All roads in weblogging lead to posting entries, for without posted entries there is no weblog. It should come as no surprise that the Entries Listing and New/Edit Entry screens are where most users will find themselves when working with Movable Type.

In these screens a user can view what entries are in a weblog, filter them based on certain criteria, make new posts and edit existing ones.

Entries Listing

The Entries Listing screen displays either all the entries for the weblog or just the entries made by you. What gets displayed depends on whether or not you have been granted Edit All Posts access.

1 Weblog Toolbar

2 Power-Editing Mode. A link that opens the Power-Editing tool in a pop-up window.

3 Create New Entry. A link to the New Entry screen. Does the same thing as the New Entry button in Weblog Toolbar.

4 Listing Filter. Controls for filtering the list of entries based on status, author or category.

5 Rebuild Button. Rebuilds the checked entries.

6 Delete Button. Permanently deletes the checked entries from the system.

7 Actions Pulldown Menu. A list of additional actions that can be performed on the checked entries.

8 Display Options. Controls for customizing the display of entries.

New/Edit Entry

This screen will vary slightly depending on whether you are creating an entry for the first time or editing an existing one. This screen can also be customized using the "Customize the display of this page" link at the button of the screen.

1 Entry Navigation. Next and previous entry links along with a link back to the Entries Listing screen.

2 View Entry. Shortcut link to the published entry output.

3 Top Button Bar. Preview, Save and Delete Entry buttons.

4 Primary Category Pulldown Menu. A control for selecting which category to use as the primary. Includes a Add New Category shortcut option.

5 Multiple Categories Control. This link displays a control with all categories that can be used to associate multiple categories to the entry.

5.5 Entry-Editing Shortcuts. Basic HTML authoring tools. Internet Explorer on Windows and FireFox browsers only.

6 Status Pulldown Menu. Denotes the Entry's status as either Unpublished, Published or Scheduled.

7 Editable Authored On Timestamp. A control for modifying the entry's date and time.

8 Allow Comments. Enables the acceptance of comments on the entry.

8.5 Allow TrackBacks. Enables the acceptance of TrackBack pings on the entry.

9 Text Formatting Pulldown Menu. Selects the text formatting engine to apply to the entry body and extended entry content when publishing.

9.5 Basename. A textual identifier that can be used as a filename. The system will automatically generate this string when an entry is first saved to the system. It is recommended that you do not alter this value once it has been assigned unless you know what you are doing.

10 URLs to Ping. A list of TrackBack target URLs that will be pinged. This can be filled out by the author or through the system's TrackBack auto-discovery mechanism.

11 Bottom Button Bar. Preview, Save and Delete Entry buttons.

11.5 Actions Pulldown Menu. Selects additional actions that are available to be performed on the entry.

12 Customize Display Link. Opens a pop-up window where many display options for this screen can be set.