Cruft-free URLs in Movable Type

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Friendly URLs in Movable Type

Friendly URLs in Movable Type 02/01/2005 08:40 PM
Arve has written a very nice tutorial covering how to set up Movable Type to use search engine and user friendly url's. Not only does he show how to set up Movable Type so you can customise the url's yourself,...

Slugs: Decrufting Movable Type URLs

Slugs: Decrufting Movable Type URLs 02/01/2005 10:08 PM
A tutorial on how to migrate from the old, numeric Movable Type URIs, to search-engine and user-friendly URLs without file extensions, and with proper, custom slug text.

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Movable Type 3.11 Released: Bugs fixed

Movable Type Publishing Platform:
Movable Type 3.11 Released: Bugs fixed 09/04/2004 05:18 PM
Movable Type 3.11 Released: Bugs fixed .. released

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Movable Type 3.1 Launched

Movable Type Publishing Platform:
Movable Type 3.1 Launched 08/31/2004 05:31 PM
Movable Type 3.1 Launched .. new version

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Movable Type 3.14 released

Movable Type Publishing Platform:
Movable Type 3.14 released 12/22/2004 01:05 AM
Movable Type Publishing Platform: Movable Type 3.14 released .. new version of Movable Type

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Movable Type News: Workflow for Movable
Type released

Movable Type News: Workflow for Movable
Type released 04/15/2005 10:47 PM
Workflow, a new plugin for Movable Type 3.1x, has just been released by David Raynes. While we don't usually feature new plugins as part of our news about the Movable Type platform, we thought it was worth pointing out because...

Webl0gs.us: free Movable Type bl0g
hosting

Webl0gs.us: free Movable Type bl0g
hosting 11/05/2003 08:41 AM
Weblogs.us: free Movable Type blog hosting .. hosting

weblogs.us
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"Webl0gs.us: free Movable Type bl0g
hosting"

"Webl0gs.us: free Movable Type bl0g
hosting" 11/05/2003 09:27 PM

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Movable Type 3.1: What's New

Movable Type Publishing Platform:
Movable Type 3.1: What's New 07/30/2004 05:26 PM
Movable Type Publishing Platform: Movable Type 3.1: What’s New .. new version of Moveable Type

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Movable Type News: Movable Type 3.16
released

Movable Type News: Movable Type 3.16
released 04/18/2005 04:41 PM
The Movable Type team has been hard at work and we have some very exciting things coming in the 2005 release schedule. To kick things off we are proud to introduce Movable Type 3.16. Movable Type 3.16 sports significant improvements...

Movable Type News: Movable Type 3.17
released

Movable Type News: Movable Type 3.17
released 06/06/2005 12:11 AM
Today we are releasing Movable Type 3.17. This release addresses four issues that do not affect the majority of installations, but are critical for users with certain configurations. Version 3.17 is not a required upgrade if your Movable Type installation...

Seekrit Royal Mail site lets you look up
cruft-free postcodes

Seekrit Royal Mail site lets you look up
cruft-free postcodes 04/16/2004 11:50 AM
The UK Royal Mail has redesigned its site in craptacular, non-accessible glory, shutting off people using assistive devices from looking up postcodes. The official line of the post office is that Britons "begin to notice dramatic improvements in accessibility in the next two months." As NTK points out, though, the old, lynx-friendly site is still accessible at a s33kr1t URL. Link (via NTK)

Movable Type 3.1

Movable Type 3.1 07/27/2004 12:42 AM

Six Apart has announced what will be included in MT 3.1 I am highly disappointed that the feature list is not longer. Time will tell if they are able to keep up with the competition. [MovableTyp e]

Movable Type Pro

Movable Type Pro 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
Now that version 2.6 is released, we're pleased to announce that Movable Type Pro is in development for a summer...

Movable Type 3.1: What's New

Movable Type 3.1: What's New 07/27/2004 09:21 PM
Following Ben and Mena’s demonstration on Friday at the BlogOn conference, we’re glad to give everyone a small peek at...

"SMI und Movable Type 3.0"

"SMI und Movable Type 3.0" 04/27/2004 03:55 PM

Movable Type RIP

Movable Type RIP 05/13/2004 10:48 AM
I'm done with Movable Type. After months of little useful communications about their plans, Ben and Mena have for all intents and purposes ditched the free version of their once-shining weblogging software. Now, MT is a "publishing platform" that costs at least $69 (with limited functionality). Lucky for us that, while MT slept, we have discovered a much improved and free Blogger, a truly open source WordPress, and a similarly priced but more powerful ExpressionEngine.

