Category Archives: Weblog platforms

Klip for Movable Type

I just added a Klip template to my Movable Type installation. The Klip file is defines a RSS file location as one of its elements and adds descriptive tags for consumption by the Serence KlipFolio application. My complete template code is below. I am a single author weblog, so your milage my vary. <klip>   <owner>     <author><MTEntries lastn=”1″><$MTEntryAuthor$><MTEntries></author>     <copyright><MTEntries lastn=”1″><$MTEntryDate format=”%Y”$> <$MTEntryAuthor$></MTEntries></copyright>     <email><MTEntries lastn=”1″><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries></email>     <web><$MTBlogURL$></web>   </owner>   <identity>     <title><$MTBlogName remove_html=”1″ encode_xml=”1″$></title>     <uniqueid><$MTBlogName remove_html=”1″ encode_xml=”1″$></uniqueid>     <version>1.0</version>     <lastmodified><MTEntries lastn=”1″><$MTEntryDate format=”%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S “$><$MTBlogTimezone no_colon=”1″$></MTEntries></lastmodified>     <description><$MTBlogDescription remove_html=”1” encode_xml=”1″$></description>     <keywords></keywords>   </identity>   <locations>     <defaultlink><$MTBlogURL$></defaultlink>     <contentsource><$MTBlogURL$>index.xml</contentsource>     <icon></icon>     <banner></banner>     <help></help>     <kliplocation><$MTBlogURL$>index.klip</kliplocation>   </locations>   <setup>     <refresh>60</refresh>     <referer></referer>     <country>US</country>…

TypePad’s new look

Six Apart introduced new designs for TypePad designed by Dave Shea. The templates focus on mixed media display such as a photo collection. Video and audio are supposed to be better integrated as well, so hopefully Six Apart added support for RSS enclosures. Post via e-mail is also improved, allowing for up to 5 e-mail sources….

Six Apart Professional Network

The Six Apart Professional Network is live but bare bones at the moment. Plugins directory will relaunch soon. Some interesting things to note. Plugins tested with Movable Type 3 will receive a special mark. Yes! It looks like the TypePad account will no longer happen and will instead be discounts available for “Network members who qualify.” Movable Type 3.1 should be released this afternoon….

What would you like to see in the next version of Movable Type?

Movable Type 3.1 is four days from release. The Six Apart Professional Network will launch concurrently. After the Labor Day weekend work will inevitably start on the next version of Movable Type. What would you like to see in the next version of Movable Type? If Six Apart does not build your wish list item, a member of the professional network just might build it for the community and/or profit. If your feature is already present in other software, please provide a pointer for background information….

Chicago Sun Times on TypePad

Andy Innatko of the Chicago Sun Times reviewed Six Apart’s TypePad offering yesterday. The article seems to be a bit too slanted in Six Apart’s favor. The article makes many mentions of TypePad as a place for real publishing, away from the noise of LiveJournal or Blogger. A Blogger or LiveJournal blog limits you to basic, straightforward blogging and, worse, every Blogger or LiveJournal blog looks more or less alike. Blogger and TypePad both allow template selection. Both services allow you to select from a template library. Both allow for custom styles. Disseminating news and fostering discussion about the potential…

Comment spam outpacing e-mail spam

This week my comment spam has outpaced my e-mail spam. The comment spammers use varied IP addresses, so an IP block does no good. MT-Blacklist is not working for me at the moment but hopefully I will have it installed when the final bits ship with Movable Type 3.1 next week. MT-Blacklist blocks comments based on keywords and link usage, not just IP block. How bad is the problem? Only 7.7% of the comments submitted to my site are legitimate comments. I could restrict to only TypeKey comments, but even a Six Apart employee does not use TypeKey when leaving…