I'm thinking of going back to Movabletype for my web site. Right now I'm using a content management system called Mambo, which I'm not satisfied with.

But there are a few content layout customizations I would like to make which I'n not sure can be done with MT. For example, I would like to structure my Reviews section to be organized like this:

Example

The Articles section will be setup in the same way.

On the News section, I would like it to look something like this:

Example

Is this possible, and if so...how? Do I need to create separate templates for each section of the site?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Anyone?

It's not possible using the standard archive templates - but it's certainly possible if you create new index file. With an index file you can easily do what you need.

Not quiite sure what you mean. With a new index file?

Normally you would use archive templates for displaying category archives - however there is only one template for all categories, so it wouldn't work for you.

What you want to do is create new index template for each of your categories - or maybe just for the ones that you want to look different.

So the answer for you original question:

Is yes (assuming that your sections correspond to categories).

The answer to how is something like this... in your new "news" index template have something like this:

Or whatever it is that you want to display there.

Hope this helps.

Thanks. That doesn't completely answer my question...but it's a start.

In case anyone is interested in seeing my custom content layout and archiving, take a look at my site: Pocketfactory

In particular, have a look at the news, articles, and reviews sections.

Not bad, if I do say so myself.