Sams Teach Yourself Movable Type in 24 Hours

About the Authors An author, instructor, and Web designer, Molly E. Holzschlag has authored more than 27 books related to Web design and development. She's been coined "one of the greatest digerati" and deemed one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web. There is little doubt that in the world of Web design and development, Molly is one of the most fun and vibrant Web characters around. As a steering committee member for the Web Standards Project (WaSP), Molly works along with a group of other dedicated Web developers and designers to promote W3C recommendations. She also teaches Webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Phoenix, and Pima Community College. She wrote the very popular column, "Integrated Design," for Web Techniques Magazine for the last three years of its life, and spent a year as Executive Editor of WebReview.com. Porter Glendinning is the owner and principal consultant of Cerebellion Design, and has been doing Web design and development professionally since the bookstore's "Web section" was just a single shelf in the back corner. He is devoted to keeping the Web an open and accessible forum where anyone who wants to can have his or her voice heard, and sees education as critical to achieving that goal. Porter is a member of the Web Standards Project Steering Committee and co-administers the Babble mailing list, a forum for discussions on advanced Web design topics. According to Porter, he is also way more fun than Molly, but nowhere near as vibrant.

Introduction.
I. GETTING STARTED WITH MOVABLE TYPE.

Hour 1. Preparing Great Content for the Web.


Planning Your Content. Exploring Hosting Options. Organizing Needed Software. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 2. Installing Movable Type.


Preparing for and Downloading Movable Type. Installing Movable Type. Testing, Initializing, and Running Movable Type. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 3. Setting Standard Preferences.


Setting Up a Weblog in Movable Type. Setting General Preferences. Adding a Creative Commons License. Setting Archive, Notification, and Comment Preferences. Setting Commenting Preferences. Rebuilding the Site. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 4. Adjusting Your Editing Preferences.


Getting Ready to Use Movable Type Editors. Learning and Customizing the Edit Entry Screen. Configuring Advanced Editing Options. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 5. Creating, Editing, Searching, and Deleting Entries.


Working with Movable Type Entries. Editing Entries. Adding Search and Replace for Entries. Keeping a Clean House. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 6. Managing Archives.


Archiving Using Movable Type. Adding Multiple and Custom Archive Options. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 7. Creating Categories.


Category Types. Exploring the Category-Editing Features. Creating Categories. Configuring Categories for TrackBack. Applying Categories. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 8. Managing Multiple Authors.


Planning for Multiple Authors. Adding Authors. Editing an Author. Revoking Permissions and Removing Authors. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 9. Migrating to Movable Type.


Understanding the Migration Process. Exporting Entries. Importing Entries. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

II. WORKING WITH TEMPLATES.

Hour 10. Using Movable Type Templates.


About Templates in Movable Type. Using Movable Type Template Designs. Exploring Other Available Templates. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 11. Customizing Movable Type Templates.


About Markup and CSS for the Web. Modifying Your Template Styles. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 12. Adding Custom Designs to Movable Type.


Building a Custom Master Index Template. Adding the Template to Movable Type. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

III. ADDING FEATURES FOR YOUR VISITORS.

Hour 13. Providing Public Search.


Understanding the Basics. Working with Text Search Forms. Working with New Comment Search Forms. Understanding Search Templates. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 14. Getting Started with Comments.


Comment Basics. Setting Comment Preferences. Implementing Comments. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 15. Taking Comments Further.


Allowing Visitors to Preview Their Comments. Handling Comment Errors. Managing Comments. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 16. Using TrackBack.


Understanding TrackBack. Sending a TrackBack Ping. Receiving TrackBack Pings. Displaying Received TrackBack Pings. Managing Received TrackBack Pings. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 17. Doing More with TrackBack.


Using TrackBack Auto-Discovery. Pinging Categories. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 18. Using Movable Type's Email Features.


Sending Update Notifications. Adding a Mail This Entry Feature. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

IV. BEYOND THE BASICS.

Hour 19. Scrubbing Content with Sanitize.


Understanding Sanitize. Changing Your Sanitize Settings. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 20. Uploading Files in Movable Type.


The Basics of Uploading. Uploading Non-Image Files. Special Features for Uploading Images. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 21. Using Desktop Clients with Movable Type.


Zempt. SharpMT. ecto. w.bloggar. Frequency. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 22. Movable Type Plug-Ins.


Movable Type Plug-In Basics. A Simple Plug-In: NicknameLink. A More Complex Plug-In: MT-Blacklist. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 23. Promoting Your Content.


Web Sites That Can Promote Your Weblog. Weblog Rings. Newsfeeds. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.

Hour 24. TypePad, Movable Type Upgrades, and Movable Type Pro.


TypePad. Movable Type Upgrades. Movable Type Pro. Summary. Q&A.

V. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A. System Requirements, Upgrades, and Licensing Information.


System Requirements for Movable Type. Upgrading Movable Type. Movable Type Licensing.

Appendix B. Template Tag Reference.


Weblog Tags. Entry Tags. Archive Tags. Category Tags. Calendar Tags. Search Results Tags. Comment Tags. TrackBack Tags. Miscellaneous Tags. Global Tag Attributes. Formatting Dates.

Appendix C. Advanced Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.


Installing Required and Additional Modules. Adding Database Options. Adding Optional Modules. Troubleshooting Common Problems-Where to Get Additional Support.

Index