Sams Teach Yourself Movable Type in 24 Hours

, by Holzschlag, Molly E.; Glendinning, Porter

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ISBN: 9780672325908 | 067232590X
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Copyright: 1/1/2004

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In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to implement an effective, inexpensive, and feature-rich system for building, administering, and maintaining Web sites using Movable Type publishing software. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of Movable Type from the ground up. Book jacket.

Introduction

(2)

PART I Getting Started with Movable Type

(186)

HOUR 1 Preparing Great Content for the Web

(20)

Planning Your Content

(5)

Defining Intent

(2)

Defining Your Audience

(1)

What Are Your Goals?

(1)

Exploring Hosting Options

(4)

People with an Existing Web Site

(1)

New Web Site

(1)

Hosting Options

(2)

Organizing Needed Software

(9)

Text and Code Editing Tools

(3)

FTP Clients and Compression Utilities

(2)

Imaging Software and Resources

(4)

Summary

(1)

Q&A

(1)

Workshop

(1)

Quiz

(1)

Answers

(1)

Activity

(1)

HOUR 2 Installing Movable Type

(20)

Preparing for and Downloading Movable Type

(5)

Requirements for Movable Type

(1)

Movable Type Download Versions

(4)

Installing Movable Type

(7)

Uploading and Configuring Movable Type Files and Directories

(3)

Setting File Permissions

(3)

Testing, Initializing, and Running Movable Type

(5)

Understanding Common Install Problems

(1)

Testing the System

(2)

Initializing, Securing, and Running Movable Type

(2)

Summary

(1)

Q&A

(1)

Workshop

(2)

Quiz

(1)

Answers

(1)

Activities

(1)

HOUR 3 Setting Standard Preferences

(24)

Setting Up a Weblog in Movable Type

(7)

Logging In and Setting Profile Preferences

(4)

Creating Your First Log and Setting Core Preferences

(2)

Setting General Preferences

(7)

Adding Log Description, Number of Entries, and Time Language Display

(2)

Setting Entry Order, Customizing Text Formatting, and Configuring Default Post Status

(2)

Configuring Excerpt Values, Sanitize Spec, and a Welcome Message

(2)

Adding a Creative Commons License

(2)

Setting Archive, Notification, and Comment Preferences

(3)

Options for Archiving, Notification and Publicity, and Comments

(1)

Setting Up Basic Archiving Preferences

(1)

Configuring Notification, Promotional, and TrackBack Preferences

(1)

Setting Commenting Preferences

(2)

Comment Preference Options

(1)

Configuring Comment Preferences

(1)

Rebuilding the Site

(1)

Summary

(1)

Q&A

(1)

Workshop

(1)

Quiz

(1)

Answers

(1)

Activities

(1)

HOUR 4 Adjusting Your Editing Preferences

(16)

Getting Ready to Use Movable Type Editors

(1)

Learning and Customizing the Edit Entry Screen

(7)

Basic View

(2)

Advanced View

(3)

Custom View

(1)

Configuring Advanced Editing Options

(4)

Button Bar

(2)

Power-Editing Mode

(2)

Summary

(1)

Q&A

(1)

Workshop

(3)

Quiz

(1)

Answers

(1)

Activities

(2)

HOUR 5 Creating, Editing, Searching, and Deleting Entries

(22)

Working with Movable Type Entries

(7)

Creating Entries

(7)

Editing Entries

(4)

Editing Exercises

(4)

Adding Search and Replace for Entries

(4)

Movable Type Search and Replace Features

(3)

Keeping a Clean House

101

(3)

About Deletions

101

(3)

Summary

104

(1)

Q&A

104

(1)

Workshop

105

(2)

Quiz

105

(1)

Answers

105

(1)

Activities

105

(2)

HOUR 6 Managing Archives

107

(22)

Archiving Using Movable Type

108

(12)

Setting Archive and Extension Type

108

(2)

Examining the Archive Screen

110

(1)

Archiving by Date

111

(5)

Archiving by Category

116

(3)

Archiving by Individual Entry

119

(1)

Adding Multiple and Custom Archive Options

120

(7)

Managing Multiple Archives

120

(5)

Customizing Archive Paths and Filenames

125

(2)

Summary

127

(1)

