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Migrating from Movable Type 4 to 5 on Pair Hosting

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Feb 26, 2013 | No Comments

Learn how to upgrade Movable Type 4 to Movable Type 5 using Pair Hosting's Software Installation Manager.

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The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to Typepad Anti-Spam

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Blogging, Movable Type, Web Services on Feb 19, 2013 | No Comments

The venerable Typepad Anti-Spam service for Movable Type is moving to Impermium. Akismet is a worthy replacement.

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Website Design for Health and Education

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Jan 11, 2013 | No Comments

At the beginning of 2013, we're looking back at some of our favorite website launches of the last twelve months. One of those projects was the Cochlear Implant School Toolkit.

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MT Skeleton: A Free Responsive Theme for Movable Type

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Mobile Web & Apps, Movable Type on Dec 23, 2012 | No Comments

We are very happy to release MT Skeleton as a free theme for Movable Type 4. It is based on the Skeleton responsive framework and is easy to install and customize.

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Looking Back... Data South Systems

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Apr 30, 2012 | No Comments

We've had the privilege of working with Hinesville, GA based Data South Systems for the last nine years. We're looking back at how their site design has evolved.

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Designing a Recruitment Portal

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Apr 20, 2012 | No Comments

In today's job market there are more applicants than ever. While there's no shortage of available, qualified individuals looking for work, it's still important to promote your business as a preferred job environment.

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"Collections" for Cool Mom Picks

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Apr 13, 2012 | No Comments

We used Movable Type to create slideshows on Pages from related Entry tags. View it in action.

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How to Present Your New Website Project to a Web Developer

Ginger

Posted by Ginger in Blogging, Design Inspiration, Heideldesign, Movable Type on Feb 10, 2011 | No Comments

When a potential client contacts us about a web project, we're often asked, "How much does a new website cost?" It's a fair question, but not a simple one to answer. In some ways, it would be like asking a...

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Six Apart is now SAY Media

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Sep 29, 2010 | No Comments

There was big news in the world of Movable Type this week, as parent company Six Apart merged with advertising company VideoEgg. The new entity will be known as SAY Media.SAY Media wasted no time in expressing its commitment to...

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Movable Type Backups

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Jul 21, 2010 | No Comments

Backing up your Movable Type installation is as easy as a few clicks. However, you're not getting everything with the built-in back up tool. Find out what you may be missing.

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Updating Twitter with Movable Type and RSS

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Blogging, Movable Type, Social Networking on Jul 13, 2010 | No Comments

Create a custom feed to connect Movable Type to your Twitter audience. This allows you to communicate effectively with this marketing savvy crowd.

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Syndicating Content with Movable Type

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Blogging, Movable Type on Jun 09, 2010 | No Comments

Movable Type has long provided various RSS feed templates to help you share your website content. But what if you want other websites (even those run by the non-tech-savvy) to run your articles seamlessly on their pages as if they were their own posts?

Using Movable Type custom templates and javascript, we've found a way to make that possible - and easy to boot.

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Cross-posting from Movable Type to Facebook

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Blogging, Movable Type, Social Networking on Apr 20, 2010 | No Comments

Lately, we've been getting a lot of questions about integrating Facebook with Movable Type powered websites and blogs. Facebook provides a way to automatically import your MT RSS feed onto your business profile. This tutorial will show you how.

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Richer Text in Movable Type

Lee Heidel

Posted by Lee Heidel in Movable Type on Mar 25, 2010 | No Comments

Frequently, clients ask us for ways to enhance their authoring experience in Movable Type. In most cases, the simple elegance of the default Movable Type rich text editor is sufficient. But, for power users or authors who need the ability...

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This page is an archive of recent entries in the Movable Type category.

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