Any user may edit or delete entries that they themselves have created. Additionally, with the Edit all entries permission (assigned by a System Administrator), a user can edit any entries in the weblog for which they have this permission.

The Manage Entries Screen

The Manage Entries screen is the primary dashboard used to access and manage your entries. Although more information about each individual entry can be obtained or edited through the entry editing screen accessible through the linked title, there are a number of actions you can take right from the entry listing screen.

To reach the manage entries screen for an individual blog, click on Manage > Entries from Movable type's main menu.

Note: You can also manage entries for all blogs on the system. To do that, go to the System Overview area of Movable Type and click on Manage > Entries from the main menu.

The listing table on the Manage Entries screen contains the following items:

• Entry Status: Entries are either published or unpublished. Clicking an entry's corresponding status icon applies a view filter to your entry listing table showing you only entries of that particular status.

• Entry Title: Click on the entry title will take you to the Edit Entry screen for that entry.

• Category: The primary category assigned to the entry, if any.

• Author: The author of the entry.

• Created: The date the entry was created.

• View: Clicking on the icon in the view column will open the published entry in a new window.

Filtering your list of entries

You can filter your list of entries on the Manage Entries screen using the Quickfilters tool on the right-hand side of the screen, or through the filter bar at the top of the listing screen.

Quickfilters

The Quickfilters tool enables you to filter the list of entries to views of:

• Published entries
• Unpublished entries
• Scheduled entries (entries that are scheduled to be published in the future)
• My Entries (entries you have authored)
• Entries with comments in the last seven days

Additionally, you can subscribe to an Atom feed of new entries created in the system by clicking on the "Entries Feed" link in the Quickfilters section.

The filter bar

The entry listing table also allows you to create a custom filter of your entries. To change your current filter and apply a new one, click on the change link in the filter bar.

This will expose options in the entry filter bar.

With the entry filter bar you can filter on:

• Status: published or unpublished entries
• User: the user who created the entry
• Tag (exact match): filter entries that are tagged with a particular word, based on an exact match
• Tag (fuzzy match): filter entries that are tagged with a particular word, based on a fuzzy match. With a "fuzzy match" you can enter a partial string of a tag, and it will match any tags that contain that partial string.
• Category

Customizing your entry listing display

The Display Options tool on the right hand side of the screen enables you to customize your entry listing screen. To open the Display Options tool, click on the link "Display Options." The options available for customization are:

• The number of rows to display
• Whether the view of entry rows is "compact" or "expanded." The compact mode is displayed above and is the default for new blogs; the expanded view shows the title and an excerpt of the entry in addition to the other fields.
• Whether your action bar is at the top of the bottom
• Whether your dates are formatted as "full" or displayed in relative terms compared to the current time.

Editing entries

• To edit an entry, click on its entry title. This will take you to the Edit Entry screen.

Deleting entries

• To delete an entry, click on the checkbox to the left of the entry title to select the entry, then click the "Delete" button in the action bar. The system will ask you to confirm your action.
• After you have confirmed your action, the system will delete the entry from the datbase, and prompt you to publish your site to have the changes reflected on your published blog.

Publishing entries

• To publish an entry, click on the checkbox to the left of the entry title to select the entry, then click on the "Republish" button in the action bar. The system will immediately publish / republish the entry or entries you've selected.

Unpublishing entries

• To unpublish entries, click on the checkbox to the left of the entry title to select the entry.
• Select "Unpublish Entries" from the "More actions..." menu and click the "Go" button.
• The system will remove the individual entries from the filesystem, republish any archives or indexes the entries appeared on, and set the entry status to "Unpublished."

Adding or removing tags from entries

The Manage Entries screen allows you to add or remove tags from one or more entries at once. Learn how.

Managing entries in bulk

Movable Type enables you to edit the status, title, primary category, author and created date for multiple entries at one time through the "Batch Edit Entries" function.

• To edit multiple entries in bulk, select the entries you wish to edit by clicking their checkboxes.
• Select "Batch edit entries" from the "More actions..." menu and click the "Go" button.
• This will display the Manage Entries screen in a batch editing mode for the entries you've selected. From this screen you can make changes to the fields noted above.
• When you are finished making your changes, click the "Save" button in the action bar.