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September 15, 2005

Upgrade Movable Type 3.2

E' stato effettuato con successo l'upgrade alla versione 3.2 di Movable Type, la piattaforma di publishing usata da molti ospiti di Bloogs.

Alcune novità:

* New dead-simple AJAX-powered installation/upgrade process (see screencast demo) which replaces mt-load.cgi and all mt-upgrade* scripts. Also eliminated the upgrade distribution since only the config file would be different.
* Combined mt.cfg and mt-db-pass.cgi into mt-config.cgi. Shipping as mt-config.cgi-original so as to prevent overwriting when upgrading.
* Introduced the new System Overview section which allows administrators to configure and manage aspects of the system across all weblogs
* Introduced a plugin-based feedback rating framework which scores comments and TrackBacks upon submission on a scale from -10 (least desirable) to 10 (most desirable)
* Introduced the auto-expiring Junk folder which contains all negatively-scored feedback received by the app and deletes it after a time specified in the weblog feedback configuration
* Now shipping with a 3.2-compatible SpamLookup plugin. Stops spammers cold!
* Added TrackBack moderation and editing like comments
* Added comment/TrackBack master switches on both the blog and system level. These allow a user to shut off receipt of these items in one place.
* Major rearrangement of the weblog settings. Humanized options and implemented better grouping.
* Major overhaul of all listing pages. They are now optimized for bulk actions and consistent wherever they appear in the application. Items can be selected by clicking anywhere on the row and contiguous selection is possible with the shift key. The checkbox in the header bar selects all, none and inverse (with the shift key). Introduced display options for each listing allowing a user to customize their view. New filtering mechanism on all listings
* Major overhaul of the search/replace functionality. One can now search not only entries, but comments, TrackBacks, templates, commenters and activity log. Much safer replace functionality. New context-sensitive search added to nearly every page of the application.
* Introduced the system- and weblog-level plugin management pages allowing a user to enable/disable, configure and get information about all installed plugins. All functionality works with MT 2.x plugins as well!
* Implemented much simpler template code for the individual archive page, especially with regards to comments and TrackBacks. Moved most TypeKey logic to the site javascript.
* Introduced the new MT 3.2 default stylesheet: "Vicksburg".
* Implemented the standard Six Apart HTML structure which enables all MT users to easily share dozens of gorgeous styles created for TypePad and LiveJournal by just switching out the CSS.
* Introduced the TemplateRefresh plugin, bundled with 3.2. which performs backup of single of multiple templates and refresh of those templates from the defaults. This can be triggered from either the template listing screen or the system overview weblogs listing.
* Major overhaul of the commenter listing screen and introduction of the individual commenter record which lists information about each authenticated commenter and all of their comments.
* Added a Trusted state for authenticated commenters which allows a commenter to bypass the junk mechanism. This can also be used on the weblog side to highlight valued contributors and (with a little ingenuity) give them special abilities on the weblog side.
* An entirely new Live User Manual written from scratch by Tim Appnel powered by Movable Type and which includes user comments on every entry. More details here.
* Opened up the Movable Type Knowledge base to all Movable Type users. Previously this was only available for paid licensees.
* Major improvements to the Activity Log including pagination, display options, reverse-chronological sorting and CSV export.
* Revamp of the main MT menu including more links to the places you want to go, weblog sorting by title, date of creation or date of last modifcation
* New multi-category selection widget enabling very easy selection of secondary categories. Also present on the quickpost page.
* New archive file path controls for mapping templates to archive types. Now includes many common archive maps in a simple dropdown and shortcut specifiers for making your own. MT template tags are still supported.
* Introduced the basename field on the edit entry and Quickpost pages which allow users to specify the filename of the individual archive file. This allows for nice filenames that do not depend on the entry title.
* Added dynamic publishing support for PostgreSQL and SQLite databases
* Implemented outbound trackBack control enabling administrators to restrict (by domain or IP) where TrackBacks can be sent and auto-discovery is allowed. Admins can also specify whether or not to TrackBack entries on the same weblog.
* Added itemset widgets (the dropdown on the right side of all listing screens) which contain secondary native actions and can be extended by plugins to provide extra functionality.
* Revamped the template listing screens providing much better information at-a-glance
* Added the default_templates folder containing all default Movable Type templates added to new weblogs. These templates can be customized to affect the default templates for new weblogs.
* Easy mini-wizard TypeKey authentication setup allows you to easily and quickly enable TypeKey on your blogs.
* Enhanced the "Remember me" checkbox on the comment form to remember not only form details but TypeKey authentication status
* Added new gorgeous color icons which boost your blogging productivity by enabling you to stare at the Movable Type interface for extended periods of time without tiring.
* Added Save & Rebuild functionality to the template editing page
* Implemented System administrator and Blog administrator permissions and removed problematic blog-level "add/edit authors" permission

La lista completa sul sito ufficiale.

Posted by Luciano Giustini at September 15, 2005 04:37 PM

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