Dear MovableType..
ive been in love you since i was introduced to the internet blogging world. inspired by some of the TheScreenSavers crew, ive been hooked up with since then. i remember during that time is version 2.x, which is use by Sarah Lane and Kevin Rose for their blog. ive met few other tools like textpattern and wordpress, but u know, i was looking for something that is EASY to customize, especially the template. why? coz i love to use my own design, thats why i dont want to let the 'tools' define my design..
it's been a few years, i want to tell you guys something to make you more lovable.. first of all, PLEASE redesign the interface! come one.. it's Web 2.0 era right now, im begging you to Enlarge those font, change the interface to suit 1024x768 resolution. nobody's using 800x600 anymore. and now everybody's using wide-screen monitor, imagine how we feel staring at our giant slim flat lcd/hd monitor, while the mt interface just sitting there on the left of the screen, like a little kids trying to squeeze himself in the corner of the house (i dont know why, dont ask..) so please MovableType, enhance you interface, stop using fix left aligned layout alright! turn your typo to at least 12px size.. i dont mind if your layout is not fluid, but at least centered fix width layout which at least optimized for 1024 resolution.. promise me that in the next version alright!
some other things, i would like you to 'change' your attitude. do you know how sux i feel when i cant find any "PAGINATION" plugin that i like?! please dear, i dont want any plugin if it just a small tiny feature in my website. all publishing platform should have this pagination feature by default, come on.. having Previous/Next in the individual page is not enough! most of us prefer to browse a website by pagination in the homepage, if we found some interesting entry, then we will click the permalink.. after finish reading it, then we might consider to browse related category or tags.. if one day we come back, we'll browse through the monthly archive. u see how important the PAGINATION feature here? if we cant browse the homepage easily, we wont find what we like, and causing we dont want to come again.. so please MovableType, put those pagination thing as your built-in feature..
thats all i remember right now.. sure i will write more when i remember, wait for me alright!
dont forget everything ive told you, i really mean it.. if it doesnt appear in your net version, i will kill you..
Truly Yours,
MovableType Addict
Full Version: Dear Movabletype..
Dear pairacy,
I love emails like this. I really do. You know why?
Well first I love to see someone who loves the software so much. But second, this email is like a nice lofty underhanded softball pitch to a slugger. It is just so nice to be able to respond and say:
1) Re: Redesign the interface!
Your wish is our command. The next major release of Movable Type, codenamed "Project Athena," will be sporting a completely new user interface. I have seen the new UI already in development and I must say, it is pretty slick. It incorporates a number of changes that I think people will like:
* floated center UI
* fixed width
* right now it is designed with a 950px width
* left vertical nav has been replaced by a very logical horizontal menu system
* larger default font sizes for increases readability
Plus, it looks awesome, and much more modern. The current UI is functional, but it has lost is allure if you ask me.
2) Re: PAGINATION
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
This achieves the objective of pagination, without over burdening the build process. For more check out:
http://www.learningmovabletype.com/a/00187...egory_archives/
I hope this is good news for you.
Thank you so much for sending us this note. We are listening and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for MT!
I love emails like this. I really do. You know why?
Well first I love to see someone who loves the software so much. But second, this email is like a nice lofty underhanded softball pitch to a slugger. It is just so nice to be able to respond and say:
1) Re: Redesign the interface!
Your wish is our command. The next major release of Movable Type, codenamed "Project Athena," will be sporting a completely new user interface. I have seen the new UI already in development and I must say, it is pretty slick. It incorporates a number of changes that I think people will like:
* floated center UI
* fixed width
* right now it is designed with a 950px width
* left vertical nav has been replaced by a very logical horizontal menu system
* larger default font sizes for increases readability
Plus, it looks awesome, and much more modern. The current UI is functional, but it has lost is allure if you ask me.
2) Re: PAGINATION
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
This achieves the objective of pagination, without over burdening the build process. For more check out:
http://www.learningmovabletype.com/a/00187...egory_archives/
I hope this is good news for you.
Thank you so much for sending us this note. We are listening and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for MT!
QUOTE (Byrne Reese @ Apr 23 2007, 07:36 PM) 
2) Re: PAGINATION
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
I hope this is good news for you.
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
I hope this is good news for you.
I'm not the original poster, but this IS good news. Well almost good news, at least for me.
I'm providing content with previews and downloads with MTEntryExcerpt holding the thumbnail. I am then doing a bit of sorting in the category archives to provide a visual way for the users to find the content in the categories which provides content for download. Currently I am limiting the number of entries per category to about 35 (no easy way to paginate the cat archives) and then add another category to hold the next 35 entries (See the cat listing on my site to see what I mean).
What I am personally a bit worried about in regards to paginating by date is, that there are months which can be very, very active in regards to the number of uploads. I cannot imagine telling my users to wait while a month with maybe 200 uploads loads the thumbnails for all those entries.
