January 2008 Archives

Building Action Streams

- 30 Jan 2008 - 13 comments

As my LiveJournal friends know, I’m reading Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam’s 2001 book about the decline in civic engagement in the US since the generation that fought World War II. Without going into his arguments, he shows that the behavior... Continue Reading

Movable Type Open Source 4.1 is Here!

Byrne Reese - 28 Jan 2008 - 1 comments

Last week Movable Type passed one of the biggest milestones in its history: the first stable version of Movable Type Open Source was officially released. Technically, Movable Type has been available under a GPL license since December. But for so... Continue Reading

Totally turn-key web sites and blogs

Byrne Reese - 18 Jan 2008 - 33 comments

For the last several weeks, Jim Ramsey has been developing a new web site design using Movable Type 4.1's new template set and theming infrastructure. His goals were simple: make it easy for users to create not just a blog,... Continue Reading

Movable Type 4.1 Release Candidate 1

Byrne Reese - 17 Jan 2008 - 8 comments

Tonight we released the first release candidate for Movable Type 4.1. This release signals that the product is converging upon a final and shippable version of the product. You can download it now from http://movabletype.org/beta/. Important changes in this release... Continue Reading

Using template tag parameters

Byrne Reese - 17 Jan 2008 - 5 comments

From the "I didn't know you could do that" department: So I was working with Beau on the implementation of a performance enhancement to Movable Type's search results and he showed me this really amazing trick that I doubt anyone... Continue Reading

Security Update for Movable Type

Byrne Reese - 17 Jan 2008 - 8 comments

Cross posted from the announcement found at the Official Movable Type News blog: Today we are releasing a mandatory security update for all Movable Type users, to address a potential security issue which has been reported by a third party.... Continue Reading
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