Comments on: MT 3.1 Upgrade Report http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=MT+3.1+Upgrade+Report Geek and you shall find... Sat, 25 May 2013 09:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: zeebeest http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15376 zeebeest Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:01:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15376 <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm curious if you were able to still use your custom fields. Were you? I tried using your explanation on adding a new field to MT, but it didn't work on v3.11</p> Hi,

I’m curious if you were able to still use your custom fields. Were you? I tried using your explanation on adding a new field to MT, but it didn’t work on v3.11

]]> By: Deane http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15900 Deane Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:12:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15900 <p>Here's some advice about upgrading: remember that you'll need to overhaul your templates to take advantage of the new functionality.</p> <p>Sure, the upgrade fixes the admin interface and the data model nicely, but the new functionality introduces a lot of new tags and such that you'll need to add to your site.</p> <p>For instance, subcategories. They're not just gonna render with no changes in your templates. MT3.1 introduced a new set of tags:</p> <p>[MTSubCategories] [MTSubCatIsFirst] [MTSubCatsRecurse] [MTSubCatIsLast]</p> <p>Now your existing templates won't break, but there are some presentation layer changes you're going to have to make. It's the same thing with plugins. We installed Markdown, but the first time Joe tried it, it didn't work. Well, because there are presentation / template changes required, like this:</p> <p>[MTMarkdownOptions output='xhtml'] [MTMarkdownOptions output='html4'] [MTMarkdownOptions output='raw']</p> <p>A seemingly obvious point, but a lot of people sem to think that there are no changes that need to be made to suddenly get all the new 3.1 functionality. Not true.</p> Here’s some advice about upgrading: remember that you’ll need to overhaul your templates to take advantage of the new functionality.

Sure, the upgrade fixes the admin interface and the data model nicely, but the new functionality introduces a lot of new tags and such that you’ll need to add to your site.

For instance, subcategories. They’re not just gonna render with no changes in your templates. MT3.1 introduced a new set of tags:

[MTSubCategories] [MTSubCatIsFirst] [MTSubCatsRecurse] [MTSubCatIsLast]

Now your existing templates won’t break, but there are some presentation layer changes you’re going to have to make. It’s the same thing with plugins. We installed Markdown, but the first time Joe tried it, it didn’t work. Well, because there are presentation / template changes required, like this:

[MTMarkdownOptions output='xhtml'] [MTMarkdownOptions output='html4'] [MTMarkdownOptions output='raw']

A seemingly obvious point, but a lot of people sem to think that there are no changes that need to be made to suddenly get all the new 3.1 functionality. Not true.

]]> By: Matt http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15923 Matt Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:22:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15923 <p>I actually had issues last night trying to post a comment. It was actually returning an error message, something in a file named along the lines of "quit<em>spamming</em>me<em>you</em>ass" but I'm paraphrasing.</p> I actually had issues last night trying to post a comment. It was actually returning an error message, something in a file named along the lines of “quitspammingmeyouass” but I’m paraphrasing.

]]> By: Deane http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15925 Deane Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:11:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15925 <p>Here's another change -- redirection to commentor links (instead of direct linking) is standard now. Mouseover my name and you'll see.</p> Here’s another change — redirection to commentor links (instead of direct linking) is standard now. Mouseover my name and you’ll see.

]]> By: Deane http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15926 Deane Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:10:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15926 <p>Here's another change: I just had to approve that comment from Chris. It didn't show up on the page right away, and it was sitting in the comments list as "Pending." Approving it automatically triggered a rebuild of this entry.</p> <p>I'm turning that off. Too many comments to mess with that.</p> Here’s another change: I just had to approve that comment from Chris. It didn’t show up on the page right away, and it was sitting in the comments list as “Pending.” Approving it automatically triggered a rebuild of this entry.

I’m turning that off. Too many comments to mess with that.

]]> By: Chris http://gadgetopia.com/post/2848#comment-15927 Chris Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:04:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=2848#comment-15927 <p>My first impression is that it does seem faster to render the pages.</p> My first impression is that it does seem faster to render the pages.

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