Of course I might not have understood the full scope of what you are saying, but I really think/hope/wish there will be a way to paginate by the number of entries too.
Or is that something which is solely reserved for dynamic publishing?
While I've been very lucky with my host and their acceptance of MT and the various problems with resource usage, I am not really hooked on turning on dynamic publishing for my archives because of the number of visitors and downloads and the load that will put on the server.
Moving away from Internet Explorer 6, to 7 or using Firefox should solve the bulk of your readability problem Using browsers that set up page tabs makes life a lot easier.
QUOTE (Byrne Reese @ Apr 23 2007, 07:36 PM)
....
Your wish is our command. The next major release of Movable Type, codenamed "Project Athena," will be sporting a completely new user interface. I have seen the new UI already in development and I must say, it is pretty slick. It incorporates a number of changes that I think people will like:
* floated center UI
* fixed width
* right now it is designed with a 950px width
* left vertical nav has been replaced by a very logical horizontal menu system
* larger default font sizes for increases readability
Plus, it looks awesome, and much more modern. The current UI is functional, but it has lost is allure if you ask me...
Your wish is our command. The next major release of Movable Type, codenamed "Project Athena," will be sporting a completely new user interface. I have seen the new UI already in development and I must say, it is pretty slick. It incorporates a number of changes that I think people will like:
* floated center UI
* fixed width
* right now it is designed with a 950px width
* left vertical nav has been replaced by a very logical horizontal menu system
* larger default font sizes for increases readability
Plus, it looks awesome, and much more modern. The current UI is functional, but it has lost is allure if you ask me...
Dear Byrne Reese,
i am so glad to hear that from you bro.. and you know what, if you need some beta tester for the new sleek interface, or want some feedback from a 'not-so-professional' MT user like me, i always here man.. ill do anything to support my lovely MT and make it the most "Love"able-type platform.. errr.. can i have a sneak peak at the codename Athena? hehe! im dying to know how my lovely MT's next version look like. some screenshots would be fine, no worry, i dont leak any spoilers.. i love MT alright!
QUOTE (Byrne Reese @ Apr 23 2007, 07:36 PM)
2) Re: PAGINATION
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
This achieves the objective of pagination, without over burdening the build process.
This is yet another feature that will be addressed by the next release of Movable Type. Implementing this feature in a static publishing world is a challenge though because you want to limit the number of files to rebuild every time someone creates a new post. So to address this challenge we decided to paginate by date. This allows users to select:
* show me all entries in category "Foo" for the month of "January 2005"
This achieves the objective of pagination, without over burdening the build process.
thanks for alerting the Pagination issue.
anyway, pagination by dates? i have no comment about this yet, need to see it in action first before i can figure out whether it is ok or not.. the concept u said sounds new to me, but, what the heck, just do it! i cant wait for this new release.. QUOTE (Byrne Reese @ Apr 23 2007, 07:36 PM)
I hope this is good news for you.
Thank you so much for sending us this note. We are listening and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for MT!
Thank you so much for sending us this note. We are listening and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for MT!
that's surely a good news for me man.. i appreciate that..
hope to hear more news about Athena soon!
viva MT!
QUOTE (Paul Wiggins @ May 3 2007, 05:34 AM)
Moving away from Internet Explorer 6, to 7 or using Firefox should solve the bulk of your readability problem Using browsers that set up page tabs makes life a lot easier.
im using firefox man.. and ya, i have to zoom in 2-3 times to make the type readable and pleased the eyes.. but still, the layout is fixed width, so everything in there was squeezed due to the font size increment.. hehe!
I guess I'm late to the party, but I'm disappointed you'll only be offering date-based pagination. This is already possible to hack in dynamic templates using the offset, limit, and lastn attributes of MTEntries. Unfortunately, there is no way to paginate category archives alphabetically. (Speaking of which, it would be nice if using order_by on text fields wasn't case-sensitive, putting Z before a.) Finally, I wish search results were paginated. Tag search especially can be slow.
MT4 beta released! it is fucking awesome!!!
QUOTE (pairacy @ Apr 24 2007, 01:32 AM)
Dear MovableType..
Do you know how sux i feel when i cant find any "PAGINATION" plugin that i like?!
Do you know how sux i feel when i cant find any "PAGINATION" plugin that i like?!
Oh yes! Dear Movable Type, you make it very hard for us indeed.
On my hunt for a decent pagination solution for a client who needed index page pagination I created a solution which uses just three free plugins (mainly to teach MT the basics of arithmetic).
I wanted no need for PHP, dynamic publishing, hacking MT or Perl knowledge.
And it works well. Used it also to paginate individual entry pages (comments).
I've documented it on my website: Blog pagination for Movable Type
Now I can sleep peacefully ;-)
yo MovableMan, that pagination is sweet! im going to use this method in my new site soon.. it's a bit messy when you're trying to teach mt about the if..else.. part, but hey.. we can just put it into a Module and call it later..right!
i think Athena should have something this..
i think Athena should have something this..
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