From Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com  Sun Aug  1 17:37:46 2004
From: Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com (Paul Makepeace)
Date: Sun Aug  1 17:37:47 2004
Subject: [MT-users] Descriptive permalinks
Message-ID: <20040801163746.GL3401@mythix.realprogrammers.com>

I was wondering how, instead of /archives/002996.html having the more
descriptive /archives/water_pistols.html ?

I found out how to do it and in case anyone's interested, here's how I've
set mine up: http://paulm.com/inchoate/2004/08/movable_type_url_tweaks.html

Paul

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From tom at tomunlimited.com  Sun Aug  8 19:50:39 2004
From: tom at tomunlimited.com (Tom Arbuthnot)
Date: Sun Aug  8 19:50:34 2004
Subject: [MT-users] 4 or more photos in a blog entry
Message-ID: <E1Btsko-0002pi-00@mrelayng.kundenserver.de>

Hey guys,

 

I'm the newbie on the scene, just started two blogs one for myself and one
for a group of friends.. nice to meet u all :-)

 

Quick question: I want to upload maybe 3 or 4 photos for an entry but can't
easily space them - maybe all down one side with text aligned right or 4 in
a gid. By default MT just sticks them at the top which looks nasty

 

I had a quick flick through the archives and found this code

 

"

I've added some classes to my stylesheet so that I can wrap text 

round the image, and align it left or right - feel free to copy this 

if you like (I'm sure I did!):

 

            .floatleft {

            float: left;

            margin-top: 0px;

            margin-bottom: 10px;

            margin-left: 0px;

            margin-right: 10px;

            }

 

            .floatright {

            float: right;

            margin-top: 0px;

            margin-bottom: 10px;

            margin-left: 10px;

            margin-right: 0px;

            } "

 

But frankly short of align=left my HTML isn't up to much, if anyone could
give me some pointers would be much appreciated

 

Cheers, Tom

 

Projecttom.com 

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From Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com  Tue Aug 10 01:21:03 2004
From: Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com (Paul Makepeace)
Date: Tue Aug 10 01:21:05 2004
Subject: [MT-users] 4 or more photos in a blog entry
In-Reply-To: <E1Btsko-0002pi-00@mrelayng.kundenserver.de>
References: <E1Btsko-0002pi-00@mrelayng.kundenserver.de>
Message-ID: <20040810002103.GT31023@mythix.realprogrammers.com>

Je 2004-08-08 19:50:39 +0100, Tom Arbuthnot skribis:
> Hey guys,
> 
>  
> 
> I?m the newbie on the scene, just started two blogs one for myself and one for
> a group of friends.. nice to meet u all J
> 
>  
> 
> Quick question: I want to upload maybe 3 or 4 photos for an entry but can?t
> easily space them ? maybe all down one side with text aligned right or 4 in a
> gid. By default MT just sticks them at the top which looks nasty

You can use a simple table like

<table>
<tr><td><img .. /></td><td><img .. /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img .. /></td><td><img .. /></td></tr>
</table>

will give you a 2x2 grid for example.

Personally I just inline them `a la
http://circlelineparty.org.uk/archives/003023.html

Sometimes it's worth selecting no conversion if you're doing fiddly
stuff with HTML in a blog entry (look for the "Convert Line Breaks"
drop-down and experiment.)

>             float: left;

the float style can be a bit dodgy in some browsers and I've found it
really hard to predict WTF is going to happen in some circumstances
(e.g. mixing with align in <p> or <img>)

HTH,
Paul


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"What is an elephant? Lo que no es comprensible a los que no hablan
 castellano."
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From jemfiner at blueyonder.co.uk  Sat Aug 14 01:14:38 2004
From: jemfiner at blueyonder.co.uk (Jem Finer)
Date: Sat Aug 14 01:14:24 2004
Subject: [MT-users] oops . . where's my main page gone
Message-ID: <EDE49B6E-ED86-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>

this is weird . . . my main page has gone gone gone . . . the archives 
are still there (thank god) . . . Last thing I did was delete a comment 
and rebuilt the site.  I'm pretty sure it was still there after that . 
. anyone know how to bring it back ?

cheers

Jem



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From Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com  Sat Aug 14 10:46:40 2004
From: Paul.Makepeace at realprogrammers.com (Paul Makepeace)
Date: Sat Aug 14 10:46:42 2004
Subject: [MT-users] oops . . where's my main page gone
In-Reply-To: <EDE49B6E-ED86-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>
References: <EDE49B6E-ED86-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>
Message-ID: <20040814094639.GS5698@mythix.realprogrammers.com>

Je 2004-08-14 01:14:38 +0100, Jem Finer skribis:
> this is weird . . . my main page has gone gone gone . . . the archives 
> are still there (thank god) . . . Last thing I did was delete a comment 
> and rebuilt the site.  I'm pretty sure it was still there after that . 
> . anyone know how to bring it back ?

Sometimes when things vanish it can be HTML errors.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcosmolog.org.uk%2F
(should be <br /> not <br>) but it's not this in this case -- View
Source shows no content.

Have you blogged in August? By default MT only shows seven days of
blogs.

If you have, tackle me off list.

