SpamLookup and Categories on Learning Movable Type

Elise Bauer's Learning Movable Type has helped countless people understand the intricacies and harness the power of Movable Type and we thought it was worth pointing out two essays recently published there.

The first, written Neil Turner (who just celebrated his three year anniversary using Movable Type), is entitled "Making the Most of SpamLookup" and is essentially the "missing manual" of the number one spam-fighting plugin now bundled with Movable Type 3.2. We'll be publishing our own docs on the plugin soon, but in the meantime it's one of the best resources for understanding how it works beyond just "perfectly"!

The second, "Understanding the Category Listing Code", was cowritten by Elise and award-winning plugin developer and MT consultant Chad Everett. This tutorial does a great job of showing you practical uses of category and subcategory tags that you can use right now by just dropping the template code into your templates.

We're always terribly excited when our users not only understand the power of Movable Type but also have the willingness and take the time to share their knowledge. Spend a day clicking through their sites and you'll undoubtedly learn a lot you may not already know. Thanks to all of you!