nef’s blog

The musings and rants of a guy that goes by the gaming handle of nefarious. Spooky huh? Seriously, I’m just a nice guy, husband, father, geek, renaissance man.

Archive for the ‘MT’


How WERE you using it?

Mena of Sixapart, the authors of MovableType, posted a request for non-emotional feedback on the restrictions of the new licensing associated with MT 3.0. OK, here it is.
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MT2WP Info

Carthik has posted an excellent collection of tips and resources for those considering a move from MovableType to WordPress. Check it out.

MovableType Tip: Custom Editing

This post is not for the faint hearted. It is also not for anyone that doesn’t run MovableType, the blogging software that I use. If you installed MT yourself and/or you are comfortable editing HTML files then this post is for you. If not, don’t bother reading the rest.

You’re still here? Sweet!

I’m going to show you how you can change the way the URL button on your Create New Entry and Edit Entry menus work so that it automatically adds target=”_blank”. I am also going to show you how you can add a Strikethrough button next to the Bold, Italics and Underline buttons.
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