“Disappearing” Entries in Movable Type

Yesterday I found that all the entries had disappeared off my main moveable type index page. I had recently posted an entry about popup windows, and another about Photoshop brushes, so I knew there should be something in “recent entries.”

I spent several hours experimenting with the templates and combing the support forum – finally I realized the answer. I take a long time to write my posts. I rarely finish a post on the same day I start writing it. In fact sometimes it can be a week or more. In “Blog Config:Preferences” there is a setting for the number of days’ entries you would like displayed on your index page. It was set at the default, 7, and my last post had been started over 7 days ago. When I reset it to 15, my entries were back! From now on, when I finish an entry that was started several days before, I’ll change the date to the day it is actually published.