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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OSX and .htaccess files

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The other day, I was trying to install some script – and needed to edit an .htaccess file that was supposed to be inside the archive. I couldn’t find it – because it was invisible! I forgot that OSX is Unix based.

Here are some instructions to make those files visible on the local side, and still be able to test your site in local mode. (many thanks to Didier Laget for this tip!)

  • Open your httpd.conf file.
  • Look for the following expression : AccessFileName .htaccess
  • Remove the dot left of htaccess.
  • Save the file.
  • Restart the webserver.

Now you can edit htaccess, it will work, and it will NOT be invisible!

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Script Errors in MS Producer

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We use MS producer quite a bit for synching video to powerpoint, although since it’s a free application, it isn’t terribly well supported by Microsoft. It’s only useful for an environment that is mostly Windows based, since presentations made with it won’t play on anything but IE for Windows.

There was a problem with a presentation that would play fine on some computers, but would start up normally then stop with a script error before playing any video. It turned out that I had associated some of the Table of Contents entries with points on the video, rather than just with slides, as I normally do. Apparently machines running older versions of Windows Media Player (6.0.4) don’t play those kind of script commands. The machines that did play it had been upgraded to WMP 9.

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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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