Movable Type Templates

Over on her Beta Blog, Judi has brought up something I’ve always wondered about…. How come you can’t get a version of the MT Templates, that are just the required MT Tags (in the appropriate position), instead of the one formatted with all the HTML and stuff?

On the plus side, according to the comments, Jay is going to be providing the requested HTML free templates…but, he also says that Sixapart has something up their sleeve regarding the HTML stuff included in the templates… it’ll be interesting to see what they’ve got planned

.Mac Renewal

So.. my .Mac account just got renewed. And now that I’ve got another full year to decide what to do… I’m trying to justify renewing next year.

The only things I haven’t found non-.Mac replacements for yet, are the photo album templates (I like the 1 click integration with iPhoto…but that’s not necessary). And the iSync features…

I’m not sure if $99.00 a year is the deal it once was.. the amount of free software that gets thrown into the .Mac subscription has dropped to…nothing…

Anyone have alternatives for .Mac Photo Albums and iSync?

I’m back!

Move is finally done (mostly).

I just got done downloading and doing the initial setup of the MT 3.2 Beta.. so far, it looks good. Still using the default templates… and I only have one entry, with like 4 words in it.. so I need to play with it more…maybe tomorrow.

Oh Yeah.. Amazon has finally shipped out my copy of Jay Allen’s book! So.. hopefully, the changes SixApart made in MT 3.2 won’t completely go against what’s in the book….

I’m also thinking of trying out Google’s adsense… my iTunes Music Store referrals aren’t making any money…and while money isn’t the primary reason for this site (obviously) it wouldn’t hurt to have a few $$ coming in to help pay for hosting costs… Anyone have any experience with AdSense? Is it worth it?

MT Update part 2

As I mentioned earlier, Sixapart has released the beta version of Movable Type. While I haven’t had the time to play with it, Judi has, and she’s listed some of her thoughts on it here.

I think she’s got the right idea… separate install of the beta, so I don’t have to worry about the ‘real’ entries disappearing because of me clicking the wrong button. From reading her entries on it, install and config is a breeze..

So…once we’re moved in and setup at the new place… I’ll be following her lead and setting up a install of the beta to play with… It’ll give me a chance to use the stuff out of Jay Allen’s book (If Amazon ever ships my copy), and play with my templates and switch to dynamic publishing

Movable Type Update

It looks like the beta version of Movable Type 3.2 has been released. Jay Allen has a short entry about it here. I’d consider upgrading to the beta (which can be found here), but…since my computer and my internet connection are going to be in two different locations for a little while, I think it’ll be better to wait and maybe do the upgrade after we get moved..

Moving time

There may not be any updates for about the next week. The cable TV and internet are getting turned on at the new house tomorrow… which is fine.. except there won’t be any furniture, TVs, or computers there to use those services….and of course, its getting turned off at the old place either tomorrow or friday…

Just a bit of forewarning…

Dell Copies Apple (again)

incase you missed it, Michael Dell has a…let’s call it a thing.. for imitating everything that Steve Jobs and Apple do.. and the latest Dell ‘Hey, Let’s do what Steve did’ move?

Dell has hired Sheryl Crow to appear in commercials for Dell product (In case you live in a box, Sheryl appeared in lots of the iPod/iTMS promo stuff.. her and Steve Jobs even appeared together on a magazine cover)

What’s next? Dell releasing ads with silhouette dancers, against bright colored backgrounds carrying white dell products?

Updates!

Apple released 10.4.2 today (Tuesday)…so go click away in software update. Also there you will find an iSync update…unless you downloaded that when Apple made it available on like Friday..or maybe Monday…