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October 2013

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  • MT::App::CMS error

    Asked by Luis Silva
    October 29, 2013

    I’m trying to upgrade from version 3.3 to 4.38 and eventually 5.x. So far I have upgraded to 4.38 and i hit this error when trying to preview a blog entry. > Invalid request: corrupt character data for character set…

  • reader comment is not showing

    Asked by erica brady and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 28, 2013

    I approved a reader comment, but it is not showing as a comment on the blog. When I tried to republish the blog, I got the following error message: An error occurred publishing category ‘9784’: Publish error in template ‘Category…

  • Sudden JSON error

    Asked by Armin
    October 25, 2013

    Hello. Been running MT 4.23 perfectly for years. This morning after a server outage that required a reboot, whenever I create an entry I get the following error: "Usage: JSON::XS::new(klass)". It also happens when I try to edit an existing…

  • Why is a deleted blog still accessible?

    Asked by Emily and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 23, 2013

    I created a blog as a college class project and want to delete it. Under manage blogs it says I have no blogs to manage but the URL still exists and can be searched. How do I get rid of…

  • Styles and images stopped working

    Asked by Seong-Ah Cho and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 23, 2013

    Hello — I recently noticed that for some reason all our blog posts (example) lost all their formatting and thumbnail images. We use Movable Type to host the blog and link to it from our webpage. Please let me know…

  • Allow HTML in comment code blocks

    Asked by Charlie Gorichanaz and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 16, 2013 in Featured

    I am using Markdown with Smartypants to process comments similar to the example in the documentation for the filters modifier: This works great except for when comments include certain HTML or Movable Type tags within code blocks. For example, if…

  • MySQL socket error

    Asked by nathan and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 16, 2013 in Featured

    What is this error? Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)…

  • New to posting

    Asked by Mariel Martin and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 16, 2013

    Hi, I am trying to figure out how to publish a blog post that I have created in Word onto my blog. I have the content and link ready I just need to publish it now. Thank you for your…

  • File timestamp updating

    Asked by Charlie Gorichanaz and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 16, 2013 in Featured

    I republished an entire blog, and when I looked at the timestamps on the files, I did not see any recent dates. Does this mean Movable Type could not publish the templates? Or does it not update file timestamps every…

  • Can I use the same template on multiple blogs?

    Asked by John Smith and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 16, 2013 in Featured

    Thanks!…

  • Published entry not on main page

    Asked by katie
    October 15, 2013

    I’ve published an entry to my blog, but it is not showing up on the main page of my blog. I can only find my entry in the archives, not on the main page. How do I get it to…

  • Inconsistent URL custom fields

    Asked by Charlie Gorichanaz and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz and Dan Wolfgang
    October 14, 2013 in Featured

    I have a “Single-Line Text” custom field called “Asker URL” with the template tag set to AskExpertURL. The values stored so far are a mixture of full URLs like: http://movabletype.org And shorthand URLs like: movabletype.org I am following the suggested…

  • E-mail alerts on new comments

    Asked by Yuji Takayama and answered by Yuji Takayama
    October 14, 2013 in Featured

    How do I turn on an email alert for each time we receive a comment? So then we do not have to log in everyday to see if there are new comments. Instead we would just receive an email saying…

  • How do I change the database?

    Asked by Emma and answered by Charlie Gorichanaz
    October 9, 2013 in Featured

    Hi, I’m trying to change the database to another one on my server. How do I do that in Movable Type? Thanks, Emma…

  • Pagination plugin

    Asked by Emily
    October 2, 2013

    Is there a plugin for pagination in movable type that is compatible with MT5? Thanks…

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