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FacebookCommenters Plugin Broken, but Fix will be in MT5.13/4.38

By Maarten Schenk on November 10, 2011 12:11 PM | 8 Comments | No TrackBacks |

The error "Error saving plugin settings: Could not register story template with Facebook: Unknown method" has been popping up more and more among users of the FacebookCommenters plugin for Movable Type. The cause is a change to the API at Facebook. Six Apart is aware of the issue (check the Fogbugz ticket here if you have access) and a fix has been committed but not released yet. I have been told the updated version of FacebookCommenters will be bundled with the upcoming Movable Type 5.13/4.38 release.

New Ebook about Movable Type

By Maarten Schenk on October 31, 2011 11:36 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

I recently came across the blog of Sebastian Kleine, a German PHP coder. He wrote he recently had to use Movable Type for a work-related project, but couldn't find any good (recent) introductory books so he decided to write one himself. The result is an ebook available from Amazon, titled 'Blogging with Movable Type'. I haven't read it myself, but he describes it as:

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One Decade of Movable Type

By Maarten Schenk on October 10, 2011 9:40 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

I missed it because I was abroad, but last saturday was Movable Type's 10th birthday. To celebrate, Six Apart has posted some stats about the recent development activity and a picture of a lovely birthday cake. Happy birthday MT! You certainly changed my life.

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Movable Type on Twitter

By Maarten Schenk on August 15, 2011 8:56 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

So I'm back from my holiday and what do I see on Twitter? Six Apart Japan has revived the @movabletype twitter account. Curious to see what they'll post...

Six Apart Announces New 'Movable Type Announcements' Mailing List

By Maarten Schenk on July 29, 2011 4:45 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Six Apart Japan has annouced the launch of a new mailing list where the Movable Type development team will post announcements related to the development of Movable Type. You can subscribe to it here: http://ml.sixapart.com/mailman/listinfo/mt-announce. I have subscribed the Movable Type and Melody Community Feed to it as well (using the Post Office plugin) so any announcements made to the list will also show up there automatically.

Security Update: Movable Type 5.12, 5.06, and 4.37 Released

By Maarten Schenk on June 23, 2011 10:15 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks |

If you are running Movable Type and you have users on your system you can't completely trust, you urgently need to update to the latest version, says Six Apart in an announcement this morning. They specifically mention that this release fixes an issue where:

Under certain circumstances, a user who has "Create Entries" or "Manage Blog" pemissions may be able to read known files on the local file system.

That is bad, as it would allow a potential attacker to read things like configuration files etc. which may contain passwords or other sensitive information.

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"Learning Movable Type" is Back!

By Maarten Schenk on June 21, 2011 9:29 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Between 2004 and 2008, Elise Bauer ran Learning Movable Type, a group weblog with tips, tricks and tutorials for beginning Movable Type webmasters (and one of the sites inspiring me to start Movable Tips). As Elise didn't have the spare time to run the site anymore, Six Apart took over the hosting but nothing much happened with it anymore for several years, even though it remained a very useful resource. But now the site has a new home: Elise has graciously passed me the torch, and since yesterday the site is hosted on my server.

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Movable Type and Melody Community Feed Now Tracks 50 Feeds

By Maarten Schenk on June 15, 2011 10:04 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

I just added the feed of Endevver's knowledge base to the Movable Type and Melody Community Feed Aggregator. The aggregator is now tracking 50 feeds for Movable Type and Melody related news, and over the past weeks there hasn't been a single day without at least several updates appearing. Know of any other sources I should include? Let me know!

Mandatory Movable Type Security Updates Released (5.11, 5.051, 4.361)

By Maarten Schenk on June 9, 2011 9:26 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Six Apart has released updated versions of Movable Type containing several security fixes (and a few other bugfixes as well). Release notes are here. It is highly recommended to install these updated versions, as they patch a number of vulnerabilities of the type that got PBS.org hacked through a Movable Type 0day exploit last week. As always, don't just upgrade, but make sure your installation is properly secured as well.

Six Apart Japan and Evernote Announce Deal (I think)

By Maarten Schenk on June 1, 2011 3:34 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks |

On Six Apart Japan's website there is an announcement which, if pulled through Google translate, seems to indicate some kind of deal with Evernote. The gist seems to be that there is a new plugin for Movable Type to directly clip entries to Evernote, and it looks as if this feature is also available to certain TypePad users, although it isn't clear to me if this is for Japanese users only or worldwide. Stay tuned!

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