Changes for the authentication plugins

<p>MT::Auth::handle_sign_in interface was changed. The handle_sign_in returned only a commenter object as the return value, but the new version returns commenter object AND a list of session object. If your plugin overrides handle_sign_in by inheriting MT::Auth class, you need to update the method to returns this new value. If not, Movable Type tries to maintain the compatibility by loading session object automatically, but this is not ideal from performance perspective.</p>

<h3>Changes when using Transformer to include plugin template</h3>

<p>You need to specify your plugin key with the component attribute.</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-html">&lt;mt:Include name=&quot;PATH_TO_TEMPLATE_FILE&quot; component=&quot;SamplePlugin&quot;&gt;

Details

<div class="section" id="session_js">
<h4>session_js was obsoleted, use userinfo instead</h4>

<p>When processing sign-in with JavaScript, <strong>mode=session_js</strong> was obsoleted, and you need to use a new  <strong>mode=userinfo</strong> instead. For example, this previous code should be replaced.</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">script.src = '&lt;$mt:CGIPath$&gt;&lt;$mt:CommentScript$&gt;?__mode=session_js&amp;blog_id=&lt;$mt:BlogID$&gt;&amp;jsonp=' + cb + '&amp;ts=' + ts;
</code></pre>

<p>With the new procedure, firstly, you need to get a user with mtGetUser()</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">var u = mtGetUser();
</code></pre>

<p>and then specify u.sid attribute to the mode=userinfo as following.</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">script.src = '&lt;$mt:CGIPath$&gt;&lt;$mt:CommentScript$&gt;?__mode=userinfo&amp;blog_id=&lt;$mt:BlogID$&gt;&amp;jsonp=' + cb + '&amp;ts=' + ts + '&amp;sid=' + u.sid;
</code></pre>

Updated JavaScript methods

<p>Following methods were updated or added. Please refer to the new JavaScript index template for the changes.</p>

<ul>
  <li>mtLoggedIn(ott)</li>
  <li>mtRefreshUserInfo(sid)</li>
  <li>mtSaveUserInfo (u)</li>
  <li>mtInitCommenter ()</li>
  <li>mtVerifySession(cb)</li>
</ul>

<h4>Other changes</h4>

<p>Added the following snippet in mtinit().</p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-html">&lt;mt:IfBlog&gt;

<mt:IfRegistrationAllowed> mtInitCommenter(); </mt:IfRegistrationAllowed> </mt:IfBlog>

<p>In mtSignInOnClick() method, mtFetchUser() was replaced by mtSignIn().</p>
<p>In mtCommentOnSubmit() method, mtFetchUser('mtCommentSessionVerify') was replaced by mtVerifySession('mtCommentSessionVerify').</p>
<p>In mtCommentSessionVerify(), mtFetchUser('mtSetUserOrLogin') was replaced by mtSignIn(). And var u = mtGetUser(); was replaced by the following snippet.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">if ( app_user && app_user.verified ) {
</code></pre>

<p>In mtShowGreeting(), user_link variable was updated as following.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">user_link = '&lt;a href=&quot;&lt;$mt:CGIPath$&gt;&lt;$mt:CommentScript$&gt;?__mode=edit_profile&amp;blog_id=&lt;mt:BlogID&gt;&amp;return_url=' + encodeURIComponent( location.href );
</code></pre>

<p>In mt:IfRegistrationAllowed, The following JavaScript was removed.</p>

<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">/***

* If request contains a ‘#login’ or ‘#logout’ hash, use this to * also delete the blog-side user cookie, since we’re coming back from * a login, logout or edit profile operation. / var clearCookie = ( window.location.hash && window.location.hash.match( /^#_log(in|out)/ ) ) ? true : false; if (clearCookie) { // clear any logged in state mtClearUser(); if (RegExp.$1 == ‘in’) mtFetchUser(); } else { <mt:Ignore> /** * Uncondition this call to fetch the current user state (if available) * from MT upon page load if no user cookie is already present. * This is okay if you have a private install, such as an Intranet; * not recommended for public web sites! */ </mt:Ignore> if ( is_preview && !user ) mtFetchUser(); }

<p>In mtSetCookie() and mtGetCookie(), use encodeURIComponent() instead of escape().</p>
<pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-js">var curCookie = name + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value) +
</code></pre>

mtEditLink is obsoleted

• Obsoleted in Movable Type 5.13, 5.07, 4.38
• This is an optional change

mtEditLink() function is obsoleted because it contains AdminCGIPath.