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Steps for installing the movable Type
How do you personalize Movable Type?
Features of Movable Type:
Requirements for Movable Type:

Movable Type is a weblog publishing system and a low-cost, distributed software solution that helps thousands of website developers organize and automate the web content management process. Movable Type has several notable features, such as hosting multiple weblogs and standalone content pages managing files, user roles, templates, tags, categories, and trackback links.

It supports static and dynamic page generation.

It also supports LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Movable Type will run on almost any server; the only requirements are a database and the ability to run CGI scripts.
There are currently two distributions of Movable Type: the commercial version (still free for individual users) and the open-source version.

Deciding which one to use depends on what you need and what you’re willing to pay for. Movable Type is written in Perl and supports storing the weblog’s content and associated data within MySQL. Most cheap hosting companies use portable types for websites operated for blogging.

Steps were taken while installing movable Type:

Download the latest release from the internet.
Download the desired version, or copy the URL using SSH to install.
Two paths to do this based on what level of server access is available:

FTP – download locally, un-compress, then upload parts via FTP.

Double-click the archive to un-compress after downloading the release to your local machine.
Upload (or move) the static directory via FTP to the website’s web root.
Upload the application directory without the stationary guide via FTP to the cgi-bin directory.
Rename the application directory from “MT-5.0-en” to “mt”.

SSH – upload via SSH, un-compress on the server, and move directories.

Login to the server and cd to the cgi-bin guide.
Copy release to the server.
Unzip the release archive.
Change the name of the directory from the versioned name. Move the static directory to the web root.

How do you personalize Movable Type?

Movable Type is an extensible platform that allows developers to create simple template tags and text filters and design entire applications. In that way, Movable Type is much like an Application Server by abstracting the developer away from many mundane web application development tasks, like writing SQL, providing database caching, and defining frequently used user interface components like dialogues, tables, and more.

Hosting with movable Type is quite simple and easy.
Movable Type is an application that sits upon this platform, using its APIs, callbacks, and interfaces to define your daily application. In this way, when looking for help with the API, there is no better example than Movable Type. For example, if you want to create a new screen inside the application, then it has to be done in three simple steps:

Create a template for rendering the contents of the page,
Define a mode handler which populates the template’s context with data,
Register a method to route requests to the mode handler.

To take movable Type and behave the way you want, it’s essential to understand how it works. Movable Type has two main components: the backend administration interface, where you can manage your blogs, post new entries, moderate comments, and the front-facing public website.

Features of Movable Type:

Movable Type is an all-in-one solution. Create websites, add blogs, manage content, and build a social community – all in one package.
Movable Type is scalable. As your site grows and becomes more successful, the platform scales to accommodate your fluctuating traffic needs.
Movable Type is proven. Movable Type has been at the forefront of blogging innovation for over eight years and powers some of the largest and most influential websites and blogs.
Movable Type is supported. We offer support for businesses, optional support for bloggers, and premium support for enterprise and high-traffic bloggers.
Powerful Dashboard. Generate new websites or blogs from a single screen. View a summary of website and blog activity in one glance.
WYSIWYG Editor. It makes it easy to create great-looking pages and posts.
Universal Template Set. Create and deploy blogs or standalone websites.
User Dashboard. Manage websites or blogs you are authorized to manage.
Revision History. See revisions for entries, pages, and templates.
Custom Fields. Available for Website, Blog, Comment, Template, Asset, Entry, Page, Category, Folder, and User.
Asset Manager. Easily manage files and media assets from a single screen.