Movable Type Demo tag:osric.org,2008-11-06:/demo//1 2011-09-23T14:44:26Z Movable Type 4.37 Updated to Movable Type 4.37 tag:osric.org,2011:/demo//1.34 2011-09-23T14:41:42Z 2011-09-23T14:44:26Z I didn't event backup the database first. There's nothing important enough on this site to be worth the extra step of backing it up!The Zenmata plugin, once I hit 140 characters, is suggesting tags, images, and related articles. It is... Chris Herdt
The Zenmata plugin, once I hit 140 characters, is suggesting tags, images, and related articles. It is an interesting feature that could definitely help people improve their blogging.

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]]> Test Entry by User with Special Character in Displayname tag:osric.org,2011:/demo//1.32 2011-05-18T20:58:16Z 2011-05-18T21:00:21Z Döde <![CDATA[Foreign Characters and HTML entities - Mötley Crüe and Déjà Vu]]> tag:osric.org,2011:/demo//1.31 2011-04-07T16:15:15Z 2011-04-07T16:16:20Z Chris Herdt  Just a test to see how HTML entities appear in an RSS feed.

]]> Text formatting options in Movable Type tag:osric.org,2011:/demo//1.30 2011-04-04T14:53:01Z 2011-04-04T14:59:23Z My version of Movable Type offers 6 different format types: None Convert Line Breaks Markdown Markdown with SmartyPants Rich Text (I replaced the default with FCKEditor) Textile 2 A few things to note: You can easily disable Markdown, Markdown with... Chris Herdt My version of Movable Type offers 6 different format types:

  1. None

  2. Convert Line Breaks

  3. Markdown

  4. Markdown with SmartyPants

  5. Rich Text (I replaced the default with FCKEditor)

  6. Textile 2

A few things to note:


  • You can easily disable Markdown, Markdown with SmartyPants, and Textile 2 via System Overview--Plugins

  • Once you've changed an entry to Rich Text (or started an entry as Rich Text), you can't really change it back to one of the other options.

Personally, I would like to remove all options other than Rich Text. I have not yet found a simple way to do that

]]> Alt and title attributes on images in Movable Type tag:osric.org,2010:/demo//1.29 2010-05-26T21:58:48Z 2010-05-26T22:09:07Z Chris Herdt I am about to insert an image where I use the filename as both the title and the description.

 

center-up-arrow.png

 Now I will insert the same image again, after changing the label and the description on the Manage Assets page.

 

This is a blue arrow that points up

 The first has the original alt attribute (the filename), whereas the second has the new alt attribute. Changing the label and/or description has no effect on the alt attribute of images already places on an entry or page.

]]> Multiword Tags tag:osric.org,2010:/demo//1.27 2010-01-25T17:11:26Z 2010-01-25T18:50:35Z How does Movable Type handle multiword tags?It's easy to add a multiword tag--you don't even need quotes. Tags are separated by commas.In the database the tag is stored in mt_tag table. The tag_name field stores the human-readable label.The mt_entry table... Chris Herdt How does Movable Type handle multiword tags?

It's easy to add a multiword tag--you don't even need quotes. Tags are separated by commas.

In the database the tag is stored in mt_tag table. The tag_name field stores the human-readable label.

The mt_entry table joins to the mt_tag table via mt_objecttag:

  • mt_entry.entry_id is mt_objecttag.objecttag_object_id
  • mt_tag.tag_id is mt_objecttag.objecttag_tag_id

Adding a multiword tag actually adds 2 entries to the mt_tag table:

  • A "normalized" entry that removes spaces and special characters and lowercases the string
  • The regular version, which references the normalized version in the tag_n8d_id field.

More you should know about tags:

  • Tags can be associated with assets, pages, or entries. A tag associated with one is not available to be applied to the others; an identical tag must be created.
  • Tags must be associated with one of those 3 items. You cannot prepopulate tags for a given blog (as far as I can tell).
]]> ImageMagick and PerlMagick tag:osric.org,2009:/demo//1.24 2009-03-10T14:07:57Z 2010-01-25T16:48:10Z Thanks to a tip from the Movable Type forums, it turns out that PerlMagick was the missing ingredient to get ImageMagick to work with Movable Type.(The message on the tools page could be improved to let users know that.)Now, let's... Chris Herdt Thanks to a tip from the Movable Type forums, it turns out that PerlMagick was the missing ingredient to get ImageMagick to work with Movable Type.

(The message on the tools page could be improved to let users know that.)

Now, let's try it out:

Full size

 

Test GIF

 

Resized in the rich-text editor

 

Test GIF

 

Thumbnail

 

Test GIF

 

 

]]> Movable Type 4.23 and Sendmail tag:osric.org,2009:/demo//1.22 2009-02-03T23:06:58Z 2009-02-03T23:09:41Z Chris Herdt This is another issue I noticed after migrating to the new server:

Mail::Sendmail

Your server does not have Mail::Sendmail installed, or Mail::Sendmail requires another module that is not installed. This module is required for sending mail via SMTP Server. Please consult the installation instructions for help in installing Mail::Sendmail.

