August 13, 2008 at 17:39

Movable Type 4.2 released

    Today the long-awaited release of the new version of Movable Type 4.2 has been released. In addition to the fact that the engine’s speed has been significantly increased in this release, it is also the safest of all existing releases. New features that appeared in MT 4.2 were repeatedly considered on the MT.ru website during the release of preliminary versions . Now we can note the main improvements and innovations:
    • Branched comments are now at the system level, plugins are not needed.
    • The anti-spam tool, TypePad AntiSpam , is part of the distribution.
    • Preview templates .
    • Improved page for managing templates and widgets .
    • Simple, very simple templates for quick and easy customization of the site.
    • Native support for OpenID 2.0 .
    • Performance logging allows you to see which publication takes the most time and needs to be optimized.
    • Automatic intelligent SSI (Server Side Includes) with support for PHP, ASP, JSP, as well as SHTML.
    • The template caching module automatically caches frequently used parts of templates (widgets, for example) for instant publication.
    • Publishing profiles allow experts to create and manage publishing options for peak work.
    • Caching information (for example, the number of comments and trackbacks).
    • Improving database indexes and query optimization.
    • Reduced memory consumption. Basically, by closing memory leaks and optimizing the code, which was broken into small parts for simple tasks.
    In the near future, the FaceBook Connect plugin is due to be released, through which FaceBook users can log in to the Movable Type blog.Facebook connect


    Movable type pro

    MT ProProbably, this news will be more important for someone than all the previous ones. Because from today there will be no more confusion between the functionality of MTOS and Commercial versions. There will be only 2 versions: MTOS and MT Pro. Moreover, the Pro version in most cases is free . And it includes the following:
    • Community Pack (the one that used to cost about $ 10,000)
    • Professional Pack (Custom Fields and Templates Sets)
    Thus, every blogger using Movable Type can create not only a blog, but also build a full-fledged social network (user profiles, ratings, general blogs, forums, etc.). Both versions of Movable Type are distributed with open source codes. , all this is free for bloggers:
    • unlimited number of blogs;
    • unlimited number of authors;
    • unlimited number of community members;
    • all in unlimited quantities.
    Six Apart is going to earn on those bloggers whose sites create a business using a blog (a blog store, for example). These users are offered a business license and professional support (for MT Pro).


    Russian version of Movable Type

    The Russian version of MT 4.2 will appear in 2-3 days, it will include an updated language file (already ready) and all the changes that were announced earlier . This version will not have Community Pack and Professional Pack, because although they are free for bloggers, you can’t distribute them freely. But after the release of the Russian version, for those who will need Pro-functionality, instructions for self-localization will be written.

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