Improved Documentation in Movable Type 3.2

Given the scope of changes, fixes, and improvements in Movable Type 3.2, it was clear that simply updating our existing documentation for the new version wouldn’t be enough. So Movable Type 3.2 features a completely rewritten set of documentation for the platform that's more task-oriented than ever.

The twelve-chapter (plus appendices) tome is a recipe book for doing nearly anything in Movable Type and makes it easy to not only understand but to utilize the full potential of the software.

What's more, as a blogging company, there's nothing more that we value than our community's feedback and expertise so we'll be enabling community feedback on every single page to make sure the creative and clever contributions of Movable Type users are an integral part of the documentation as well.

We Wrote the Book on Movable Type

Movable Type has had good documentation of individual features, configuration settings, and template tags for years, but as the platform has matured, you've told us that you want docs that focus on solving problems, not describing options. So the new manual organizes common goals into problems, solutions, and a brief discussion of how a particular technique can be used.

We think the new system of documentation won't just help you troubleshoot a setting or configure your system, but will help you better understand how the platform works, and will help inspire you to think of new ways to use it.

Spreading Knowledge

Customers who've made use of the Movable Type Knowledge Base have told us it's an invaluable reference. Unfortunatley, in the past it's been inaccessible unless you had a paid license and, even then, not very easy to navigate to.

When Movable Type 3.2 is launched, we'll be debuting a new Knowledge Base, open to the public and linked to directly from within the application. In doing so, we hope to make everyone's experience with the software the best it can be.

But I Love To Read!

In addition to the updated manual for Movable Type, we've got a thriving community of authors making valuable resources available to the community. Some of the most popular titles include Rogers Cadenhead's Movable Type 3 Bible, published by Wiley; Learn Movable Type in 24 Hours, by Molly Holzschlag and Porter Glendenning; and an upcoming title due shortly that we're looking forward to, Hacking Movable Type, which was written by a Movable Type superhero team including Product Manager Jay Allen and Engineer Brad Choate.

With all of that, we just hope you'll still have time to blog.

[This is part twelve in a series called "Our 32 Favorite Features of Movable Type 3.2".]