Q&A

127

(1)

Workshop

128

(1)

Quiz

128

(1)

Answers

128

(1)

Activities

128

(1)

HOUR 7 Creating Categories

129

(20)

Category Types

129

(3)

Exploring the Category-Editing Features

132

(4)

Creating Categories

136

(5)

Naming Your Category

136

(1)

Adding a Category on the Fly

137

(2)

Adding a Category Description

139

(1)

Renaming a Category

139

(1)

Deleting a Category

140

(1)

Configuring Categories for TrackBack

141

(3)

URLs to Ping

141

(1)

Accepting Incoming Pings

142

(1)

Protecting Pings with a Passphrase

143

(1)

Applying Categories

144

(3)

Applying a Primary Category

144

(1)

Applying Multiple Categories

145

(2)

Summary

147

(1)

Q&A

147

(1)

Workshop

148

(1)

Quiz

148

(1)

Answers

148

(1)

Activities

148

(1)

HOUR 8 Managing Multiple Authors

149

(18)

Planning for Multiple Authors

150

(1)

Adding Authors

150

(9)

Creating the Author Entry

151

(5)

Author Permissions

156

(3)

Editing an Author

159

(2)

Editing an Author Entry

159

(1)

Deleting an Entry

160

(1)

Revoking Permissions and Removing Authors

161

(3)

Changing an Author's Permissions

161

(2)

Deleting an Author

163

(1)

Summary

164

(1)

Q&A

165

(1)

Workshop

165

(2)

Quiz

165

(1)

Answers

165

(1)

Activities

166

(1)

HOUR 9 Migrating to Movable Type

167

(22)

Understanding the Migration Process

168

(3)

Exporting Entries

171

(8)

Exporting from Movable Type

171

(1)

Exporting from TypePad

172

(1)

Exporting from Other Weblog Tools

173

(6)

Importing Entries

179

(5)

Managing Author Names

182

(1)

Deleting the Import File

183

(1)

Recovering from Problems

183

(1)

Summary

184

(1)

Q&A

185

(1)

Workshop

186

(5)

Quiz

186

(1)

Answers

187

(1)

Activity

187

(2)

PART II Working with Templates

189

(62)

HOUR 10 Using Movable Type Templates

191

(22)

About Templates in Movable Type

192

(7)

Exploring Index Templates

193

(4)

Examining Archive Templates

197

(1)

Understanding Miscellaneous Templates

198

(1)

Using Movable Type Template Designs

199

(11)

Changing the Main Index Style

200

(8)

Modifying Template Features

208

(2)

Exploring Other Available Templates

210

(2)

Summary

212

(1)

Q&A

212

(1)

Workshop

212

(1)

Quiz

212

(1)

Answers

212

(1)

Activities

212

(1)

HOUR 11 Customizing Movable Type Templates

213

(22)

About Markup and CSS for the Web

214

(4)

HTML and XHTML

214

(2)

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

216

(2)

Modifying Your Template Styles

218

(13)

Changing the Banner

219

(3)

Selecting Other Fonts

222

(1)

Adding an Image to the Banner

223

(8)

Summary

231

(1)

Q&A

231

(1)

Workshop

232

(3)

Quiz

232

(1)

Answers

232

(1)

Activities

233

(2)

HOUR 12 Adding Custom Designs to Movable Type

235

(16)

Building a Custom Master Index Template

236

(13)

Adding Required Markup

237

(1)

Adding Markup for Content

238

(3)

Linking and Importing Style

241

(5)

Adding Movable Type Tags

246

(3)

Adding the Template to Movable Type

249

(1)

Summary

249

(1)

Q&A

250

(1)

Workshop

250

(3)

Quiz

250

(1)

Answers

250

(1)

Activity

250

(1)

PART III Adding Features for Your Visitors

251

(116)

HOUR 13 Providing Public Search

253

(24)

Understanding the Basics

254

(1)

Working with Text Search Forms

255

(9)

Adding a Text Search Form to a Page

261

(3)

Working with New Comment Search Forms

264

(3)

Adding a New Comment Search Form to a Page

265

(2)

Understanding Search Templates

267

(7)

Customizing the Standard Templates

268

(2)

Creating Your Own Search Template

270

(4)

Summary

274

(1)

