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Customizing Your Weblog

Add Links To Sidebar

How can I add my own links to the sidebar on my weblog page?

Applying a New Style From the Style Library

How do I apply a new style from the Style Library?

Can I Control The Names Of My Files?

I don't like the default filenames Movable Type assigns to my files. Can these be changed?

Category Image Display

Can I put an image next to each entry based on its category?

Changing The Page Visitors See After Signing Up For Notifications

The page my visitors see after they join the notifications list is too plain; I'd like to have it match the look of my site. How can I change this?

Converting to PHP

How can I switch my site to use PHP file extensions?

Default Search Template Changes

How do I make changes to the default search template visitors see when searching my weblog?

Easy Design Changes

What's the easiest way to change the look of my weblog?

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?

Full Entry Title In Individual File Name

My file names only display the first fifteen characters of the entry title; I want the full title included in the file name.

Image Instead Of Blog Name

I want to put an image on the top of my page instead of just my blog name. How can I do that?

Installing the StyleCatcher Plugin

How do I install the StyleCatcher Plugin?

Limiting Search Results to One Weblog

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

List All Entries In Same Month Or Category As Current Entry

How do I show all entries from the same month or category as the current entry on an Individual Archive?

Open Comment Author Links in New Window

After I upgraded to 3.2, the comment author links no longer open in a new window. How can I get this behavior back?

Plugin Installation

I found a plugin that I want to use on my site. How do I install it?

Plugin Updates Only on Rebuild

I'm using a plugin, and the output does not change when I refresh the page.

Show Titles Only, Not Full Entries

My archive pages are getting too long, so I'd like to change them to just a listing of entries with titles and permalinks, rather than showing the full body for every entry. How do I do this?

Too Much Entry Padding

How can I eliminate all the extra space around my entry body text?

Upload HTML Modifications

How do I modify the HTML code that is used for uploaded files?

Using PHP Code In Templates

Can I use PHP code in my templates?

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