Movable Type allows you to customize the entry editing screen to fit with your usage of the system. This customization is done on a per-author, per-weblog basis. In other words, as an author, you can have different screen layouts for each weblog that you post to; and when you customize the screens, your preferences will not trample over those of any of the other authors in the system.

The system lets you choose between two predefined layouts (Basic and Advanced), or allows you to create a custom layout, where you choose the fields you would like displayed.

• Basic

  As the name implies, Basic is the simplest possible layout. It displays editable fields for the entry title and entry body; a pulldown menu for the Post Status; and an uneditable authored-on date.

• Advanced

  Advanced is the default layout for all authors and displays the most commonly used fields and controls for working with entries. These include Title, Entry Body, Extended Body, Excerpt, an editable Authored On timestamp and pulldown menus for Primary Category, Post Status, Comments and Text Formatting.

• Custom

  The Custom layout allows you the most flexibility; it allows you to choose exactly which fields you would like to appear on the New and Edit Entry screens. Simply check off the ones you want. (Title is required and therefore always displayed.)

In addition to configuring the fields that you would like displayed, you can also control the position of the button bar containing the Save, Preview, and Delete buttons. The button bar can be displayed either at the top of the page (above the entry-editing fields), at the bottom (below the entry-editing fields), or both.

Click Save when you are finished.