Problem

You have installed or upgraded the Movable Type software and want to initialize the database.

Solution

Sign into the main Movable Type admin script (mt.cgi) for your domain (e.g. http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi). You will be prompted to run the installation or upgrade process. Administrative rights are required to perform this task.

Discussion

To initialize your system after successfully installing the Movable Type software, simply sign in as the default user, Melody (password: Nelson). Movable Type will automatically detect that the system has not been initialized and begin the process of creating the necessary data tables and an initial weblog. If you have chosen MySQL or PostgreSQL as your database option, you should have had to create the database before signing in.

After the initialization is finished, you should change the username and password of the Melody account to something of your liking. To do so, click on Melody's name in the upper right corner of the admin interface to reach the profile page for the account.

This account is now the System Administrator account and has implicit access (through the system overview section of the application) to all parts of the system.