Posts in the category “blogtech”
This category contains all my posts about blogging technology — plug-ins, themes, design, etc.
Comment the Link
Jason @ JPlay has written a great tutorial on how to add a user comment to the pop-up send-link hack. I’ve gotten multiple requests for this, so I’m sure it will interest many readers. Thanks, Jason!
PING!
Philringnalda.com has a great tip on how to ping both weblogs.com and blo.gs when you publish from Movable Type. Read it.
Main Index Template
The Additional Entry Text of this entry contains the complete contents of my MovableType Main Index Template for this blog. It might be interesting to you if you’re trying to learn how to do something I’ve done here. (Note that it is my ugliest template; I tend to do lots of testing and futzing with
Blogdata
In which I write a tutorial on displaying post meta data
PowerLinks
Well that was fun. Way back in March I implemented the PowerLinks MT hack from scottandrew.com. When I upgraded to MT2.11 I lost the hack, of course. So I re-hacked it. I played with it a bit and added a few more features. One thing I have wanted to do since day one was add
edit_entry.tmpl
So … this is a test of my modified edit_entry.tmpl file …
To Do
Currently To Do: add a custom field to entries write a tutorial about adding a custom field to entries write a tutorial about the blogdata module change Media Obsessions to a generic review blog create a running media blog figure out a way to get updated Red Sox scores on my page redesign sidebar(s) do
Get a Degree
nf0 has written an article that describes How to Add the current Temperature to a Movable Type Blog Entry. (I cannot imagine why you would want to post the temperature which corresponds to a blog entry. But I’ve worked with databases and users long enough to know that no niche should ever go unfilled. Someone,
ScriptyGoddess
Scriptygoddess is another site dedicated to showing / teaching tips and tricks about MovableType. There are some really good ones there. Check ’em out!
MovableType Tips
I’m honored to see that this little page and its MovableType category section have been included in the MovableBlog Resources area. The MovableBlog is a blog all about cool tips and tricks for maintaining your MovableType blog. Great idea!