tips and tricks for movable type

sweetness! you rock! it works it works! is there any way to change the table with the dates to the current displayed month? would this take some other scripting outside of MT? changing the month is pretty slick. thanks girlie!

nice! yep that was it. thanks!

I hate to say this... but I don't understand. I followed your instructions but the end result is nothing like Ken's calendar. What have I done wrong?

I'm new to all this and am not a code person by any means - so please bear with me... :-)

I'm on the design end and am trying to set-up a blog for a customer who is a musician. The page is to be used to list upcoming gigs so there are entries for the current month as well as a month or 2 in advance.

I got the code to work for the > navigation, (which is VERY cool by the way!), BUT now the little calendar is displaying the wrong month name at the top (above the numerical days). It should be March, but it says May (the furthest month out where he has a gig listed).

I want the current month to be showing, (March), even though he might have entries dated into May.

Here's the page:
http://www.ephotowerks.com/projects/test_blog/

Sorry this is sooo long - but any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks - Lori

Ok I am going to try this out too!!

LOL I need to wait until next month to see if it works :-/

I get the calendar working in the archive pages, but the Title of the month is always the current month, not the month showing.

Seems like a simple fix - any help?

can this be used with the brad choate plugin so that it could show the future and past months with the arrows even if there is no entry?

Uhh that would be the one that is calendar related!!

i think what howardgr2000 is referring to is that the setting the date context month=this works perfect in adjusting dates within both individual and monthly archives, but the month/year doesn't adjust accordingly. in the monthly archive, you use the archive name (May 2002), but that won't work for individual archive entries since the title is the that of the entry. if my babbling doesn't make any sense, see ken edwards site. he uses your method in his monthly archives, but a static current month for individual entries.

I seem to be having problems setting this up on my monthly archives. They only show the current month regardless, so in April 2002 instance the month showing on the calendar itself is May 2003.

The previous and next works fine - is there something I am missing?

Thank you so much! That solved it ;)

I copied and pasted this exactly into my calendar template. (I have it set up as an index template on its own, and it is included into my index page via php) When I click on the

Is it possible for the arrows to bring up the next/previous calendar only (on Main Index page) and not go to the particular archive page?

I just found your site today and it's very helpful. Thanks!!

I'm currently using Blogger but about to cross over to MT - could I ask a simple question? Where exactly do I put the tag and in which template (I'm assuming Date-Based Archive)? Thanks, I learning a lot from your site.

Thanks, Girlie! This is something I have wanted to do, but didn't have the know-how. I'm well pleased :D

Thank you for this tip this is awesome !!!

Site rocks! Thanks for the code snipet.

As asked earlier...
Is it possible for the arrows to bring up the next/previous calendar only (on Main Index page) and not go to the particular archive page? ....Thanks

calendar iframe

You are too awesome!! I finally got this up and working on my site without to many problems... It looks nice, acts nice, and is just... nice.... thanx (^_^)

What date context do I enter"? I have tried both numerical and"monthly" this is the error I receive.

Build error in template 'Main Index': Error in tag: You used an without a date context set up.

Thyanks I'M out.....

I'm not sure where exactly to place the code you described. This is what I have:

<div align="center" class="calendar">
<table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" summary="Monthly calendar with links to each day's posts">

<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly" lastn="1">

<caption class="calendarhead"><MTArchivePrevious><a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" title="<$MTArchiveTitle$>">&laquo;</a></MTArchivePrevious> <a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a> <MTArchiveNext><a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>" title="<$MTArchiveTitle$>">&raquo;</a></MTArchiveNext></caption>

</MTArchiveList>
<tr>
<th abbr="Sunday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Sun</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Monday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Mon</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Tuesday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Tue</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Wednesday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Wed</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Thursday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Thu</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Friday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Fri</span>
</th>
<th abbr="Saturday" align="center">
<span class="calendar">Sat</span>
</th>
</tr>
<MTCalendar>
<MTCalendarWeekHeader>
<tr>
</MTCalendarWeekHeader>
<td align="center">
<span class="calendar">
<MTCalendarIfEntries>
<MTEntries lastn="1">
<a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTCalendarDay$></a>
</MTEntries>
</MTCalendarIfEntries>
<MTCalendarIfNoEntries>
<$MTCalendarDay$>
</MTCalendarIfNoEntries>
<MTCalendarIfBlank>&nbsp;</MTCalendarIfBlank>
</span>
</td>
<MTCalendarWeekFooter>
</tr>
</MTCalendarWeekFooter>
</MTCalendar>
</table>
</div>

I would like to ask how, instead of the links in my calendar pointing to the last entry of that day, I can make them point to the archive for that day. I tried using the following, but it doesn't work:

<MTCalendarIfEntries>
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Daily" lastn="1">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>">
<$MTCalendarDay$></a></MTArchiveList>
</MTCalendarIfEntries>

Instead I always get the last daily archive's URL.
Suggestions?

This example works fine for monthly archives but when an individual entry is selected the calendar reverts back to the current month. i.e. select an entry from two months ago and the calendar doesn't reflect the selected months archive entries instead it just shows the entries from the current month. Why is this and can it be fixed?

Hiya :)
I followed all the instructions and the comments and it all works fine, but I still can't get the correct month to appear on the calendar. No matter how many times I press the previous arrow, the calendar always displays May 2005. Any other suggestions?

I've tried to post my calendar code here, but for some reason, it's not working. If you need to see it, I can email it. Or you can check my site to see it.

Ooops, forgot to mention that I have it set up so that when I click, the entries open in an iFrame - so the Main Index page doesn't actually change. I think that's why it's not changing. Is there any possible way to make it change though, right there on the Main Index page?