Q&A

275

(1)

Workshop

275

(2)

Quiz

275

(1)

Answers

275

(1)

Activities

275

(2)

HOUR 14 Getting Started with Comments

277

(16)

Comment Basics

277

(2)

Setting Comment Preferences

279

(4)

Controlling Comments Sitewide

279

(2)

Enabling or Disabling Comments for an Entry

281

(2)

Implementing Comments

283

(8)

Inserting Comments Inline

283

(5)

Using Pop-up Windows

288

(3)

Summary

291

(1)

Q&A

291

(1)

Workshop

291

(2)

Quiz

291

(1)

Answers

291

(1)

Activities

292

(1)

HOUR 15 Taking Comments Further

293

(16)

Allowing Visitors to Preview Their Comments

293

(6)

Handling Comment Errors

299

(1)

Managing Comments

300

(6)

Editing a Comment

300

(3)

Deleting One or More Comments

303

(1)

Banning an IP Address

303

(2)

Removing an IP Address from the Ban List

305

(1)

Summary

306

(1)

Q&A

307

(1)

Workshop

307

(2)

Quiz

307

(1)

Answers

307

(1)

Activities

308

(1)

HOUR 16 Using TrackBack

309

(20)

Understanding TrackBack

309

(3)

How TrackBack Works

311

(1)

Sending a TrackBack Ping

312

(5)

Receiving TrackBack Pings

317

(2)

Setting the Default TrackBack Preferences

317

(1)

Allowing or Refusing Pings for an Entry

318

(1)

Displaying Received TrackBack Pings

319

(5)

Generating an RSS Feed of Received TrackBack Pings

323

(1)

Managing Received TrackBack Pings

324

(2)

Summary

326

(1)

Q&A

326

(1)

Workshop

326

(3)

Quiz

326

(1)

Answers

327

(1)

Activities

327

(2)

HOUR 17 Doing More with TrackBack

329

(20)

Using TrackBack Auto-Discovery

329

(12)

Making Your Site Auto-Discovery-Friendly

331

(2)

Sending Pings with Auto-Discovery

333

(3)

Using an Auto-Discovery Bookmarklet to Post to your Site

336

(5)

Pinging Categories

341

(5)

Allowing a Category to Receive Pings

342

(2)

Sending Category Pings

344

(1)

Displaying Category Pings

345

(1)

Summary

346

(1)

Q&A

346

(1)

Workshop

346

(3)

Quiz

346

(1)

Answers

347

(1)

Activities

347

(2)

HOUR 18 Using Movable Type's Email Features

349

(18)

Sending Update Notifications

349

(11)

The Subscription Form

350

(3)

Managing Your Notification List

353

(1)

Advanced Notification List Management

354

(4)

Sending Notifications

358

(2)

Adding a Mail This Entry Feature

360

(5)

Setting Up the Form

362

(3)

Summary

365

(1)

Q&A

365

(1)

Workshop

366

(3)

Quiz

366

(1)

Answers

366

(1)

Activity

366

(1)

PART IV Beyond the Basics

367

(124)

HOUR 19 Scrubbing Content with Sanitize

369

(14)

Understanding Sanitize

369

(3)

Movable Type's Sanitize Defaults

371

(1)

Why Sanitize Incoming Data?

371

(1)

Changing Your Sanitize Settings

372

(8)

Setting Your Own Global Sanitize Spec

374

(1)

Changing the Sanitize Spec for a Single Weblog

374

(2)

Overriding the Sanitize Settings in Template Tags

376

(4)

Summary

380

(1)

Q&A

380

(1)

Workshop 381

Quiz

381

(1)

Answers

381

(1)

Activities

381

(2)

HOUR 20 Uploading Files in Movable Type

383

(18)

The Basics of Uploading

383

(2)

Why Not Just Use FTP?

