Just checking. Waiting for MT3. Oh... and removing the "email this entry" link per Hostmatter's policy. "-)
Recently being one of two targets of a spam/flame attack by a disgruntled PITA, I was out googling my way around looking for info on the script being used. Discovered that there were a lot of entries made by that script to Blogs. Rather irritating.
So the Blog is now the latest target of Spammers. [expletive deleted]. Then tonight I started digging around on Slashdot and found this great sounding MT plug-in to fight spam!
So Brat, can you get on this and test it? Then let me know the ins and outs eh? "-)
Today was a big day! Britta challenged us to add Category Archives to our main index pages, which in and of itself was simple... but I messed up a div tag so my box was shrinking with each viewing! sigh.
Then I got a wild hair and decided to add the "Email this entry" function to my posts. Oh boy.
The "Mail This Entry" that MT has in their documentation was poorly explained everywhere I looked. In other words, they tell you only how to use it one way... so explanation of what is going on so you can customize it. And since I'm not 100% familiar with their scripts and setup, I was lost.
So I used a similar function found here: Works in Progress - How to Create a Pop-Up eMail This Entry Window in MovableType (David Gagne). It includes its own CGI script and is very well explained by the author.
Even tho the tutorial says it was tried on an older version (and apparently the tutorial has never been updated), it worked fine on Version 2.64!
Here's the difference between the 2:
MT -- Sends text and/or HTML formatted copy of posting in the email; you can add youself as a blind copy if you like; provides a comment box for the sender to add his/her own text.
Gagne -- Sends a link only, with preformatted subject and text. A separate copy is sent to you (if you remove the # in the script for the relevant section of code) and the recipient's address is noted at the bottom. This script also generates a "Success" screen so the sender knows the process completed.
I don't know as much about the MT one as I said, because I didn't bother to set it up at all.
Some things I need to consider adding/modifying: None of the fields are required in this script, so a blank email can be sent; should I let them add their own note or not?
Anyway, if you set up this script yourself be advised that you need to make some basic changes to it (well documented on the link above) and if you have done extensive customizing of your site layout you may also have to make other changes to the script... particularly in the section where the actual email is written.
The format you see on this site is NOT the same as in the script at the link above. I made changes to that script to suit my purpose.
Then the email links themselves go on the Index page template and the Individual Archives template.
Anyway, another learning experience!
Might be worth looking into. HTML Editor extensions for MovableType
I'm finally being forced to consider my options for the future, now that Netscape is officially on the shelf. Big sigh.
Fortunately, Opera has come a long way in the last few years. I love the browser, and their email is almost there... not quite.
However, I do use Opera more than any other browser. [At least I'll still feel the daily frustration of going to a web site that won't load in anything except messIE.] And recently I stumbled onto their Bookmarklets.
These are neat little bits of JS code that you can drop onto your Hotlist and they "do" things for you. I dutifully set up the bookmarkets that validate the page you are visiting at the W3C and other odd things like that. Yesterday I found a much better bookmarklet: the one that lets you Make an entry to your MT blog right from your Hotlist or from your toolbar!
Yep, tonight I just got a wild hair and slapped one onto the tool bar. Imagine my surprise when it worked! And then to discover that I, the USER, can actually set up the toolbar any way I want! I am in heaven. grin.
I really like Opera... it is the fastest browser I use. And the keystroke shortcuts are so darn convenient... I find myself hitting Z or X in all the other (for backward and forward) and then wondering why nothing happens. Those keys even work from the first page of a site you are visiting if the site uses Referrers. Super way to slide through without having to fiddle with a mouse.
Anyway, just something silly to post here for the heck of it.