December 2007 Archives

Please see the following screenshot which I took on upgrading to MovableType 4.1 Beat1.

Just one day, I found the beta 2 is coming.

I don't waste any minutes to download it and upgrade this test bed.

It is fast to download MovableType 4.1 beta 2 here or official site.

The steps I did in my DreamHost is Just three steps to upgrade from Beta 1 to Beta 2
1)  wget http://www.movabletype.org/downloads/MT-4.1b2-en.tar.gz

2) tar xvzf MT-4.1b2-en.tar.gz

3)  cp -r -f ./MT-4.1b2-en/ ./mtcgi/

Then just go to the Firefox, to login and the system will update the Database and finish.

The release news of Beta 2 can be found here or below.

• Feeds.App Lite has been removed from MTOS as it is not properly licensed. Users of the nightlies should be cognizant that previous builds had code that should not have been distributed with MTOS. No worries I think, Tim is a nice guy.
• Numerous upgrade bugs have been fixed since the previous release allowing users to more easily upgrade from MT3 and MT4.01 to MTOS and MT 4.1 Beta. Bugs include a SQL syntax errors for adding/altering an index, a bug in migrating OpenIDs to the external user id column, and more.
• Tags suggestions and auto-complete were not being suggested on the compose screen. This has been fixed.
• Javascript errors were fixed on the compose screen related to the Auto Save feature.
• We have fleshed out the list of Asset icons for the asset management system.
• The asset listing screen had been redesigned to display thumbnails of assets.
• A whole new Edit Asset screen has been added. Hotness.
• The default commenter session timeout has been increased to 3 days to keep your readers "logged in" for a longer period. This is aimed at making commenting easier for returning commenters and users.
• Create Category and Create Folder links were available to users without that permission. Fixed.
• WidgetSet tags have been embedded into the default templates. This closes a long standing hole in the MT design experience. Now widgets can be dragged and dropped and have those displayed on your blog without the need to edit templates.
• Links to category is empty in Individual Archives - fixed.
• XML-RPC callbacks for page editing have been fixed.
• TypeKey authentication redirects a returning user to the wrong post. This has been fixed.
• CSS and JavaScript files are now minimized.
• The Display Options panel's design has been touched up.
• Updating a userpic is now an atomic option - there is no need to save your profile once your userpic has been updated. Change is instant.
• A new global modifier has been added setvar which will capture the output of the tag and save it in a variable of the provided name. For example, the following will create a variable called "last5" containing the titles of the last 5 entries:
• Word character conversion process will now eliminate the <?xml:namespace?> text that causes PHP based systems to croak.
• We have modified the publish dialog/window's button set when an error occurs. Now when an error occurs while publishing a file the following buttons will be display: Edit Template (to edit the template generating the error), Try Again (to try rebuilding the file again), and Close (to close the window).
• Previewing a page and returning to the editor caused the basename field to be cleared. :(
• Templates were being backed up even when the "Create Backups" options was unchecked.
• Only userpics uploaded by the current user are displayed when a user elects to change their userpic from the edit profile screen.
• File size has been added to the insert image asset preview page.
• Creating category from Select Category fly out on edit entry screen was not working.
• Movable Type Open Source link in the footer links to movabletype.com - it now points to .org.
• SetHashVar implemented. For example: <mt:sethashvar name="foo"><mt:setvar name="key1" value="foo"><mt:sethashvar name="key2"><mt:setvar name="key3" value="bar"></mt:sethashvar></mt:sethashvar>
• Learning Movable Type news now loaded without the need for scheduled tasks.
• Asset search now searches asset title.
• On a Page archive template you have the ability to add an Entry mapping. On an Entry archive template you have the ability to add a Page mapping. Neither of these options should exist, if selected they produce errors when publishing. They have been removed.
• <mt:AssetDescription> tag has been created.
• MT::Object::has_meta returns false for MT::Page - fixed.
• Default WidgetSets are now created upon blog initialization.
• AtomPub support - we are now compliant with RFC 5023, bringing an up to date implementation of the Atom Publishing Protocol to Movable Type.
• XML-RPC/Atom doesn't support cancreatepost permission - now it does.
• Added "Align: None" to insert asset dialog - thanks to a hack by Beau. Beau better be careful, he is dangerously close to being an engineer now. :)
• Password reminder feature assumes the password recovery field is your birthplace. The error messaging around this has been fixed.
• Small MT logo icon has been updated with new logo color.
• OpenID error messaging has been improved to be more human friendly.
• Bad header position on management group and blog on system level screens - this collided with status messaging, which is now fixed.

Professional Pack Change Log

• Commercial Pack has been renamed Professional Pack.
• Custom fields now have a post_remove callback to remove metadata from plugin data when a field is removed.
• User Fields quick filter added for the blog level.
• Security: JavaScript code inputted into Description of Custom Fields was being executed in the edit entry screen.
• Custom Field name values were not being escaped properly in the administration UI. This has been fixed.

Enterprise Change Log

• TheSchwartz was not working with Oracle in some cases. This has been fixed.

To upgrade my old MT 4 is impossible, because the templates and tag system are different. I don't want to change the templates manually.

So, I backup this blog by exporting. Then installed the brand new MovableType 4.1 beta which I downloaded here.

I will post more of MovableType 4.1  later.

Welcome to my new blog powered by Movable Type. This is the first post on my blog and was created for me automatically when I finished the installation process. But that is ok, because I will soon be creating posts of my own!