tips and tricks for movable type

add shortcut to reset activity log (May 07, 2005)

In a previous mini-tip, I noted the URL to reset your Activity Log. With the introduction of magic tokens in...

nicer autolinked urls in comments (November 16, 2003)

A hack to shorten the display of autolinked URLs in comments.

more than five recent items on editing menu (November 09, 2003)

Hack to show more recent items on the Editing Menu.

email not required for comments (October 04, 2003)

A mini-hack to permit users to post comments without providing an email address.

change number of entries shown in Edit Entries (January 12, 2003)

Change the default number of entries for editing in MT.

add subscriber URL to notify list (November 29, 2002)

Link to hack which allows you to make use of the URL field in notifications.

receive email of notification subscribers (November 23, 2002)

Hack mt-add-notify to receive notification of new subscribers.

edit list_entries function (September 17, 2002)

Change the default number of entries to display when you List and Edit Entries.

add entry title to notification subject line (September 07, 2002)

How to add the Entry Title to the subject line of your MT notification emails (no longer necessary with new version of MT).

comment notification hack (September 07, 2002)

Stop MT from sending you notification when you make a comment on your own blog.

notification message URL (August 04, 2002)

Link for how to hack the notification function to use the URL you want.

mt support forum links problem (July 16, 2002)

Oh, yeah - this one was fun!!

entry title in comment notification subject (July 06, 2002)

A hack you no longer need - if you've upgraded to the latest version of MT, that is.

MTPings behavior (and hack) (July 05, 2002)

Something you should know about MTPings - and a hack to get around it.

redirect url for comments (April 15, 2002)

Link to a hack for creating a new hidden form field to control the redirect URL after a comment is posted.

MTEntry tags within MTComments (April 03, 2002)

Link for a hack to allow the use of MTEntry tags within MTComments (no longer necessary!).

automatic smilies (April 02, 2002)

Link for MT hack for adding automatic smilies, text, or URLs to your posts and comments.

email this entry (March 25, 2002)

Links for how to add a "send this entry" feature to your site.