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Being able to share your content easily is always a good thing. If someone can "tweet" your post or share it on Facebook, then you might get more traffic .. How can that be a bad thing?

The AddThis service offers a very nice selection of features and their plugin for Movable Type is very simple to implement

Simply download the plugin. Upload the entire "AddThis" folder into your MovableType plugin directory and you're practically done. All you need to do then is add the new template tag to your site and you can start using it.

Full details here



I intend to add it to several other MT sites that I run over the next few days.

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SixApart have made available a release candidate of Movable Type 5

RC1's release announcement includes plenty of detail on which bugs have been fixed, which ones haven't and how to let them know about problems.

It also comes with a new theme

Full details here
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Earlier this evening SixApart released MovableType 4.31 (though they're referring to it as 4.3)

The latest release brings several enhancements to the software which are detailed by Matt Jacobs here
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Sixapart announced the release of MovableType 4.3 last night.

The new release brings improvements in a number of areas, with emphasis on performance and functionality.

Full details of the new release are here, while more details may be found here
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MT Hacks have released an updated version of their Twitter Comments plugin which now supports OAuth.

OAuth support is a welcome addition, as it means that you do not need to share your Twitter login details with a 3rd party website.

Full details, demo and download from their site
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The OpenID logo

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Since Typepad is a SixApart service ...

Anyway, if you have a TypePad account you can use it as your OpenID on a growing number of sites and services.

If the site / service does not explicitly mention typepad the address (URL) you need to use is:

profile.typepad.com/username

You just need to replace "username" with your actual TypePad username and off you go!
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Ian Fenn's Twitter plugin works really well, so I won't be changing as yet....

However there's always room for new and more feature rich plugins, so the latest Twitter plugin is very welcome.

Rob Kenny's Hashtag plugin adds support for hashtags - which are becoming increasingly popular among twitter users.


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Movable Type 4.24 Released

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SixApart have released MovableType 4.24.

This release, while minor, is aimed at addressing a security issue which SixApart informed its partners about earlier during the week. They released a patch at the time, though have not provided any details as to what the actual security problem was.

The new version of MovableType does, however, bring one new feature - an improved password recovery method:

Rolled into the MTE 4.24, MT Pro 4.24, and MTOS 4.24 release, however, is an improved Password Recovery mechanism. Now only an email address is required for MT to trigger the recovery email, making the Password Hint obsolete.

This is a welcome improvement!
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If you frequent the 6Apart websites for Movable Type you'd be forgiven for getting a bit confused at times.

Up until earlier tonight there were two user support forums in operation!

Why?

Legacy issues basically...

As of a few hours ago the old forums are dead and everyone is being directed to the new ones... which are powered by Movable Type

sixapart forums

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Beta 2 of MT Motion has been released.

I've been trying to get my hands on a changelog, but haven't had any success yet :(
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