Movable Type 5 Documentation

This is an index of the documentation updated for Movable Type 5 or specific to MT5.

Installation Guide

Installing

• System Requirements
• Viewing Server System Info with mt-check.cgi
• Before You Begin
• Windows Server Installation Instructions

Upgrading

• Copying Files to a New Directory During Upgrade
• Upgrade Guide for Movable Type

Database

• MySQL Settings
• MySQL Database Backup & Restore
• Migrating to MySQL from SQLite or PostgreSQL
• Using phpMyAdmin

Administrator's Guide

General Administration

• [General Settings] Name, Public Path, Archive, Module, History Management
• Registration Settings
• [Feedback] Comments, Trackbacks and Spam Settings
• Editing Website and Blog Settings

Administration Tools

• Plugin Settings
• Search and Replace
• Backing Up and Restoring Blogs
• Importing and Exporting Content

• Saving and Restoring the Revision History (for blog entries, web pages and templates)

Websites Administration

• Creating and Deleting a Website

Blogs Administration

• Creating a New Blog
• Viewing a List of Blogs
• Managing Categories and Folders

User Administration

• Member List and Member Search
• Enabling and Disabling Users
• Creating a New Role
• Managing Users
• Granting Permissions to a User

General Information

• How to Use Movable Type
• Password Recovery
• Managing Entries/Pages

Author's Guide

Compose

• Boilerplate
• Making the Most of Blog Entries and Pages
• Changing the Field Order
• URL Email Notifications for Blog Entries and Web Pages
• Creating and Publishing Pages

Smartphone Option

• An Introduction to the Smartphone Admin Screen
• Differences from the PC Version
• Regarding the Use of Admin Screen Replacement PlugIns
• Smartphone Screen Overview
• The Smartphone Editor

Designer's Guide

Template and Theme

• Setting up "Eiger"
• Setting Up "Rainier"
• Template Types in Movable Type
• Archive Template Variables
• Archive Mapping
• Ultimate Guide to Template Module Caching
• Movable Type Themes
• MultiBlog Template Tags
• Managing your Blog's Templates

Archive File Path

• Archive File Path Specifiers

Developing Theme

• Theme Framework from plugins
• Core Theme Elements
• The Basic Structure of a Theme
• Theme Registry Keys

Custom Field

E-mail settings

• Customizing Emails
• About Spam Entry Filtering
• Constructing Links to Profiles

Developer's Guide

Database

• MySQL Settings
• MySQL Database Backup & Restore
• Migrating to MySQL from SQLite or PostgreSQL
• Using phpMyAdmin

Settings

• [General Settings] Name, Public Path, Archive, Module, History Management
• Registration Settings
• [Feedback] Comments, Trackbacks and Spam Settings
• Editing Website and Blog Settings

Developer

• Revision history in Plugin
• Permission API
• Everything UTF8

• Installing Perl Modules

Developer's Knowledgement

• English developer guide on Github