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Today I want to share with you a blog article originally written on the Japanese Six Apart blog. The author, my colleague Yuji Takayama, is currently one of the main developers of Movable Type. The post is about Movabele Type's Github repository. Now, let me share with you the current status of Movable Type's development....
Read moreMovable Type 5.2 features an updated version of the rich text editor. We hope the new features will help make it faster and easier to customize blog entries and website pages. Entering rich text edit mode By choosing the "rich text" format option, the user's text input field will switch to WYSIWYG mode. Rich text interface changes All buttons have been redesigned, and the editor now supports HTML styling. HTML editing mode By clicking the [</>] button located in the top right corner of the editor, the input mode will change to plain or HTML editing mode. Click the same button again to return to WYSIWYG editing mode. Button function Button behavior code defines strong text <strong>Text</strong> defines emphasized text <em>Text</em> defines unhdeline text <span style="text-decoraton:under-line;">text</span> defines strikethrough text <del datetime="YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS">text</del> insert link <a href="url">Text</a> remove link n/a defines blockquote <blockquote>Text</blockquote> define indent <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Text</p> remove indent remove one indent element(-30px) defines unordered list <ul> <li>text</li> </ul> defines ordered list <ol> <li>text</li> </ol> aligns text to the left <p style="text-align:left;">text</p> aligns text in center <p style="text-align:Center;">text</p> aligns text to right <p style="text-align:right;">text</p> insert image files n/a insert asset files <a href="FileURL">File</a> undo operation n/a redo operation...
Read moreMovable Type 5.2 Beta 2 is now available. A lot of bugs and issues are fixed in this version. For more detail information, please refer to the notes below. Known Issues To be fixed in next beta version 108211 IE8: Unable to select area by clicking content path 108183 In Firefox, when an empty list item within a list is selected and deleted, the list mark will remain. 108138 In Firefox, when editing text within a list, if the delete or back space buttons are used, the list element will be deleted, returning all listed text to a non-formatted appearance. There is a patch file already available for the issues listed above, and pull requests have beent sent to the TinyMCE repository. These issues will be fixed once the original TinyMCE issues are fixed. 108273 Wrong order of the field on Edit Entry Screen 108213 Location of alert message appears in mismatched position 108242 Occasionally sending test mail fails under IIS+ActivePerl environement Implemented cases Following features were introduced in MT5.1 108218 Unable to save Title on Batch Edit Entries if the Title was blank 108284 Default value of timezone filed on Create Website/Blog screen should respect DefaultTimezone 80929 MTArchiveCount within...
Read moreThe Future of Movable Type and Your Business New York City October 18th, 2012 The 2012 Idea Exchange is a chance for developers, designers, and clients to get together to learn from each other, discuss new projects, hear about the latest offerings in MT5.2, and gain detailed insight on where Movable Type is going, and what our plans are for helping to grow and support the Movable Type business in North America, Europe, and South America. Agenda The CEO's or Presidents of major Japanese Movable Type partners will be presenting their current offerings in Japan and be looking for partner to help ready these offerings for North America. The CEO of GENOVA and the CEO of Alfasado will be in attendance. An overview of other offerings currently being made ready for North America. Movable Type premier support partner 601AM will be presenting a case study on a challenging Movable Type implementation, sharing with you the details on how they solved the client's unique challenges. Movable Type will have the lead developer, Yuji, on hand for discussions. Six Apart CEO Nob Seki will be attending, as will EVP Product Tsukasa Sugita, and others from the Movable Type team. I will...
Read moreAllow users to export images and theme files at the same time.
Read moreAllows the user to set button sizes for large, medium and small buttons. Also allows the user to set a default size and positioning for thumbnails generated from uploaded images.
Read moreFor users with authorization to only one blog, this plug-in allows them to start directly from the authorized blog's dashboard upon log-in, bypassing the user dashboard.
Read moreAllows the user to search by category on published blog entries.
Read moreAllows the user to restrict category selection. When enabled, the user will only be able to select one category from a list predefined by the administrator.
Read moreAllows the use of alternate al-tmpl directory to customize Movable Type management screen with template tags, such as MTEntries, on CMS templates.
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