Category: MoveableType

Upgrade your Subcategories Plugin

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A few days ago, I deleted 2 MovableType categories that did not have any entries in them. The next time I tried to publish an entry, I got this error:


Can't call method "label" without a package or object reference at plugins/sub_cats.pl line 67

It turns out that the Subcategories plugin could not deal with non-continuous numbering of category id’s. Deleting the two categories caused gaps at #3, and #11.

I did a quick search and came up with this page:
Comments on SubCategories version 0.2.1

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Subcategories in MoveableType

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David Raynes just came out with a great new plugin for MoveableType: “SubCategories” Get itHere

Code for the subcategories list on my main index page


<MTSubCategories show_empty="0">
<MTSubCatIsFirst><ul></MTSubCatIsFirst>
<li>
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a><br>
<MTSubCatsRecurse>
</li>
<MTSubCatIsLast></ul></MTSubCatIsLast>
</MTSubCategories>

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A couple of ways to post code in MoveableType

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Thanks to the helpful folks on the MoveableType support forum I now have a couple of ways to post code in my entries.
NOTE: because my new multi-column layout creates issues with form fields in Safari, I’ve also included links to download the code.

1. Install Brad Choates macro plugin, and use it to escape the HTML. Insert this into your templates:

CODE (or download it here)

<MTMacroDefine pattern="m/[code](.+?)[/code]/si">

<pre><MTMacroMatch position="1" encode_html="1"></pre>

</MTMacroDefine>

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Use php to display a list of Moveable Type articles on any webpage.

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I liked the page design of my php-based home page, and didn’t want to roll it into Moveable type. But I wanted a list of articles to appear, and update automatically as I add entries. Taking a cue from this tip on the Moveable Type support forum:
” Show related content from a blog on another’s page“,
in my blog, I created a New Archive Template on the template screen named “Category Links” with this in it:


<link rel="stylesheet" href="MT2blog/styles.css" type="text/css" />
<div class="categoryLinks">
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Category">
<$MTArchiveTitle$><br />
<MTEntries>
<a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a><br />
</MTEntries>
</MTArchiveList>
</div>

In the Weblog Config under Archiving, I checked Category and selected Category Archive (this lists all the entries by category).
In the Archive Filename line next to this new line, I added:

 

 


allcategory_links.html

This will be the name of the file generated by this archiving method – “allcategory_links.html”.
On my home page, I added this “include” to pick up that generated page:


<?$filename="/home/server/path/to/my/MTarchives/folder/allcategory_links.html";
if (file_exists($filename)) { include($filename);}?>

Or download code here

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