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 31, 2008
Taking full advantage of template module caching
Movable Type offers a number of features to help administrators increase the performance of their system. Chief among them is template module caching. As the name may imply, any template module in Mov…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2008
Taking full advantage of template module caching
Movable Type offers a number of features to help administrators increase the performance of their system. Chief among them is template module caching. As the name may imply, any template module in Mov…
Read MoreOctober 30, 2008
Making it easier to debug and test your templates
Sometimes there can be nothing more frustrating than trying to troubleshoot publishing performance. Often users must resort to the brute force method of debugging, such as: embedding print STDERR stat…
Read MoreOctober 16, 2008
Google Sitemap and Template Caching Tips
On a recent call with the Movable Type Community we discussed and shared tips on how to best take advantage of Movable Type’s built in caching system. One of the tips I shared is something I have been…
Read MoreAugust 16, 2008
Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type
A common question from Movable Type users and designers is, “how do I create nice navigation for my web site?” The Professional Website template set and even Mid-Century have navigation build in. But …
Read MoreJuly 23, 2008
Movable Type 4.2 RC4 and some of our latest hacks
We have had some amazing feedback from the community since we started the public beta of Movable Type 4.2 - a release we consider to be one of the most important upgrades to Movable Type ever. Users o…
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2008
Introducing the Movable Type Design Assistant
For years now, Movable Type has had a powerful “Style Catcher” built in, which lets you browse a number of different style libraries all over the Internet, and then apply a style to your blog with jus…
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2008
Using template tag parameters
From the “I didn’t know you could do that” department: So I was working with Beau on the implementation of a performance enhancement to Movable Type’s search results and he showed me this really amazi…
Read MoreDecember 31, 2007
A tour of Movable Type 4.1’s asset editing functionality
Movable Type 4.0 provided users for the first time with the features necessary for Movable Type to serve as a light weight content management system for web sites. It also provided a framework to deve…
Read MoreDecember 26, 2007
MTOS Subversion Tips
Developers looking to stay plugged into the bleeding edge of Movable Type without having to depend upon nightly builds may like the following tip which shows how one can always access the following bu…
Read MoreAugust 13, 2007
Reports from the Upgrade-a-thon
Last week’s Movable Type 4.0 events were a huge success. On Tuesday we hosted a day long “Upgrade-a-thon” where we invited people to join us in Movable Type’s IRC chat room and on the phone to help a …
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