Updates

Posted and filed under blogtech.

If you’re using MovableType to maintain your blog, you can add the following bit of code to allow readers to automatically add themselves to your Update / Notify list: <form method=”post” action=”<$MTCGIPath$>mt-add-notify.cgi”> <b>Get updates via email:</b><br /> <input type=”hidden” name=”blog_id” value=”<$MTBlogID$>” /> <input type=”hidden” name=”_redirect” value=”<$MTBlogURL$>” /> <input name=”email” size=”18″ /> <input type=”submit” value=”Sign Up!”… Read more »

Editing

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If you visit http://www.davidgagne.net/ you’ll see a period – . – before each link to an entry’s comments. That period is a link to the editing window for that particular entry. As long as I am logged in to MovableType, I can click on that link and immediately begin editing the post. Here’s the link… Read more »

Revisions

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Oof! It took a lot of work, but I finally converted all of my main blog to MovableType. All the comments were imported, too, so I’m pretty happy about that. Now every little piece of this domain is converted. I can finally get to blogging again. And finding a job.

Hemingway

Posted and filed under blogtech, Hemingway.

It took a few hours, but I finally converted almost all of my Hemingway site into The Hemingway Blog. It’s in MovableType now and I’m very pleased with the result. I still have to get the dozens (multiple dozens!) of essays on the author into some sort of bloggable format, but that’s just a bunch… Read more »

Template

Posted and filed under blogtech, Software.

The extended text of this entry contains my Individual Archive template. Cool if you want to know how I got those buttons in there. Is it obvious that the icons are the permalinks? I wonder if I need to make it more clear …Look here for the Main Index template. My css directory is open… Read more »

CMS

Posted and filed under blogging, Software.

So if you want to create your own blog, you have several different options now. I’ve used and can recommend Blogger, GreyMatter, and MovableType. BigBlogTool and

Template

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The extended text for this entry contains my entire MovableType Main Index Template.

v. 3

Posted and filed under blogging.

What am I gonna do?! How am I supposed to resist?! MOVABLE TYPE :: Personal Publishing System

Weblog Review

Posted and filed under blogging.

Ruzz had disappeared for a few weeks and I thought he was out of the blogging game. Boy, was I wrong! He’s back. While he was gone he did some work for the folks at WeblogReview and – talk about being busy! – created a brand new cms called bigblogtool. I discovered all this when… Read more »

The Switch

Posted and filed under Web Design.

So. I did it. I’ve revamped. You are now looking at a Powered by GreyMatter web site. I’m going to miss blogger, I’m sure. But Noah Grey created a powerful, easy tool and, well … all the cool kids are doing it these days.

Frustrated

Posted and filed under blogging, rants.

<frustrated> C, I know exactly how you feel. I don’t want to jump on the blogger-bashing bandwagon, but it’s getting a bit ridiculous. I think it would be easier for me to cope if they posted system status somewhere (presumably on a different set of servers!) so I at least knew someone was aware of… Read more »