Three things, really invisible to you the reader, have gone on here at tt.us over the past several weeks.
Thing Number One
I installed iMT, an iPhone/iPod Touch plugin that creates a seamless interface for these devices with the MT4 installation allowing the user to post new entries and manage posts and comments from multiple blogs running on the same install.
When I first installed iMT, I would get a blank screen when attempting to log in to my MT4 blog installation. I was frustrated that it didn't work and eventually deleted the iMT bookmark from my iPhone. However, on July 14, 2009, seiz posted a cure for this issue on the MovableType plugins page. Apparently I wasn't the only one having this problem created by the iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade.
The issue is a line of code in the css file. He gives the specifics. But once you comment that declaration out, poof! Works like a charm.
Thanks for the solution! I love this plugin! It will become part of my "away from my computer" workflow.
Thing Number Two
I installed Mint and several peppers to more easily keep track of the stats here at tt.us. It too has a wonderful iPhone/iPod Touch interface if you install the iPhone Pepper. Using Mint, I can keep track of the most important stats I want to monitor in an easy and intuitive interface.
Installing Mint was a little problematic in that upon configuring the optional pepper: GeoMint, the whole Mint installation crashed. I continuously got an error message that my configuration file was damaged beyond repair. I had to be delete Mint, a worrisome process of deleting the Mint fields from the MySQL database structure, and then reinstall the application. I did not reinstall GeoMint this time.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any support from Mint on this issue.
Thing Number Three
I've seen blogs that include "Related Posts" at the end of their posts. I've always thought that could be a helpful feature in posts here at tt.us where I allude to previous posts that are related to the one I'm presently writing.
Well, hopefully I have found a plugin that will provide that functionality here at tt.us: MoreCustomFields by Dan Wolfgand over at EatDrinkSleepMovableType.
For me, Installing this plugin required a little more knowledge than I had about MT4, but Dan has been very helpful in providing me with the information I needed for the install.
The way I'm using this plugin, in my MT4 create/edit post window, I can select to add a related post from a drop down menu containing all of the over 2,000 posts I've published here at tt.us! I'm going to request he add the ability to sort the posts alphabetically or chronologically. (It could be there already for all I know!) Scrolling through the chronological list is a bit daunting!
In the sidebar, near the upper section, under the heading "Pick a Theme" are five tiny pictures or icons representing the five different themes from which you can pick. Click on each one to see how it changes the look and feel of my blog.
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