July 2007 Archives

Movable Type is fluent in French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Japanese too!

Byrne Reese - 30 Jul 2007 - 5 comments

One of Movable Type's strength's has always been its long history of being a truly international product which is why Six Apart has offices not only in San Francisco, but also in Tokyo and Paris as well. During the... Continue Reading

Movable Type 4 Release Candidate: Ready To Go

Byrne Reese - 25 Jul 2007 - 43 comments

About seven weeks ago we released to the world the first beta of Movable Type 4.0. In that time the Beta has been downloaded tens of thousands of times, bringing new users into the MT4 community at a rate that's... Continue Reading

Services restored and gearing up for a release

Byrne Reese - 24 Jul 2007 - 2 comments

Today at approximately 1:40pm PST this web site along with all of Six Apart's web sites and services suffered a major interruption of service due to a power outage that affected our entire hosting facility. Power was restored to the... Continue Reading

Podcasting? Yep, we got that.

Byrne Reese - 17 Jul 2007 - 22 comments

The number seven just got a whole lot luckier if you ask me. Beta 7 was just released (download it now), and just when I thought no new exciting features would be added to MT4 because honestly, we really... Continue Reading

Tags, Variables, and Templates, Oh My!

Anil Dash - 17 Jul 2007 - 1 comments

As we've had an influx of new people looking into Movable Type 4.0 during the beta, either for the first time, or for the first time in years, one thing that keeps coming up is "the template tags look cool... Continue Reading

Psst -- iPhone Nerds...

Anil Dash - 11 Jul 2007 - 2 comments

Got a shiny new iPhone? Got shiny new MT4 Beta? Well, every listing screen in MT4 has built-in feeds for things like managing your entries and comments, all you've got to do is look for the feed icon on the... Continue Reading

Beta 6, replying to your commenters, more spam fighting ammo

Byrne Reese - 10 Jul 2007 - 5 comments

We are pleased to announce that we just released the sixth beta for Movable Type 4.0. Our focus in this release was almost entirely upon fixing bugs, reproducing issues reported by customers, responding to your feedback and bringing even more... Continue Reading

Take A Look Around!

Anil Dash - 7 Jul 2007 - 1 comments

Now that we've got the new site mostly up and running, it's time to point out a few highlights you might want to check out if you're new to exploring MT4.The good stuff: The free download of MT4 Beta 5,... Continue Reading

Pardon Our Dust

Byrne Reese - 5 Jul 2007 - 15 comments

We are about to begin the process of rolling out a new design for this web site and blog today. During the time some links or pages may appear broken or unstyled. We thank you for your patience. When we... Continue Reading

Happy Fourth of July!

Byrne Reese - 3 Jul 2007 - 6 comments

Obligatory Fireworks Photo As we all must do when we see fireworks, let us let out a collective "oooooooohhh" and "aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh" with the release of Movable Type 4.0 Beta 5. This release is right on par with our past releases,... Continue Reading

What I Screencast Is What You Get

Byrne Reese - 3 Jul 2007 - 13 comments

In the next installment of our on-going series of screencasts that showcase Movable Type 4.0 we decided to present an overview of what is perhaps the single most important screen in the application: the Compose Screen. In this quick... Continue Reading

First Movable Type 4 Plugin released

Byrne Reese - 2 Jul 2007 - 11 comments

This weekend, Kevin Shay, the developer behind several of Movable Type's most popular plugins, release the first Movable Type 4 plugin. Some credit should go to Arvind as well who has been working on upgrading Custom Fields to work with... Continue Reading
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