Configuring Movabletype

[jbach]

Hi

I'm a newcomer to TotalChoice, my primary motivation is to get really into blogging in a big way using movabletype. I'm no expert so forgive me if my questions seem naive. Hopefully I can make some friends along the way.

 

I've successfully installed MT, ran the mt_check and mt-load.cgi.

 

A side note: the TCH instructions for installing MT are woefully inadequate. For instance nothing mentioned about changing permissions on the .cgi's. Just my two cents worth.

 

Now I'm trying to create a new blog.

 

My first question (sorry, I know its a long one)

I've previously installed MT on my home machine (OSX Apche etc) for testing so already have a MT username and password.

Does this mean I always have to log in to my own machine (http://localhost/cgi-bin/mt.cgi) whenever I want to edit or create a new MT blog? or can I access the mt.cgi I successfully installed on the TCH server?

I'm having problems logging in to mt.cgi installed on TCH using my existing username/password.

 

 

2nd question

I think part of the problem is the Local Site and Archive Paths in the configuration for my new blog. Can anyone give some examples of what they might be?

 

I've created a folder called 'mt' within my public_html folder. Within the 'mt' folder I've created a folder called 'archives'.

As well, all cgi's are within my cgi-bin folder and the remainder of course within a folder called mt-static, also in my public_html folder.

 

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

Jim Bachalo