MovableType.org - Home for the MT Community Comments http://www.movabletype.org/ Professional Publishing Platform for Bloggers en Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:11:23 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Joshua Kaufman said: I just started using the iMT plugin and I'm encountering weird behavior when I try to edit my blog e Joshua Kaufman said:

I just started using the iMT plugin and I'm encountering weird behavior when I try to edit my blog entries via iPhone. The body and extended textareas won't show more content than fits in the default text area size. See screenshot for details: http://img.skitch.com/20080822-xqyg2a5kr8spmfmqfcpq5pa8w4.jpg

This effectively makes this plugin useless for editing posts with more than 220 characters in the body or extended body. Is there a way to officially report this bug?

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on the entry One more reason to buy an iPhone http://www.movabletype.org/2007/09/one_more_reason_to_buy_an_ipho.html#comment-6411 http://www.movabletype.org/2007/09/one_more_reason_to_buy_an_ipho.html#comment-6411 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:56:05 -0800 Byrne Reese said: If you are running Movable Type 4.1 or 4.2 then it is so amazingly easy. Just follow the instruction Byrne Reese said:

If you are running Movable Type 4.1 or 4.2 then it is so amazingly easy. Just follow the instructions found in our documentation. And don't worry, none of your content will get lost. Your entries and pages exist independently of your design.

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on the entry Totally turn-key web sites and blogs http://www.movabletype.org/2008/01/totally_turnkey_web_sites_and.html#comment-6381 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/01/totally_turnkey_web_sites_and.html#comment-6381 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:25:25 -0800 Steph Mineart said: So, it's easy to create a new blog using the universal template, but what can I do with my 14 year o Steph Mineart said:

So, it's easy to create a new blog using the universal template, but what can I do with my 14 year old blog set up in custom templates? I'd love to get a fresh start with this template set, but how easy is it to convert my blog over without losing content?

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on the entry Totally turn-key web sites and blogs http://www.movabletype.org/2008/01/totally_turnkey_web_sites_and.html#comment-6377 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/01/totally_turnkey_web_sites_and.html#comment-6377 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:32:54 -0800 Richard Benson said: Why do you guys keep putting articles out just as I was thinking of doing one on the same subject? : Richard Benson said:

Why do you guys keep putting articles out just as I was thinking of doing one on the same subject? :P

Great tutorial, however I still think there is space for something on a non-JS based version, using folders instead of categories, and also publishing a template set with all this included.

A full CMS template set would be a dream!

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6285 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6285 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:39:53 -0800 http://openid.aol.com/emarkert said: Make sure you backup everything before upgrading. I just tried an upgrade and had serious problems http://openid.aol.com/emarkert said:

Make sure you backup everything before upgrading. I just tried an upgrade and had serious problems that rendered my blog unmanageable, nor could I publish anything...

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on the entry Welcome Movable Type 4.2 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/05/welcome_movable_type_42.html#comment-6269 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/05/welcome_movable_type_42.html#comment-6269 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:10:54 -0800 Byrne Reese said: @Mindtrain, I am almost certain this is just a misunderstanding. You are entitled to all of the feat Byrne Reese said:

@Mindtrain, I am almost certain this is just a misunderstanding. You are entitled to all of the features you paid for. We made a free update available to all paying customers, and if the product "Movable Type Pro 4.2" is not in your account, then this is purely an oversight. There is a very good thread on forums.movabletype.org that has answered similar people's questions, that I will quote here for your benefit:

Everyone who previously purchased Movable Type 4.0 and 4.1 Commercial License will automatically be upgraded to Movable Type 4.2 under the same terms, but without the community features. But also, those folks will also be offered a free upgrade to Movable Type Pro 4.2 with the community features. Users are free to download and install MT Pro provided that they accept the new terms of service associated with this update. Given that our licensing terms now include a limit of 5000 profiles, we didn't want to put anyone in a position where by virtue of our releasing new software and them upgrading, they would be in a position where all of a sudden they would be in violation of their terms of service. That would be bad -- a lesson we learned long ago. So we decided to give everyone an option to continue using Movable Type Commercial under their existing terms, while still being able to take advantage of all the security and performance enhancements we had made to the core. While also giving them an option to MT Pro under new terms. That is why customers see two products in their account: Movable Type 4.2 Commercial License, and Movable Type Pro 4.2.

