tips and tricks for movable type

dynamic archives by author (January 23, 2005)

The ability to provide archive listings by author has been a much requested option for Movable Type. While you can...

paginated dynamic index page with smarty (November 06, 2004)

Using Smarty to paginate your index template when publishing dynamically.

categories with most entries (April 04, 2004)

Use PHP to produce a list of the categories with the most entries.

category specific recent comments listing (January 16, 2004)

How to show a category-specific recent comments listing in your Category Archives.

show all comments for comment author (January 04, 2004)

Code to display all comments made by a particular author.

top searches using PHP and MySQL (November 23, 2003)

Displaying a list of top searches on your blog using MySQL and PHP.

lastn comments from one category (September 20, 2003)

Using PHP and MySQL to show the lastn comments on entries from one category.

configuration listing with php and mysql (September 07, 2003)

Generate a single page showing all of your configuration settings.

category count excluding one category (June 15, 2003)

Display a total count of all entries in your blog excluding those in one category.

recent searches using PHP and MySQL (May 02, 2003)

Displaying a list of recent searches on your blog using MySQL and PHP.

two calendars reverse sort (February 01, 2003)

Display two calendars in reverse order using MTArchiveList and PHP.

non-consecutive days with PHP (January 12, 2003)

Display posts from the last N non-consecutive days using PHP.

monthly archives in chronological order (December 21, 2002)

Reversing the order of MTArchiveList.

recent categories with entries (December 15, 2002)

List most recently updated categories with PHP.

quick links for blog entries (December 15, 2002)

Link to thread on using quick links in your entries to reference other entries.

previous and next by category (November 29, 2002)

How I modified the ScriptyGoddess script to meet my preferences.

MTRefSearch (November 28, 2002)

This PHP script provides useful links to visitors reaching your site from Google.

output MT templates with MySQL and PHP (November 28, 2002)

Brenna's script for backing up your templates.

custom hot list (November 01, 2002)

Link to the ScriptyGoddess script.

edit link for entries with PHP (October 12, 2002)

Brenna's PHP tip for edit entry links - visible only to you.

LGF referrers script (October 04, 2002)

Can a girlie ever have too many referrer scripts?

entries with most comments (October 03, 2002)

How I implemented yet another idea from ScriptyGoddess.

subscribe to comments (October 03, 2002)

Another great script from the Goddesses.

navigation: where are you? (April 17, 2002)

Links for how to have your navigation bar "know where you are".

one year ago today, with php (April 16, 2002)

Link to Brad's PHP version of "one year ago today".

smart comments (March 24, 2002)

Customizing your comment display based on how many there are.

alternating colors (March 24, 2002)

Get alternating colors by class with Javascript or PHP.