I renamed the mt-config.cgi file and ran the installation wizard (mt-wizard.cgi) again. The wizard successfully sent a test e-mail, so it must have found Sendmail, but the mt-check.cgi page does not reflect that.

]]> ImageMagick and Movable Type 4.23 tag:osric.org,2009:/demo//1.21 2009-02-03T22:55:12Z 2009-02-11T23:20:50Z Chris Herdt I would love to see what ImageMagick can do for Movable Type. My server says it has ImageMagick installed:

#yum list installed | grep "Image"
ImageMagick.i386                         6.3.5.9-1.1eapps       installed

The usual suspects are in /usr/bin, e.g. convert and mogrify.

Unfortunately, the mt-check.cgi page says otherwise:

Image::Magick

Your server does not have Image::Magick installed, or Image::Magick requires another module that is not installed. This module is needed if you would like to be able to create thumbnails of uploaded images. Please consult the installation instructions for help in installing Image::Magick.

I have no idea why Movable Type isn't finding it or how to give it proper directions.

]]> Migrating from Fedora Core to CentOS5 tag:osric.org,2009:/demo//1.20 2009-01-30T13:11:31Z 2009-02-03T22:28:59Z I recently migrated osric.org from a Fedora Core to a CentOS5 server. There was one hiccup along the way: apparently the groups on the old server didn't exactly match the groups on the new server, so I got internal server... Chris Herdt I recently migrated osric.org from a Fedora Core to a CentOS5 server. There was one hiccup along the way: apparently the groups on the old server didn't exactly match the groups on the new server, so I got internal server error 500 when attempting to log in.

The error logs showed that there was an issue with suexec, and the suexec log (in the Apache log directory) showed the mismatch. Once I changed the group on the files and the directories, everything worked again.

[update]: not quite everything--on the System Information page I'm getting the following error:

Movable Type could not find the script named 'mt-check.cgi'. To resolve this issue, please ensure that the mt-check.cgi script exists and/or the CheckScript configuration parameter references it properly.

Which is strange, because I can access that file directly via a web browser.

[update x2]: I fixed the System Info issue by installing HTML-Parser.

]]> FCKeditor - constrain proportions when resizing an image? tag:osric.org,2009:/demo//1.19 2009-01-06T19:09:09Z 2009-01-06T19:12:46Z In the actual image, the color bars are all 100x100 pixel squares. Within the rich-text editor (either Movable Type's default or the FCKeditor, at least) you can change the height and width of the displayed image, although I have not... Chris Herdt

8-swatches.gif

In the actual image, the color bars are all 100x100 pixel squares. Within the rich-text editor (either Movable Type's default or the FCKeditor, at least) you can change the height and width of the displayed image, although I have not found a way to constrain the proportions.

]]> MT plugin: Rich text editor selector tag:osric.org,2008:/demo//1.18 2008-12-23T20:42:18Z 2008-12-23T20:45:10Z I just installed the Rich text editor selector plugin for Movable Type. I was hoping this would allow me to select a rich-text editor on a per-entry basis, or at least a per blog basis. However, it is on a... Chris Herdt Rich text editor selector plugin for Movable Type. I was hoping this would allow me to select a rich-text editor on a per-entry basis, or at least a per blog basis. However, it is on a system-wide basis. Still useful for installing and comparing the various rich-text editor options, but in the end you have to stick with one.
]]> FCKeditor and Movable Type tag:osric.org,2008:/demo//1.17 2008-12-23T17:21:00Z 2008-12-23T17:45:42Z I installed the FCKeditor plugin. After which, I updated to FCKeditor 2.6.3 (this required that I update the fckconfig.js file to include the MTDefault toolbar set). I also added the asset upload button, the files for which are available in... Chris Herdt I installed the FCKeditor plugin. After which, I updated to FCKeditor 2.6.3 (this required that I update the fckconfig.js file to include the MTDefault toolbar set). I also added the asset upload button, the files for which are available in the FCKeditor plugin SVN repository (but not in the packaged plugin).

Although I think the standard silver and Office2003 skins looks suitable without any modifications, other FCKeditor skins are available. I wonder why no one has made a Movable Type FCKeditor skin? I would love to roll out the FCKeditor and not even have my clients notice the change.

I included only a selection of the possible rich-text editor elements:

  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Underline [perhaps I should rethink this--never use underline on the web]
  • Link
  • Unlink
  • Ordered List
  • Unordered List
  • Outdent
  • Indent
  • Blockquote
  • Left Justify
  • Center
  • Right Justify
  • Justified
  • Image
  • Asset
  • Paste-from-Word
  • Source

I also set FCKConfig.ToolbarCanCollapse = false, which frees up just enough horizontal space so that all the buttons fit on one line (using the silver skin).

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]]> MT 4.23 Update tag:osric.org,2008:/demo//1.14 2008-12-09T22:38:17Z 2008-12-09T22:39:46Z I just updated to MT 4.23, which addresses some XSS vulnerabilities, among other things.... Chris Herdt I just updated to MT 4.23, which addresses some XSS vulnerabilities, among other things.