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Quick Fixes for Common Itches

Every once in a while, if you use Movable Type long enough, you can run into little glitches or things that are confusing. We thought we’d round up a couple of random ones that have seemed common lately, with the... Continue Reading  

Taking full advantage of template module caching

Movable Type offers a number of features to help administrators increase the performance of their system. Chief among them is template module caching. As the name may imply, any template module in Movable Type can have caching enabled, which causes... Continue Reading  

Taking full advantage of template module caching

Movable Type offers a number of features to help administrators increase the performance of their system. Chief among them is template module caching. As the name may imply, any template module in Movable Type can have caching enabled, which causes... Continue Reading  

Making it easier to debug and test your templates

Sometimes there can be nothing more frustrating than trying to troubleshoot publishing performance. Often users must resort to the brute force method of debugging, such as: embedding print STDERR statements in Movable Type's source code - but how many people... Continue Reading  

Google Sitemap and Template Caching Tips

On a recent call with the Movable Type Community we discussed and shared tips on how to best take advantage of Movable Type's built in caching system. One of the tips I shared is something I have been doing on... Continue Reading  

Creating Drop-Down Navigation with Movable Type

A common question from Movable Type users and designers is, "how do I create nice navigation for my web site?" The Professional Website template set and even Mid-Century have navigation build in. But there are Movable Type themes out there... Continue Reading  

Movable Type 4.2 RC4 and some of our latest hacks

We have had some amazing feedback from the community since we started the public beta of Movable Type 4.2 - a release we consider to be one of the most important upgrades to Movable Type ever. Users of 4.2 can... Continue Reading  

Introducing the Movable Type Design Assistant

For years now, Movable Type has had a powerful "Style Catcher" built in, which lets you browse a number of different style libraries all over the Internet, and then apply a style to your blog with just a click. It's... Continue Reading  

Using template tag parameters

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  

A tour of Movable Type 4.1's asset editing functionality

Movable Type 4.0 provided users for the first time with the features necessary for Movable Type to serve as a light weight content management system for web sites. It also provided a framework to developers to define their own custom... Continue Reading