For some bizarre reason the Wordpress importer changes the post names from "thing-other-thing" to "thing_other_thing" ie. replacing the dash with an underscore.The simplest way to fix it is to run a bit of SQL directly on the database:update wp_posts set post_name = replace(post_name,'_','-');Thanks to the person who provided the solution here … [Read more...] about Movable Type To WordPress Permalink Oddness
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Playing With Movable Type Motion
Six Apart launched Motion last night (Irish time), so I setup a test install to play with it.If anyone wants to play around register for an account on the site and let me know - I may have to give you author rightsI'm currently using the default templates that ship with the release, so you'll see plenty of "weird" stuff from my "stream" interpolated among the few test posts … [Read more...] about Playing With Movable Type Motion
Post-Upgrade Oddities
I upgraded this site's backend, Movable Type, to the latest version earlier today.While the upgrade itself went pretty well there seem to be some really odd issues affecting this site. All the other sites running of this MT install are behaving fine, but this one is having issues with templates.I'm currently trying to work out what the best course of action is, so please excuse … [Read more...] about Post-Upgrade Oddities
SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy
Blogging company SixApart announced a major expansion earlier today. (They also quietly unveiled a new look for their main corporate site)The company announced its acquisition of New York based Apperceptive who will form the core of their new services division. Apperceptive's team have not only worked on a lot of very high profile projects but have also developed … [Read more...] about SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy
MovableType Developer With A Sense of Humour – WordPress For Movable Type!
Mark Carey is one of the more active MovableType plugin developers. Some of his plugin have to be simply categorised as "cool". There's no other word that sums them up aptly, though I'm sure you could find plenty if you tried.His latest plugin release is a stroke of genius - Wordpress Interface for Movable TypeIt does pretty much what it says "on the tin" and replaces the … [Read more...] about MovableType Developer With A Sense of Humour – WordPress For Movable Type!