Get Movable Type

Get Movable Type 05/13/2004 03:43 PM
acceso a las licencias completas .. announced their pricing scheme .. new pricing structure .. Movable Type Free .. Preisliste .. limitless

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"Movable Type 3.0"

"Movable Type 3.0" 05/15/2004 02:22 PM

"Movable Type 3"

"Movable Type 3" 06/03/2004 12:52 AM

How I am using Movable Type

How I am using Movable Type 05/18/2004 04:20 AM
In answer to Mena's question regarding Movable Type, asking "How are you using the tool?", I thought I'd explain a...

Movable Type 3.0

Movable Type 3.0 12/22/2003 05:37 AM
We realize that official news has been scarce over the last 6-9 months. During this time, our company has grown...

"Movable Type 2.64"

"Movable Type 2.64" 12/17/2003 03:46 PM

Movable Type News

Movable Type News 05/13/2004 04:57 PM
dernire mouture de l'outil de blogging MovableType .. Movable Type 3.0 Developer Edition .. Six Apart announced .. out

movabletype.org/news/2004_05.shtml#001048
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Movable Type SOLD OUT!?!

Movable Type SOLD OUT!?! 05/16/2004 12:42 AM
advocated their original position .. asterisk: MovableType SOLD OUT .. Asterisk

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Plug In to Movable Type

Plug In to Movable Type 05/17/2004 11:53 AM
the hard part is choosing between dual G5s or dual LCD monitors

Movable Type 3.0 Controversy

Movable Type 3.0 Controversy 05/17/2004 04:35 PM

MovableTyp e Madness: Dean over at blogs4God presents a really good wrap-up of the furor over the new Movable Type release.

Unbeknowst to me, Six Apart made a change over the weekend to say that mutiple Weblogs in MT used to create one site (for instance, if you have another blog to handle static pages for your site), do not count towards the Weblog limit in the license. They also removed a single CPU restriction that they said was in there by mistake, are allowing you to purchase additional blog/author packs for $10 each, and have increased the number of authors allowed in the mid-level version from 3 to 5.

Don Park links to some good resources as well, including this very wise column by Timothy Appnel over at O'Reilly:

As a developer and one who makes a living writing code, this reaction to Six Apart's new licensing is really disheartening and on a certain level frustrating to see. I am a firm believer and backer of free software. [...] I've personally released quite a bit of open source code myself and will continue to do so. However this apparent expectation of the vocal part of community that it is their right to have all great works of software at no cost is bothersome. If users don't have the funds or won't pay on principle for my time, effort or talent – how do I eat?

He makes a good point. Not everything in the world can be free, as much as we would like it. Yes, I love free software, but I also know when stuff is worth paying for. I'm reminded about what Nick Bradbury wrote in the pre-release FAQ to FeedDemon:

Will FeedDemon be free? Will it be open source? Sorry, no. I have nothing against open source, but I also have two kids to feed :)

I personally don't have a problem with Six Apart charging for this version. Movable Type was a gift so far, and I guess I never expected it to be free forever. I think they could have priced it a little lower, but it's still worth it.

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Movable Type 3.0 and TypeKey

Movable Type 3.0 and TypeKey 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
We've started our third round of testing of Movable Type 3.0. With this round, we've posted more information about the...

Movable Type Upgrading

Movable Type Upgrading 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
I always wait a while to upgrade Movable Type (the software I use to publish this site). The wisdom of this approach was borne out when a security fix had...

Movable Type 3.0 and Eating

Movable Type 3.0 and Eating 05/13/2004 01:51 PM
tim appnel is a developer who makes money providing services around Movable Type

Breadcrumbs in Movable Type

Breadcrumbs in Movable Type 05/05/2004 02:18 PM

P. Obels asked

How do you get the links on top of your site in movabletype which point out where you are?

like:

Home » Our Thinking » Measure Twice » Archive » Tools and Utilities

Since he’s not the first person who’s asked, and I’m getting tired of re-writing the answer, I’m blogging it so I can simply point people here.

The short answer is: manually.

