May 22, 2009
Quick Fixes for Common Itches
Every once in a while, if you use Movable Type long enough, you can run into little glitches or things that are confusing. We thought we’d round up a couple of random ones that have seemed commo…
Read MoreOctober 15, 2008
The Little Things: Comment Replies
A lot of times, some of the most satisfying things about using Movable Type are the little touches that make managing a site easier or more convenient. One of those great, unheralded features that’s b…
Read MoreMarch 4, 2008
MT @ SXSW
If you’re headed to the South by Southwest Interactive Festival this week, join us on Saturday, March 8th, as Six Apart hosts KICK! the unofficial kickoff event of the SXSW Interactive Festival.…
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2008
Where Movable Type is Going in 2008
In case you missed it, you’ll want to check out Six Apart CEO Chris Alden’s post MT in 2008: Open, Powerful and Easy. It’s a great look at the vision for the MT platform going forward, and offers a co…
Read MoreDecember 13, 2007
Movable Type 4.1 Beta, and a new Reseller Program
This week’s launch of the Movable Type Open Source project was huge news for our community. But as part of that announcement, we promised even more news to come. So today, we’re introducing some of th…
Read MoreDecember 12, 2007
Movable Type Open Source
As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose. Just want the details and downloads? Ski…
Read MoreDecember 4, 2007
Jim Ramsey on Designing for Flow
Jim Ramsey, our lead designer on Movable Type (and the guy responsible for the gorgeous design of Movable Type.com), has just published Designing for Flow over at A List Apart. Jim eloquently describe…
Read MoreDecember 3, 2007
Appnel on Code
Even though he got a shout-out in our last post, it’s worth giving some link love to Tim Appnel’s “On Code” blog again. He’s doing one of the best jobs of blogging regularly about the nuts and bolt…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2007
Community Conversations
We talk a lot about community here on movabletype.org, so it’s only appropriate that we hear back from all of you, especially after the recent release of the Movable Type Community Solution. There’s b…
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2007
A Plethora of Plugins
Movable Type 4.0’s only been out three weeks, and we’ve seen dozens of poweful new plugins for the platform, with new ones popping up every day. As someone who first installed Movable Type as a beta s…
Read MoreAugust 30, 2007
More Docs Than A Hospital
There’s a whole pile of new and updated documentation for MT4 that we’ve been working on updating, based specifically on the requests we’ve gotten from the community and from developers. Some highligh…
Read MoreAugust 14, 2007
Why we made Movable Type 4.0
When our co-founders Ben & Mena Trott first launched Movable Type almost six years ago, their words were pretty modest: “We’ve never claimed to be the best. We’ve never presented Movable Type as t…
Read MoreAugust 8, 2007
Today’s Events
As we’ve mentioned, we’re hosting two event today to help the Movable Type community get ready for the release of MT4. Both events are free and open to anyone who wants to participate online — here’s…
Read MoreJuly 17, 2007
Tags, Variables, and Templates, Oh My!
As we’ve had an influx of new people looking into Movable Type 4.0 during the beta, either for the first time, or for the first time in years, one thing that keeps coming up is “the template tags look…
Read MoreJuly 11, 2007
Psst — iPhone Nerds…
Got a shiny new iPhone? Got shiny new MT4 Beta? Well, every listing screen in MT4 has built-in feeds for things like managing your entries and comments, all you’ve got to do is look for the feed icon …
Read MoreJuly 7, 2007
Take A Look Around!
Now that we’ve got the new site mostly up and running, it’s time to point out a few highlights you might want to check out if you’re new to exploring MT4.The good stuff: The free download of MT4 Beta …
Read MoreJune 25, 2007
I am not an Enterprise.
One of the biggest concerns a lot of folks in the MT community have is, “Is Movable Type for me?” It’s been easy to be confused — MT has been available in versions for developers, individual bloggers…
Read MoreJune 14, 2007
A community demo of MT4
Mihai Bocsaru, a long-time ProNet member and all around MT enthusiast has been doing a great job of running a public demo of MT4, which he’s updated for the release of Beta 2. You can check out his de…
Read MoreJune 7, 2007
“This is a real-ass beta!”
The quote above was from someone in the community I had the chance to talk to in the days since we launched the MT4 beta. Let me tell you what it means, and why that blogger was exactly right.Mike at …
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