MT Rocks!
If I haven't said it before, I think Movable Type rocks! I've been using MT for everything. My personal blog, my family website and now I'm redoing the local Waldorf school's website using MT as the engine. They have no one at the school that knows how to do HTML so they haven't been able to update their site. I had the brainwave that I could use MT as the engine, setting up the structure via templates and thus allowing them to have an "entry" for each page that they'd like. Then, they have a username and password and can simply edit the entries all the time. Brilliant, no? Until I got to the part that required me to have "subcategories" (the classes section) - no problemo after some brain power... I simply created a second blog called "Classes" and created the appropriate categories then used SSI to include the mainindex template from that blog into the category for Classes in the original blog and presto...WHOOHOO I'm set. Go check it out: Sanderling School... Disclaimer, I'm obviously not done with it. In fact, I'm far from it. But I'm so excited to have learned so much with MT.
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I am dreaming of doing MT on my blog (when I get back to it). Will you help me to set it up? I'm a complete moron at such things, so it will be tedious and terribly frustrating. For you, I mean. ;o)
Have I mentioned how much I miss my blog? I had a great story about my rehearsal last night with a semi naked man that I so wanted to share with the world. Sigh.
Posted by: Tanya | June 19, 2002 6:18 PM
Of course I'll help :) We could even do some snazzy new layout!
Posted by: Julie | June 19, 2002 7:00 PM
Woo hoo! Thanks, Julie! :o)
Posted by: Tanya | June 19, 2002 7:34 PM
If you do a tutorial for Tanya could you womyn make it a public one? I'd like to use it for my child care site when its up and running so I can update our seasons pages and post our monthly schedule of events easily.
Posted by: kerr | June 19, 2002 8:27 PM
BTW we are considering sending Tyren to Parsifal next year! ACK!!! If Trish is around and about could you let her know I need to talk...I don't have her email.
Posted by: kerr | June 19, 2002 8:31 PM
I offered to do Tanya's installation for her 'cause I don't think I could do a tutorial that was anymore explicit than MT's own installation guide :) Let me know if you'd like help when you are ready.
Trish is offline right now and in the process of moving.
Posted by: Julie | June 19, 2002 8:43 PM
The website looks great. I am happy about having MT for our Attic at MS. As soon as I get some extra time to be online, I am going to start converting more articles. Also, Tanya - I want to hear the semi-naked man story. I am missing your blog too.
Posted by: Nirinjan | June 21, 2002 5:40 AM