tips and tricks for movable type

more link on same line as body (April 05, 2004)

Avoiding the default break between Entry Body and the More link.

how to work with templates when making changes (November 09, 2003)

Using "link this template to a file" to test changes to your templates.

MTCommentAuthorLink and Sanitize Specs (May 29, 2003)

Getting them to play nicely together.

next N and previous N entries (May 07, 2003)

Nesting the MTEntryNext and MTEntryPrevious tags to get multiple entries in a listing. Also features a method using the Again plugin.

calendar cell background colors (May 07, 2003)

Changing the background colors of calendar cells depending on whether or not entries exist for that day.

link that stylesheet (March 19, 2003)

A real time-saver when tinkering with your styles.

previous and next on your calendar (March 09, 2003)

Navigational links on the calendar.

limit excerpt to a paragraph (January 12, 2003)

Limit excerpt by paragraph, not words.

link this template to a file (January 12, 2003)

Steps to using link this template to a file.

recent categories with entries (December 15, 2002)

List most recently updated categories with PHP.

login form on main page (November 28, 2002)

Handy tip for multi-author blogs.

automated mailto link for an author (November 06, 2002)

Avoid hard-coding an author's email address.

alternate search templates (November 02, 2002)

A couple of things that didn't dawn on me at first.

edit mt.cfg from within MT (October 12, 2002)

I decided to make my mt.cfg file available for editing through the MT interface.

include files in comments templates (October 05, 2002)

Using MTInclude in your Comments Listing Template to mimic SSI or PHP.

redirect url for mt add notify (August 11, 2002)

Control the page that is displayed after someone adds their email address to your notification list.

no pop-up comments? (April 03, 2002)

Nice tip for those who don't want pop-up comments, but would rather open them in the current browser window.

category styles (March 25, 2002)

Use the category to apply a particular style to each entry.

better comments link (March 24, 2002)

Make your comments popup link in MT more non-JS friendly.