Movable Type Assistance?

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Can any MT users please reply with a little more info than is available at http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id76.htm regarding what changes I need to make to the mt.cfg file or any errors you guys or gals had? I tried to install by the instructions and came out with an error when trying to connect to http://www.your-site.com/mt/mt.cgi, so I'm starting over from scratch. I'm not exactly MySQL and CGI literate. The host I'm coming from had me limited to just html.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

[charle97]

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

[KevinW]

Chris, if the instructions that Charles posted works for you, please let us know, and I'll be happy to include his more detailed instructions onto the Help web site. Someone else provided me the instructions that are currently posted there.

 

In fact, they do work, as I finally installe dMovable Type myself last weekend for the first time - but - I've worked with Unix for 20 years -- so I knew how to "read between the lines".

 

Again, let us know!

 

-kw

[arvind]

Mt Support Forums ask them as well their great !

[kfosterm]

Charles's instruction:

 

"6. leave the Datasource line alone, DataSource ./db"

 

Was all I needed to get the installation finished.

 

Now I have one more newbie question...It may seem silly but I can't figure it out...

 

Where do I actually link to to get the weblog to show up on a page on my site? What is the file name? What is the typical path?

 

Thanks so much for providing what is essentially 3rd party support.

[charle97]

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.

[KevinW]

if your web site is www.mysite.com and you placed your Movable Type into a directory named 'mt' - then you would access it as www.mysite.com/mt or more exact: www.mysite.com/mt/index.html

 

And that is what you would use as a link

 

-kw