Entries form the basis of your weblog; they are the content, whereas the
templates (below) generally define how that content appears. You can create
a new entry by logging in to Movable Type, selecting a weblog, then clicking
Create New Entry
. You can edit your existing entries by clicking List
& Edit Entries
, then selecting an entry from that list.
When creating a new entry, you will have the chance to set the following fields:
<$MTEntryCategory$>
to display information about a single category.
For more information on managing categories, see CATEGORIES.
Extended Entry
text and enter only
the Entry Body
text. Movable Type allows you to split up your entry for
more flexibility in the display of that entry; for example, if you write very
long entries, you may not want your entire entry on your index pages. You
can use the two fields to control what gets displayed, and where.
Note that when the text of your entry and extended entry fields are output
into your public weblog, paragraphs--blocks of text separated by two line
breaks--will be automatically converted using the Text Formatting
option you have selected. The default formatting is to enclose paragraphs
within <p>
and </p
>> tags, and to convert line breaks
to <br />
tags. If you do not want this formatting to occur,
you can select None
for the text formatting.
MTEntryExcerpt
tag) by selecting the first twenty (20) words from your
entry, followed by an ellipsis.
<$MTEntryKeywords$>
tag). It is searched when a user performs a
public search on your site, so you can use it to tag entries with words
that may not normally appear in the entry body.
Status
set to Draft
will not be published to your weblog.
None
, Open
, or Closed
. If you select
None
, visitors will not be able to post comments, nor will they be able
to view existing comments. If you select Open
, visitors will be able to
both post and view existing comments. If you select Closed
, visitors will
be able to view existing comments, but not post new comments. This is useful
when you wish to turn off commenting for an old post on your site, but you
wish to leave up the old comments for posterity.
<p>
and </p>
tags, and converts line breaks to <br>
tags. You can select a different formatting option for each entry in the
system. The default for this entry is set in your weblog configuration under
Default Text Formatting for new entries.
MTEntryIfAllowPings
area will be displayed (see
documentation for the tag).
URL(s)
with that particular category. See
Categories for more details.
You can use the PREVIEW
button to preview your entry before posting;
CANCEL
will return you to the List Entries page.
After you have saved a new entry, you will be transferred directly into editing mode for that entry. When editing an existing entry, you will have several new options:
Authored on
date and time for an entry. If you change this value, you
must use the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
; otherwise you will get an error.
Assign Multiple Categories
link opens a popup window that allows you
to manage the secondary categories to which your entry is assigned.
DELETE ENTRY
; you will then be
asked to confirm that you really wish to delete the entry. Agree, and your
entry will be deleted.
Note that, upon saving an entry that is marked for Publish
, your archives
for that entry, along with all of your indexes, are automatically rebuilt.
Thus you do not need to manually rebuild your files (see REBUILDING FILES,
below) after posting a new entry, or after editing an existing entry.
If you are using Movable Type on Internet Explorer for Windows, you can make use of a couple of keyboard shortcuts while editing your entries, to automatically insert HTML formatting tags. To use these shortcuts, select the text you wish to format in your entry, then press the appropriate keyboard shortcut combination:
Movable Type allows you to customize the New Entry and Edit Entry screens to fit with your usage of the system. This customization is done on a per-author, per-weblog basis. In other words, as an author, you can have different screen layouts for each weblog that you post to; and when you customize the screens, your preferences will not trample over those of any of the other authors in the system.
The system lets you choose between 2 predefined layouts (Basic and Advanced), or allows you to create a custom layout, where you choose the fields you would like displayed.
Advanced is the default layout.
In addition to configuring the fields that you would like displayed, you can also control the position of the button bar containing the SAVE, PREVIEW, and DELETE buttons. The button bar can be displayed either at the top of the page, above the entry-editing fields, or at the bottom, below the entry-editing fields.
There are times when you might wish to make changes in batch to your entries;
for example, if you wish to change a number of entries from Draft
status
to Publish
, or if you wish to assign categories to entries you have
imported from another weblogging tool. In that case, you can use the Movable
Type's power-editing mode to edit multiple entries at once. Select the weblog
containing the entries you'd like to edit; then go to List & Edit Entries
;
then click Open power-editing mode
.
The controls on the power-editing screen works just like the standard
List & Edit Entries
screen. You can filter the list of entries that you are
viewing by category, status, or author; and you can page through the entries
using the PREVIOUS
and NEXT
buttons at the bottom. On this screen, you
can edit the entry titles, categories, authored on dates, authors, and status
fields; after making the desired changes, save your entries by clicking
SAVE
.