Each MT template has the breadcrumbs manually defined. The only variable part of the breadcrumb is (in most templates) the last item in the list. So my archive template that creates both category and monthly archives has this in it:

<p class="breadcrumb"><a href="/">Home</a> &raquo; <a href="/thinking/">Our Thinking</a> &raquo; <a href="/blog/">Measure Twice</a> &raquo; <a href="/blog/archives/">Archive</a> &raquo; <MTArchiveTitle></p>

And the individual archive template contains

<p class="breadcrumb"><a href="/">Home</a> &raquo; <a href="/thinking/">Our Thinking</a> &raquo; <a href="/blog/">Measure Twice</a> &raquo; <MTEntryTitle></p>

Movable Type/Safari Bug

Movable Type/Safari Bug 05/09/2004 04:50 AM
I apologize to everyone who arrived here because their news reader told them that I updated the previous entry. I... (93 words)

Movable Type 3.15 released

Movable Type 3.15 released 02/01/2005 08:54 PM
Version 3.15 fixes a vulnerability in the mail sending packages for all Movable Type versions in which the user has...

Movable Type Scaling

Movable Type Scaling 11/05/2003 03:39 PM
MovableType Scaling problems. Metablogging this for people I know who use MT but might miss this. [Radio Free Blogistan]

Crossposter for Movable Type

Crossposter for Movable Type 12/30/2004 08:58 AM
Some code, then: Crossposter for Movable Type. I have write access to quite a few weblogs (more than in that code, by miles, actually), and I like to write to all of them. But I've found a curious psychological drawback...

Movable Type 3.01d (bug fixes!)

Movable Type 3.01d (bug fixes!) 07/11/2004 06:34 AM
atest version of Movable Type .. entry on the MT Site

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Movable Type 3.01D bug fix release

Movable Type 3.01D bug fix release 07/09/2004 09:45 PM
We've just released Movable Type 3.01D. You can download the new version by logging into your Movable Type Account...

Movable Type RIP | Metafilter

Movable Type RIP | Metafilter 05/14/2004 01:39 AM
Metafilter thread on Movable Type going to a pay model .. that just isn't good enough .. Answer

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Using PHP for Movable Type Searches

Using PHP for Movable Type Searches 07/04/2004 01:38 PM

A lot of people want to roll their own search with Movable Type. Us, for instance — Gadgetopia has a two-tiered search system based on whether the search term appears in the title, keywords, or body of the entry (see this post for more information).

Our search is done in with SQL and PHP, abandoning the MT search system completely. The probem with this method is rendering the search results. If you don't use MT, then you lose two things:

(1) Auto-creation of the permalink. The URL isn't stored anywhere in the database, so you have to recreate it. If your URLs are just based on the entry ID, then it's not hard. However, look at our URLs — they're a conglomoration of the date and the entry title. We'd have to create a PHP function to recreate this scheme — and if we ever changed the URL structure from within MT, we'd have to change the PHP function separately.

(2) Text filters. If you're just converting line breaks, the text filter is not so hard to re-produce. However, if you're using Textile or some other plug-in to filter your text, you're going to have to reproduce that in PHP as well so the previews render correctly.

You can avoid all this, however, by simply using PHP includes and an extra Individual Entry Archive. The result is an elegant solution that blends PHP and MT to eliminate the tedium of recreating MT functionality in PHP.

First, create a folder in your site called "search_fragments."

Next, create a new Individual Entry Archive in MT called "search_fragment." This template should contain the just HTML to create a single search listing. Like this:


<tr class="title">
  <td class="title">
    <a href="<MTEntryPermalink>"><MTEntryTitle></a>
  </td>
  <td class="date">
    <MTEntryDate format="%m/%d/%Y">
  </td>
</tr>
<tr class="excerpt">
  <td colspan="2">
    <MTEntryExcerpt>
  </td>
</td>


Configure this template to generate a file in the "search_fragments" directory named for the entry ID only. You don't even have add an extention, though you can if you like (if so, you'll need the change the PHP code listed below). So the entry in the archiving configuration would be something like:

search_fragments/<MTEntryID>

Now when an entry rebuilds, it will create two files: (1) its normal archive file, and (2) a search result fragment file called "1", "2", "348", etc. Notice that since we're using standard MT templates to create the fragment, the permalink will be created by MT, and the exceprt text will be formatted according to the text filter the entry is using.

Now, when you use your SQL to get your search results, just SELECT the entry ID, then spin through those and use PHP to include the matching search fragment file. Like this:


<table>
  <?php
    while ($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($keywordResults)) {
      @include "search_fragments/" . $r['entry_id'];
    }
  ?>
</table>


This will dump the contents of each search fragment file in the table. Since each file contained two rows, the resulting table will be valid HTML. Notice we're surpressing any errors on the inclusion line just in case a file is missing for some reason.

We've be using this system here for months, and it works great.

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