntries tags though. Code follows:
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October 28, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Archives: Displaying Category Title
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This code will display the title of the Category Archive on the archive page. It must be inserted above the <MTEntries> tag or it will be repeated with each entry and below the <div class="blog"> tag. This example uses the "title" CSS. Other CSS can of course be used instead.
Code follows:
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List categories with count
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This code will display a list of all your Category Titles, along with the number of entries currently in each category. It links to the Category Archive pages. Code follows:
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October 27, 2002 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
