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Movable Type is software that installs on a web server, and users access the application through a web browser to perform tasks like publishing content or managing blogs. These system requirements describe what you will need on the server computer...
Read moreTable of ContentsSetting up TrackBackUsing TrackBackTrackBack Ping Format Movable Type's TrackBack system allows peer-to-peer communication and conversations between weblogs. Imagine that you write about a movie you just saw in an entry on your Movable Type-powered weblog. Another MT...
Read moreMovable Type has built in support for OpenID, allowing readers to authenticate against any OpenID endpoint in order to leave a comment. However, administrators may wish to give preferential treatment to specific OpenID providers by designing a customized login experience...
Read moreWindows Vista and IIS Support - There is a known bug in IIS 7 that prevents all but the last cookie sent by a browser to actually be set. This affects all web applications deployed on IIS 7. This...
Read moreKeeping users participating in a thread about comments being made by other readers is crucial to the success of a community. People with an opinion should be brought back time and time again to continue in sharing their ideas with others. Comment Subscribe helps your audience stay more engaged with one another, by notifying them via email when follow up comments are posted to entries they themselves leave comments on. Emails are received as users opt-in to receive them, and all emails allow users to easily unsubscribe from future emails.
Read moreOverview Type: Bug Fix, one XSS vulnerability affecting a portion of users addressed. Mandatory? Highly Recommended for all MT4.0 users, and strongly recommended for users affected by the listed issues, but not required. Performance Implications: Expect performance increase. Some critical performance improvements to MT 4.0. Users expect to see performance increase in the application and in publishing. Plugins Affected: None that we are aware of -- all MT4.0 plugins should work in MT 4.01. However, this is a release that focuses on addressing issues with the Movable Type Perl API, so impacts are possible. Templates Affected: No changes in your templates are required. The default search results template was modified slightly to be compliant with W3C standards. Licensing considerations: None. MT 4.01 is a free upgrade for users of any version of MT 4.0 Download This release is no longer in beta; MT 4.01 is available through the standard download process. Known Issues Here is a list of known issues that we intend on fixing prior to this release. Several users have reported the upgrade process being run and re-run somewhat randomly. We are still investigating. If anyone encounters this issue please, please, please report it so that we can...
Read moreSite Wide Comment Feeds To add a comment feed for your entire blog, create an index template that contains the following contents. Set the output of the Index Template to comments.xml. Atom (recommended) <$MTHTTPContentType type="application/atom+xml"$><?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">...
Read moreIn order to make it easier for users of plugins to install and maintain Movable Type Plugin software, the following best practices have been defined to help developers package and structure their plugins consistently. Best Practices Plugins should be packaged...
Read moreClean Sweep is a plugin that assists administrators in finding and fixing broken inbound links to their website. It was built to support three use cases: * to help users monitor any broken links on their blog and have a system that can automatically adapt by redirecting stale and inbound links to the proper destination. * to help users get a clean start with their blog by allowing them to completely restructure their permalink URL structure and have a system that can automatically adapt by redirecting stale and inbound links to the proper destination. * to help users in the process of migrating to Movable Type who are forced to modify their web site's URL and permalink structure. These use cases have to do with preserving a site's page rank in light of a major redesign.
Read moreGhostwriter is a Movable Type plugin that adds a control to change the author on Edit Entry and Edit Page screens. Perfect when the person entering or editing content is not the user to be specified as the author. Documentation...
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