Comments on: My Movable Type woes http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/ ISSN 1568-2218 | Established 1999 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Caroline Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:00:53 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1297 Ok, I'm going to give the background tasks a go and look into the new archiving stuff some more. Thanks! Ok, I’m going to give the background tasks a go and look into the new archiving stuff some more. Thanks!

]]> By: Timothy Appnel http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 Timothy Appnel Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:25:56 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1296 4.01 fixed a significant database bug that impacted large weblogs (like yours) more then smaller ones so the boost you saw makes a lot of sense. The pagination comment you pointed out seems misleading marketing copy IMHO. I hadn't noticed that before. There is nothing like the traditional pagination most would think of. There is new "pagination" features as I described in an earlier post. Do you have background tasks switched on? (It would be found in your mt-config.cgi file. I think its LaunchBackgroundTasks.) 4.01 fixed a significant database bug that impacted large weblogs (like yours) more then smaller ones so the boost you saw makes a lot of sense.

The pagination comment you pointed out seems misleading marketing copy IMHO. I hadn’t noticed that before. There is nothing like the traditional pagination most would think of. There is new “pagination” features as I described in an earlier post.

Do you have background tasks switched on? (It would be found in your mt-config.cgi file. I think its LaunchBackgroundTasks.)

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Caroline Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:51:38 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1295 I've found another 'bug'. When I switch off trackback, I get a "Cannot redeclare is_valid_email" php error on my dynamicly published templates. I’ve found another ‘bug’. When I switch off trackback, I get a “Cannot redeclare is_valid_email” php error on my dynamicly published templates.

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Caroline Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:49:22 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1294 From this page on movabletype.org: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/343t8f" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/343t8f</a> "Paginated archives allowing publishers to generate more page views, increase ad revenue and speed up publishing." MT has always been dreadfully slow on taupo, the server I am on and the one I was on previously. We have another installation on another pair server (peswar) which is a lot faster - but that one doesn't have a lot of entries. By slow rebuilding I mean anything: posting, commenting, etc. I've just installed 4.01 and that has sped things up quite a bit, it seems. From this page on movabletype.org: http://tinyurl.com/343t8f

“Paginated archives allowing publishers to generate more page views, increase ad revenue and speed up publishing.”

MT has always been dreadfully slow on taupo, the server I am on and the one I was on previously. We have another installation on another pair server (peswar) which is a lot faster – but that one doesn’t have a lot of entries.

By slow rebuilding I mean anything: posting, commenting, etc.

I’ve just installed 4.01 and that has sped things up quite a bit, it seems.

]]> By: Timothy Appnel http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Timothy Appnel Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:45:48 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1293 Not sure what can be done to speed up your rebuilds. I'm on Pair also and haven't noticed significant lag times, but it may be related to the specific server you are on. Then again it could be something else entirely. When you say speed up rebuilding are you referring to the time it takes to publish a post or comment, to are you referring to rebuilding the whole site? I don't recall ever seeing pagination as a feature of MT4. What you can do is create archive pages by category AND date. One problem many active and/or long running MT blogs were suffering from were huge category listings. By adding date, no category page gets too large. You can still have category pages (a good idea to keep those existing URLs active), but now you can cap those to 10 or 20 entries. Not sure what can be done to speed up your rebuilds. I’m on Pair also and haven’t noticed significant lag times, but it may be related to the specific server you are on. Then again it could be something else entirely. When you say speed up rebuilding are you referring to the time it takes to publish a post or comment, to are you referring to rebuilding the whole site?

I don’t recall ever seeing pagination as a feature of MT4. What you can do is create archive pages by category AND date. One problem many active and/or long running MT blogs were suffering from were huge category listings. By adding date, no category page gets too large. You can still have category pages (a good idea to keep those existing URLs active), but now you can cap those to 10 or 20 entries.

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Caroline Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:15:31 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1292 ... although I haven't figured out how to let the archives show all the entries. I thought there'd be pagination, but there aren't any links at the bottom of the templates and I can't find information about it in the documentation. … although I haven’t figured out how to let the archives show all the entries. I thought there’d be pagination, but there aren’t any links at the bottom of the templates and I can’t find information about it in the documentation.

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Caroline Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:47:09 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1291 Yes, everything else is good. Slow, but I mostly blame Pair.com and my giant archives for that. Yes, everything else is good. Slow, but I mostly blame Pair.com and my giant archives for that.

]]> By: Timothy Appnel http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Timothy Appnel Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:21:14 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1290 Ah yes, I've heard of this happening. Some web servers are configured (for security purposes) to not be able to read or write outside of the web root as you note. Is everything else good then? Ah yes, I’ve heard of this happening. Some web servers are configured (for security purposes) to not be able to read or write outside of the web root as you note.

Is everything else good then?

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 Caroline Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:32:15 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1289 I finally figured it out. It happened because I was publishing the archives outside the root. I finally figured it out. It happened because I was publishing the archives outside the root.

]]> By: Caroline http://prolific.org/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Caroline Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:31:27 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2007/09/22/my-movable-type-woes/#comment-1288 Hi Timothy, thanks for dropping in. I've tried your suggestion, but it made no difference, sidebars still don't display. Hi Timothy, thanks for dropping in. I’ve tried your suggestion, but it made no difference, sidebars still don’t display.

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