In summary, I am very sorry you had problems upgrading, but I assure you it does not appear to be the norm, leading me to believe that something has gone wrong with your account. Please let me know how I can help.

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on the entry Another hallmark design for Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6261 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6261 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:53:40 -0800 Mindtrain said: Byrne, I have been a MT user for over two years. I am a paying customer with an educational license Mindtrain said:

Byrne, I have been a MT user for over two years. I am a paying customer with an educational license for MT Pro. I upgraded to 4.2 last week and ... none of the wonderful new features you have been touting on the web have been available to me. I finally heard back from MT support today (after several days) and it turns out that this is what the problem is:

Because I paid for MT Pro, and the features now available in the free blogger licensed version of MT 4.2 were not included in the version of MT Pro that I purchased, I will now have to download and install the free version of MT (after I have already had 4.2 Pro upgraded). Do you understand how ridiculous this is? Did anyone at MT even consider what you were doing to your paying customers by doing things this way? Do you have any idea how thoughtless and ... I see that MT is trying to go more open source and more user-friendly, but these are your paying customers and they are being punished for buying a license from you. It makes absolutely no sense. Please consider why you are doing things this way and the message it sends to your paying customers.

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on the entry Another hallmark design for Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6257 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6257 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:47:56 -0800 MikeT said: You're going to have to research how to get the Perl module for ImageMagick to work on Windows Serve MikeT said:

You're going to have to research how to get the Perl module for ImageMagick to work on Windows Server. The issue isn't just ImageMagick, but the Perl module.

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6245 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6245 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:24:35 -0800 http://openid.hinn.cn/jackie/ said: Who will tell me how to install ImageMagick on Windows Server 2003? I have problem with installing i http://openid.hinn.cn/jackie/ said:

Who will tell me how to install ImageMagick on Windows Server 2003? I have problem with installing it. I have installed ImageMagick, but the page "mt-check.cgi" said I havn't installed ImageMagick on my server.

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6241 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6241 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:51:28 -0800 Byrne Reese said: We're working on it. For one you can find the Professional Web Site theme in Movable Type Pro. The Byrne Reese said:

We're working on it. For one you can find the Professional Web Site theme in Movable Type Pro.

There are also a number of themes we haven't released because they are still in development. These can all be found in subversion. Their names are:

  • Vanilla - a TS for demonstration and documentation purposes
  • MTDefaultTemplateSet - this contains the 4.1 template set that is really modular, and an MT3 compatible template set

Others include:

  • Photo Gallery - available from majordojo.com

More are coming though. Just be patient! :)

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on the entry Another hallmark design for Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6235 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6235 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:17:19 -0800 salguod said: I like it. Where can I find other themes or tempate sets? Clicking on the 'theme' link in the brea salguod said:

I like it. Where can I find other themes or tempate sets? Clicking on the 'theme' link in the breadcrumbs on the Mid Cetury page gets a 403 error and clicking on either the 'template set' or 'theme' tag links gets only the Mid Century theme descriped here. We need more themes like this!

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on the entry Another hallmark design for Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6233 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/another_hallmark_design_for_movable_type.html#comment-6233 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:34:41 -0800 Matt said: Thanks Byrne Matt said:

Thanks Byrne

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6205 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6205 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:02:03 -0800 Byrne Reese said: @Matt - You will need to have ImageMagick installed in order for MT to generate thumbnails. Byrne Reese said:

@Matt - You will need to have ImageMagick installed in order for MT to generate thumbnails.

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6175 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6175 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:20:10 -0800 Matt said: Byrne, Quick question since I've just seen an image in your post... a previous post mentioned that Matt said:

Byrne,

Quick question since I've just seen an image in your post... a previous post mentioned that when uploading an image to a folder when making an entry, there is a default thumbnail option selection.

I don't see that option when I upload an image so was wondering if there is a specific plugin which I need to install and if so, which one?

Thanks Matt

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6173 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6173 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:21:56 -0800 Matt said: Nice one Byrne! Thanks Matt said:

Nice one Byrne! Thanks

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on the entry Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6169 http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/creating_drop-down_navigation_with_movable_type.html#comment-6169 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:35:45 -0800