October 2002 Archives
Version 2.51 of Movable Type is now released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the changelog if you have been experiencing a problem with 2.5 and to determine if it was fixed in 2.51.
This release also adds two new features:
- A Windows right-click menu item called "MT It!" allows you to use the bookmarklet from your right-click menu. If you're running Windows, you can add this menu item through the "Set Up Bookmarklets" screen in Movable Type. Thanks to Anil Dash.
- An <MTElse> tag that can be used globally to provide an "else" condition for any conditional tag. (more information) Thanks to Brad Choate.
If you're upgrading from any previous Movable Type release, use the upgrade instructions. If you're installing this release for the first time, use the installation instructions.
Note: If you upgraded to version 2.51 before October 31, 1:30AM Pacific time, you need to update one file in your distribution to fix a bug that was introduced, causing very slow archive rebuilds. Download the updated MT.pm file and upload it to your webserver in ASCII mode, replacing lib/MT.pm. That will fix the problem.
November's issue of MIT's Technology Review contains an article about backlinking -- as well as a mention of TrackBack and some quotes by us. The article is currently premium content, but the author, David F. Gallagher has informed me that it will most probably be available for free some time in the next week.
Read what we've got to say on the one-year birthday of Movable Type. Then, please fill out a short survey and download version 2.5.