384

(1)

Regulating the Size of Uploaded Files

385

(1)

Uploading Non-Image Files

385

(6)

Creating a New Entry from an Upload

387

(2)

Manually Inserting a Link to the Uploaded File

389

(2)

Special Features for Uploading Images

391

(7)

Posting an Embedded Image

391

(2)

Generating an Image Pop-Up Link

393

(2)

Creating a Thumbnail Image

395

(3)

Summary

398

(1)

Q&A

398

(1)

Workshop

399

(2)

Quiz

399

(1)

Answers

399

(1)

Activities

399

(2)

HOUR 21 Using Desktop Clients with Movable Type

401

(24)

Zempt

402

(4)

Installing and Configuring Zempt

402

(2)

Using Zempt

404

(2)

SharpMT

406

(5)

Installing and Configuring SharpMT

406

(2)

Using SharpMT

408

(3)

ecto

411

(4)

Installing and Configuring ecto

411

(1)

Using ecto

412

(3)

w.bloggar

415

(3)

Installing and Configuring w.bloggar

415

(2)

Using w.bloggar

417

(1)

Frequency

418

(3)

Installing and Configuring Frequency

418

(2)

Using Frequency

420

(1)

Summary

421

(1)

Q&A

421

(1)

Workshop

422

(3)

Quiz

422

(1)

Answers

422

(1)

Activities

423

(2)

HOUR 22 Movable Type Plug-Ins

425

(24)

Movable Type Plug-In Basics

425

(2)

A Simple Plug-In: NicknameLink

427

(5)

Installing the NicknameLink Plug-In

427

(1)

Using the NicknameLink Plug-In

428

(4)

A More Complex Plug-In: MT-Blacklist

432

(15)

Installing MT-Blacklist

432

(2)

Troubleshooting MT-Blacklist's Installation

434

(3)

Configuring MT-Blacklist

437

(4)

Using MT-Blacklist

441

(6)

Summary

447

(1)

Q&A

447

(1)

Workshop

448

(1)

Quiz

448

(1)

Answers

448

(1)

Activities

448

(1)

HOUR 23 Promoting Your Content

449

(18)

Web Sites That Can Promote Your Weblog

450

(9)

movabletype.org

450

(2)

Blogdex

452

(3)

Blog Universe

455

(2)

RootBlog

457

(2)

Weblog Rings

459

(3)

Blogmania

460

(1)

Special-Interest Weblog Rings

460

(2)

Newsfeeds

462

(1)

Summary

463

(1)

Q&A

464

(1)

Workshop

464

(3)

Quiz

464

(1)

Answers

464

(1)

Activities

465

(2)

HOUR 24 TypePad, Movable Type Upgrades, and Movable Type Pro

467

(24)

TypePad

468

(18)

Comparing Service Features

469

(2)

Setting Up an Account

471

(1)

Creating a TypePad Weblog

472

(2)

Configuring Your TypePad Weblog

474

(4)

Selecting a Design

478

(1)

Modifying Your TypePad Template

479

(4)

Adding an Entry

483

(3)

Movable Type Upgrades

486

(2)

Movable Type Pro

488

(1)

Summary

488

(1)

Q&A

488

(5)

Quiz

489

(1)

Answers

489

(1)

Activities

489

(2)

PART V Appendixes

491

(40)

APPENDIX A System Requirements, Upgrades, and Licensing Information

493

(6)

System Requirements for Movable Type

493

(4)

Web Server Requirements

494

(1)

Necessary Tools

495

(2)

Upgrading Movable Type

497

(1)

Movable Type Licensing

497

(2)

Noncommercial Licensing Requirements

498

(1)

Commercial Licensing Requirements

498

(1)

APPENDIX B Template Tag Reference

499

(24)

Weblog Tags

500

(1)

Entry Tags

501

(5)

Archive Tags

506

(3)

Category Tags

509

(1)

Calendar Tags

509

(1)

Search Results Tags

510

(1)

Comment Tags

511

(3)

TrackBack Tags

514

(1)

Miscellaneous Tags

515

(3)

Global Tag Attributes

518

(2)

Formatting Dates

520

(3)

APPENDIX C Advanced Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

523

(8)

Installing Required and Additional Modules

523

(3)

Installing Required Modules

524

(2)

Adding Database Options

526

(1)

Installing Berkeley DB

526

(1)

Other Database Options

526

(1)

Adding Optional Modules

527

(2)

Adding LWP::UserAgent

527

(1)

Adding SOAP::Lite

528

(1)

Adding File::Temp

528

(1)

About Image::Magick

529

(1)

Troubleshooting Common Problems-Where to Get Additional Support

529

(2)

Index

531

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