Movable Type 6 Beta

Based on the input and feedback from our customers and the Movable Type community worldwide, we are proud to announce the unveiling of Movable Type 6.

As Movable Type has evolved, our main goal has always been to provide a powerful, efficient, and easy to use product to help make managing daily blog and website content a breeze instead of a chore. With Movable Type 6 we worked toward this goal by super charging our API, now making it even easier to manage and manipulate data with the use of a variety of programming languages.

We have also included a new Smart Phone application called “Loupe”. With Loupe, users can confirm and approve pending comments and entries, upload photos and view website and blog access statistics, allowing users to manage their blogs and websites no matter where they are.

Additions to Movable Type 6

New Movable Type 6 functions include:

• New API - Allows the use of language other than Perl to expand on previously uneditable functions.
  • Data API - Create and customize applications and plugins using this REST/JSON style API with Javascript compatibility and dynamic publishing capabilities
  • Chart API - Display blog and website access data with our Javascript based graph generator
• Smart Phone Application “Loupe”
• Changes to “website” and “blog” tag, theme and template compatibility
• Dashboard Update - Includes the addition of the “Site Stats” widget, the Message Center, and the “This is you” widget relocation.
  • Google Analytics - Easily and quickly view blog and website access statistics.
• Message Center - A new dashboard widget that displays alerts such as system messages, plugin and application updates and security warnings.
• Unpublish Date - Set unpublish dates for entries and webpages.

Upgrading to Movable Type 6

If upgrading from an older version of Movable Type, users might notice a change to where their “blog” information is located in Movable Type 6 depending on the pre-upgrade version.

• Upgrading to Movable Type 6
  • Upgrading from Movable Type 4 to Movable Type 6
  • Upgrading from Movable Type 5 to Movable Type 6

Other Improvements

Website Tags

When used in a blog template, website tags can be used to retreive information from the parent website, such as website name, theme and language.

• Changes to Website Tag Functions

New Tags

• MTStatsSnippet

Modified Template Tags

• MTEntryStatus
• MTSupportDirectoryURL

New Config Directive

• EnableBlogStats
• UnpublishPostFrequency

Change to Movable Type Licensing

Starting with Movable Type 6, registration for the Movable Type Open Source (MTOS) license will end and a new license will be introduced. For more information on these up-coming changes, please refer to the following page.

• Changes to license types and plug-in distribution with the release of Movable Type 6

Beta Site Information

All information on the beta site, as well as any product descriptions, are subject to change without prior notice following the official release date.