Product Description

If Movable Type can do it, you can do it too

By its very nature, the Web encourages change at a frenetic pace. Movable Type helps you manage that pace, and this is your indispensable guide to installing and using the most popular server–based personal publishing tool. From exploring Movable Type′s template–driven publishing system to developing your own plug–ins, here′s what you need to know to create and maintain sites as adaptable as the Web itself.

Inside, you′ll find what you need to know about Movable Type
∗ Prepare your Web server and install Movable Type
∗ Set up and configure a weblog, using archives and categories to create a more sophisticated site
∗ Add visual elements with photos and graphics
∗ Design a weblog with templates and use template tags
∗ Establish communication among sites using trackback pings
∗ Add search capabilities and import content from other blogs
∗ Develop Perl–based plug–ins to enhance Movable Type
∗ Configure Movable Type to receive and manage comments from site visitors
∗ See what′s new in Movable Type 3.1 in a bonus Movable Type 3.1 appendix

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #896758 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

From the Back Cover
If Movable Type can do it, you can do it too

By its very nature, the Web encourages change at a frenetic pace. Movable Type helps you manage that pace, and this is your indispensable guide to installing and using the most popular server–based personal publishing tool. From exploring Movable Type′s template–driven publishing system to developing your own plug–ins, here′s what you need to know to create and maintain sites as adaptable as the Web itself.

Inside, you′ll find what you need to know about Movable Type

• Prepare your Web server and install Movable Type
• Set up and configure a weblog, using archives and categories to create a more sophisticated site
• Add visual elements with photos and graphics
• Design a weblog with templates and use template tags
• Establish communication among sites using trackback pings
• Add search capabilities and import content from other blogs
• Develop Perl–based plug–ins to enhance Movable Type
• Configure Movable Type to receive and manage comments from site visitors
• See what′s new in Movable Type 3.1 in a bonus Movable Type 3.1 appendix

About the Author
Rogers Cadenhead is a Web developer, RSS Advisory Board member, and host of more than 3,000 webloggers on Buzzword.Com. He has written 19 books on Internet–related topics, including Radio UserLand Kick Start and Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days. He’s also a Web publisher whose sites receive more than 10 million visits a year. He maintains this book’s official World Wide Web site at http://www.cadenhead.org/movable.