P

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From david at alchemi.co.uk  Sat Aug 14 11:24:32 2004
From: david at alchemi.co.uk (David Jennings)
Date: Sat Aug 14 11:24:26 2004
Subject: [MT-users] oops . . where's my main page gone
In-Reply-To: <20040814094639.GS5698@mythix.realprogrammers.com>
References: <EDE49B6E-ED86-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>
	<20040814094639.GS5698@mythix.realprogrammers.com>
Message-ID: <a06002000bd4397d99d21@[192.168.0.201]>

>Je 2004-08-14 01:14:38 +0100, Jem Finer skribis:
>>  this is weird . . . my main page has gone gone gone . . . the archives
>>  are still there (thank god) . . . Last thing I did was delete a comment
>>  and rebuilt the site.  I'm pretty sure it was still there after that .
>  > . anyone know how to bring it back ?
>
>Have you blogged in August? By default MT only shows seven days of
>blogs.

That seems the most likely explanation. To change the number of days 
shown, go to Weblog config, then Preferences.

The other thing I would check is your 'Main Index' template. The main 
body of the home page comes between two <MTEntries> tags. Below is 
what mine looks like.

David


<MTEntries>
<$MTEntryTrackbackData$>

	<MTDateHeader>
	<h2 class="date">
	<$MTEntryDate format="%e %B 0%Y"$>
	</h2>
	</MTDateHeader>

	<div class="blogbody">

	<a name="<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>"></a>
	<h3 class="title"><$MTEntryTitle$></h3>

	<$MTEntryBody$>

	<MTEntryIfExtended>
	<span class="extended"><a 
href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">Continue reading 
"<$MTEntryTitle$>"</a></span><br />
	</MTEntryIfExtended>

	<div class="posted">Posted in section <a href="<$MTEntryLink 
archive_type="Category"$>"><$MTEntryCategory$></a>
	| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">Permanent link</a>
	<MTEntryIfAllowComments>
	| <a 
href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>?entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" 
onclick="OpenComments(this.href); return false">Comments 
(<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
	</MTEntryIfAllowComments>
	<MTEntryIfAllowPings>
	| <a 
href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTTrackbackScript$>?__mode=view&amp;entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" 
onclick="OpenTrackback(this.href); return false">TrackBack 
(<$MTEntryTrackbackCount$>)</a>
	</MTEntryIfAllowPings>
	</div>

	</div>



</MTEntries>

From jemfiner at blueyonder.co.uk  Sat Aug 14 11:41:22 2004
From: jemfiner at blueyonder.co.uk (Jem Finer)
Date: Sat Aug 14 11:41:14 2004
Subject: [MT-users] oops . . where's my main page gone
In-Reply-To: <a06002000bd4397d99d21@[192.168.0.201]>
References: <EDE49B6E-ED86-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>
	<20040814094639.GS5698@mythix.realprogrammers.com>
	<a06002000bd4397d99d21@[192.168.0.201]>
Message-ID: <7C61E97B-EDDE-11D8-835E-000A957E8EAE@blueyonder.co.uk>

thanks . . . so obvious . . . it was the days elapsed since an entry

cheers

Jem


On 14 Aug 2004, at 11:24, David Jennings wrote:

>> Je 2004-08-14 01:14:38 +0100, Jem Finer skribis:
>>>  this is weird . . . my main page has gone gone gone . . . the  
>>> archives
>>>  are still there (thank god) . . . Last thing I did was delete a  
>>> comment
>>>  and rebuilt the site.  I'm pretty sure it was still there after  
>>> that .
>>  > . anyone know how to bring it back ?
>>
>> Have you blogged in August? By default MT only shows seven days of
>> blogs.
>
> That seems the most likely explanation. To change the number of days  
> shown, go to Weblog config, then Preferences.
>
> The other thing I would check is your 'Main Index' template. The main  
> body of the home page comes between two <MTEntries> tags. Below is  
> what mine looks like.
>
> David
>
>
> <MTEntries>
> <$MTEntryTrackbackData$>
>
> 	<MTDateHeader>
> 	<h2 class="date">
> 	<$MTEntryDate format="%e %B 0%Y"$>
> 	</h2>
> 	</MTDateHeader>
>
> 	<div class="blogbody">
>
> 	<a name="<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>"></a>
> 	<h3 class="title"><$MTEntryTitle$></h3>
>
> 	<$MTEntryBody$>
>
> 	<MTEntryIfExtended>
> 	<span class="extended"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">Continue  
> reading "<$MTEntryTitle$>"</a></span><br />
> 	</MTEntryIfExtended>
>
> 	<div class="posted">Posted in section <a href="<$MTEntryLink  
> archive_type="Category"$>"><$MTEntryCategory$></a>
> 	| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">Permanent link</a>
> 	<MTEntryIfAllowComments>
> 	| <a href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>?entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>"  
> onclick="OpenComments(this.href); return false">Comments  
> (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
> 	</MTEntryIfAllowComments>
> 	<MTEntryIfAllowPings>
> 	| <a  
> href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTTrackbackScript$>?__mode=view&amp; 
> entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" onclick="OpenTrackback(this.href); return  
> false">TrackBack (<$MTEntryTrackbackCount$>)</a>
> 	</MTEntryIfAllowPings>
> 	</div>
>
> 	</div>
>
>
>
> </MTEntries>
>
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