October 2004 Archives

Up and running with no issues. It's amazing, though, when hacking the source code how one teeny tiny sin of omission (in this case a backslash preceeding an apostrophe) can whack out the whole install. My bad. What can I say?

more to come

You may have noticed that commenters with Typekey identities display a hyperlinked image beside their names: This icon, which is used to signify commenters authenticated via Typekey, is copied to your blog directory when you first publish your blog.

If you like to keep things pretty, you might want to replace the original image (a dark charcoal color... so utilitarian) with one that is color coordinated with your site. Customizing nav-commenters.gif to coordinate with your blog's style is a snap.

How? you ask...

My first goal as a MovableType blogger is an expeditious and successful installation.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, indeed, and a Movable Type installation is no exception. Investing a little time toward understanding the basic requirements and steps (read: documentation is your friend!) will go a long way in getting MT up and running and getting YOU blogging! (and that's what this is all about, right?)

(more to come)