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Dan Wolfgang Releases Spectacular 'Patrick' Theme for Movable Type

By Maarten Schenk on January 5, 2012 12:57 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Dan from eatdrinksleepmovabletype.com has released a new theme for Movable Type and Melody called 'Patrick'. It sports an impressive 13 settings screens that let you change everything, from colours, columns, labels, headers and footers, but also if (and how) to display Facebook comments, Twitter integration, highlighted entries, and much, much more.

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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.

Publishing Related Entries Lists (That Stay Updated) with Movable Type

By Maarten Schenk on September 19, 2011 11:59 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Having a list of related, similar entries below each entry in your blog is a good way to entice your readers to stay on your site longer. But how do you generate such a list, making sure only the most relevant entries are listed? And how can such a list be kept up to date, especially on older entries?

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Setting the Default Order of Custom Fields on Movable Type/Melody Entries or Pages for All Users of a Blog

By Maarten Schenk on August 9, 2011 4:14 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Using the standard 'Display options' link in the create/edit entry or page screens in Movable Type 4 or Melody you can reorder and toggle the display of the various custom fields that you may or may not have added to entries or pages on your blog or installation. But once you save the ordering and visibility you like, it is only valid for the user account you are currently logged in with. Changing the default order and visibility for all users on a blog used to involve either logging in as all of them one by one and changing the settings manually, or some pretty hairy database manipulation. But now there is a better way.

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New Melody/Movable Type Plugin Lets You Click Tags Instead of Typing Them

By Maarten Schenk on August 5, 2011 3:48 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Last week Endevver released a new plugin (Click Tagging) for Melody/Movable Type 4 that modifies the tag section of the edit entry/page screen, allowing you to click a list of your blog's existing tags to tag an entry or page, instead of typing them. Of course you can still add new tags by typing them by hand (but this function can be reserved for blog administrators only if needed). This seems like a great plugin for sites that use a limited set of tags: clicking saves a lot of typing and avoids different spellings of the same tag.

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Making (Selected) Draft Movable Type Entries Visible to the World

By Maarten Schenk on July 13, 2011 9:55 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Just discovered a new plugin called 'PreviewURL' by Yuichi Takeuchi. It allows you to share the contents of a draft entry with someone who doesn't have an account on your Movable Type installation (or who is simply not logged in). It works like this:

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Showing Entry Tags on Movable Type's Manage Entries Screen

By Maarten Schenk on June 10, 2011 3:42 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Neat new plugin on H. Fujimoto's blog: Extend Taggable Listing. Under Movable Type's 5.1 listing framework, you can pick and choose the columns to display on any listing screen, like the Manage Entries screen for example. This plugin allows you to display a column listing all the tags applied to a listed item. It works with all lists of things that can be tagged: entries, pages, assets...

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The IncludeMap Plugin for Movable Type (with screencast)

By Maarten Schenk on June 9, 2011 2:28 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

I recently found out about the IncludeMap plugin while browsing the Japanese Movable Type Plugin Directory (which seems way livelier than the 'official' one). This neat plugin builds a map of the relationships between your various templates, showing you a neat visualisation of which templates include which modules and widgets, but also the other way round, going multiple levels deep.

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MT Cumulus Plugin Security Vulnerability

By Maarten Schenk on June 7, 2011 1:52 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks |

Anyone using the MT Cumulus plugin to generate a flash-based tag cloud, take heed: there is a security vulnerability in the flash part of this plugin that allows script injection attacks. If you are using this plugin, it is probably better to remove it for now until an update becomes available, and to rely on Movable Type's built-in HTML-based tag cloud widget.

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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