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i've seen attempts to make an anbridged set of installation instructions a number of times. every time, it ends up looking very similar to the installation instructions from the mt user manual.

i'm seeing some odd 404 errors in my logs as listed below: >/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll /MSOffice/cltreq.asp /hciChannels.opml /new/newsubs.opml /w3c/p3p.xml /mySubscriptions.opml /gems/mySubscriptions.opml /MySubscriptions.opml is any of the above legitimate? should i ip ban when any of the above is requested?

having three sets of instructions is confusing for newbies. it's time to consolidate and make some sort of decision tree or flow chart for the instructions.

the publishing location is generally controlled by the local site path and local archive path in the weblog config. you can also control the write path at the index template level by declaring an absolute path in the output file box. archives are written relative to the local archive path declared and what you have under the archive file template box under the archiving section of your weblog config.

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1. set up your mysql database 2. set up your database user 3. grant your database user access to the database 4. edit mt.cfg 5. configure your CGIPath 6. leave the Datasource line alone, DataSource ./db 7. for your ObjectDriver use, ObjectDriver DBI::mysql 8. for your Database use, Database hostingAccountUserName_nameOfDatabase 9. for your DBUser use, DBUser hostingAccountUserName_nameOfDatabaseUser 9a. if you're putting mt into the cgi-bin, you'll need to create a directory called mt-static in the root of public_html folder. remove the # from the beginning of the StaticWebPath line and put, StaticWebPath /mt-static/ 10. place the password of your database user in the mt-db-pass file 11. upload the mt files to your account 12. set permissions for all .cgi files to 755 13. run mt-load.cgi

i frequent the mt support forums, with the same handle, in addition to the tch forums. in fact, i primarily look for mt questions here to answer.

creating a db user and password you'll also need to grant the db user access to the database.

did you restore a backed up copy of your db from your old host to your new account? if so, check the CGIPath and any other configuration option that may have changed in your mt.cfg file.

specifically describe your problem.

permissions for the 'weblog' folder should be set to 777

ok, i fixed it for you, so you should be able to login now.

is this a new install?

set the timezone in your weblog config an hour back. it's a movable type problem.

are you using this? do you have all of the required perl modules installed?

i'd rename pop2blog.pl to pop2blog.cgi and place the file in the cgi-bin. put >/home/akantor/public_html/cgi-bin/pop2blog.cgi in the command to run path. also, make sure that permissions are set to 755.