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Configuration Settings

Accented Characters Display Incorrectly

Accented characters display incorrectly in my pages.

Allow HTML in Comments

I'd like my visitors to be able to use HTML when posting comments.

Changing URL For New Domain or Location

My domain name has changed and I need to update Movable Type to use the correct location.

Characters In My Language Are Encoded Incorrectly

When viewing my pages, characters in my language are encoded incorrectly.

Control File And Directory Permissions

How can I control the permissions on the files and directories generated by Movable Type?

Creating a New Weblog

How do I add a new weblog in Movable Type?

Email Notifications Have Not Been Configured

When someone tries to add their address to my notification list, this error comes up: Email notifications have not been configured! The weblog owner needs to set the EmailVerificationSecret configuration variable.

Enabling TypeKey on Your Weblog

How do I enable TypeKey on my Movable Type weblog so that visitors can post comments with a registered identity?

Excluding a Weblog From Search Results

I have a weblog which I do not want to appear in public search results; how do I protect its entries?

How Can I Find My "Full Server Path"?

The instructions say I need to use a "full server path", but I have no idea what that is, or how to determine the correct path for my system.

Limiting Search Results to One Weblog

How can I make sure that the results from a search are limited to entries from one weblog?

My PHP Output Files Need To Be Executable

My webserver requires that the permissions on my .php files be set to 755, but the files Movable Type generates have permissions set to 666.

Not Able To Create a Directory For Publishing

When specifying the paths for a new weblog, or saving the information on the Settings > Publishing tab, I get Error: Movable Type was not able to create a directory for publishing your weblog. If you create this directory yourself, assign sufficient permissions that allow Movable Type to create files within it..

Not Signed Up For This Feature

When anyone tries to sign in to post a comment on my site, they keep getting this message: The site you're trying to comment on has not signed up for this feature. Please inform the site owner.

Script produced no output - Publishing tab

When trying to access Publishing tab under IIS, I get the error Script produced no output.

Set The EmailAddressMain Configuration Value

When someone tries to add their address to my notification list, this error comes up: You need to set the EmailAddressMain configuration value to your own email address in order to use notifications at lib/MT/App/NotifyList.pm line 33.

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