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MT 5.02 and Ubuntu 14.04
I have MT 5.02 successfully installed on Ubuntu server 14.04. I can create entries, and save but when i attempt to publish i get an error: failed loading package MT::Template::Tags::Entry for routine MT::Template::Tags::Entry::hdlrentries: syntax error…
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mt-comments.cgi vulnerability?
My site host provider contacted me regarding very high cpu usage that seemed to be centered around mt-comment.cgi. I am in the process of updating, but the active site is still MT 5.2.2. I have turned off commenting for the…
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Upgrade to 6.0.3 issues
Hi, I am trying to upgrade from 5.2.2 to 6.0.3. After the upgrade had run and I refreshed the templates and published a site, I found a couple of major problems. 1) The upgrade had replaced my customized indexes with…
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Logging in times out
I can see my blogs but when I try to login the cursors spins and eventually times outs. It appears to access db correct because if I try to loggin with incorrect password I get an invalid pw message. This…
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Password Recovery
I am running MT 3.35 and will upgrade, but first I need to get into my current setup. How can I recover my password if I can’t remember my Password Recovery Word/Phrase?…
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Double space creates Â
Many times when I use a double space, Movable Type interprets it as an Â. how do I fix this?…
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Lost my system admin password
I have lost my system admin password and I cannot retrieve it. When I click on the Forgot Password? link, I get an error message: Can’t call method "id" on an undefined value Is there anyway to reset or retrieve…
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database location
I had a movable type installation on an old computer. The computer died and I wanted to extract the database from the unbootable hardrive. Where is the movable type database typically located? What is the file name? I can access…
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category selections not persisting
Ever since my paid upgrade to 5.2, any category selections I make do not persist when I save a post. However, categories I’d selected pre-upgrade are still honored. Any ideas?…
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uploading multiple pictures
Hello, How do i upload multiple pictures after making a category in my gallery? I can do one at a time but i want to upload 100+ pictures to different galleries. Thank you….
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Upgrade path from MT2
I took a long hiatus from blogging and now have the time to begin doing it more. As a result of the hiatus, my site is still running Moveable Type 2.63. The link on your site that gives information about…
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Changing default CAPTCHA color
I’m using the MT CAPTCHA to verify real comments on our blog, but the CAPTCHA is unreadable. I have a black background on the blog, the the CAPTCHA is black type on a dark grey/black pattern. How does one change…
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MTOS install files?
We are currently using MTOS for our online journal. We would like to upgrade to MTOS 5.2.9. Can you please tell me where to download the installation files, and where to get the upgrade instructions?…
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How Movable Type Blogs Use Entry Categories
Hi there. Our company is confused as to how a blog entry is categorized. When I choose multiple categories that my blog applies to, only one or sometimes none of them are included in the URL. I also don’t know…
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Entry Scheduling Not working
I have some blog entries that are scheduled to start in the future. This doesn’t seem to work. I am running Movable Type Pro version 5.2.7 with: Community Pack 1.95, Professional Pack 1.75…
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Embedding video
How can i put a video into my blog. Either uploading a .mov file directly or linking to a youtube version if need be….
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Restoring some deleted comments from backed-up MySQL database?
Hi, all. A user of my MT instance accidentally deleted 200 legitimate comments from their blog a couple months ago; I’m now trying to restore those. I have a backup of the MySQL database (using mysqldump) from just before the…
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How to update copyright date in blog footer
i want to update the c)2009 on my blog to 2014. can you take a look at my site and let me know if that is possible? my blog is live here: www.faux-toes.com/blog many bags of thanks, Kristen…
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Cannot find login URL
A friend purchased a url for me a few years ago and it is loaded with moveable type. It’s been awhile since I’ve visited the place, like years, and I want to start using it, but I cannot find how…
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Download Movable Type?
I have a personal blog using MT 4.38 and want to upgrade to 5.2.9 but can’t find anywhere to download it? what do I do? where do i get the latest 5.2.9 version to upgrade my older 4.38 blog?…
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Adding Typekit script to Movable Type 4 Blog
I just signed up with Typekit. They provide a small script that I need to add the the section of the blog. I have searched for hours through the files and I don’t know where this is. Anyone have any…
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reader comment is not showing
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…
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Why is a deleted blog still accessible?
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…
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Styles and images stopped working
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…
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Allow HTML in comment code blocks
I am using Markdown with Smartypants to process comments similar to the example in the documentation for the
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MySQL socket error
What is this error? Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)…
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New to posting
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…
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File timestamp updating
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…
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Can I use the same template on multiple blogs?
Thanks!…
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Inconsistent URL custom fields
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
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…
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How do I change the database?
Hi, I’m trying to change the database to another one on my server. How do I do that in Movable Type? Thanks, Emma…
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TinyMCE
How do you get the latest features of TinyMCE or customize it?…
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Edit Entry oddities
Can’t type in Body box. Can type in other boxes. Also, when click preview, it also clicks the save button. Any idea what’s wrong? –Elizabeth Harlow In a new entry I can only type the Title, but I can’t type…
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Entry Display Order within a Category
How do I change the order of entries that are loaded in a category?…
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ImageMagick Configuration Problem
I’ve never had too many issues uploading images, but yesterday, before I even saw the image file screen, I saw this error: “The required ImageMagick libraries are not installed or not installed properly.” Since then, I’ve not been able to…
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Does commenting require third party cookies?
Hi, Can you tell me how the comments are handled in MovableType? 1. Does it require the user to activate 3rd party cookies? 2. If 3rd party cookies are involved can there be a script with a button that can…
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Thumbnail file sizes can end up larger than original image
Sometimes when an image is resized by Movable Type, the resulting image’s file size is larger than the original! What’s going on here?…
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How can I prettify tag and keyword search URLs?
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Switching to different language versions of a site
I have a website in the Thai language and I have been requested to mirror that site in English. The site would be a 1 to 1 copy of the original. Every Page and Entry would have a corresponding Page…
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How can I generate appropriate meta tags in my posts?
I want to use Movable Type to show keywords, description, etc. What do you recommend?…
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Using PHP to check authentication
Hello, I’m trying to mix PHP code with MT tags in order to check if a user is authenticated. The purpose is to show and hide published pages according to who is logged in. We are using Movable Type 4.34…
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Activity Log maintenance issues
Running MT 4.23-en, on a fairly active blog (at least daily entries and comment activity). The activity log has not been maintained (i.e. cleared) in about three years, and has grown quite large (greater than 33 megabytes, total space, over…
