Set Up Magnify Publisher for Movable Type
Follow these steps to install and use the Magnify Publisher within your Movable Type blog.
Requirements
- MoveableType version 4.0 or later.
- Access to the server with permission to upload files into the Movable Type installation directory.
Installation
- Download the Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94.zip package.
- Use the zip tool to unpack the distribution archive.
- Copy plugins/MagnifyPublisher to your mt/plugins/ directory.
- Copy mt-static/plugins/MagnifyPublisher to your mt-static/plugins/ directory.
For example, on a typical Unix server you might use the following commands:
curl -O http://www.magnify.net/decor/mt/Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94.zip
unzip Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94.zip
cd Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94
cp -r plugins/MagnifyPublisher /path/to/your/cgi-bin/mt/plugins
cp -r mt-static/plugins/MagnifyPublisher /path/to/your/www/mt-static/plugins
unzip Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94.zip
cd Magnify-Publisher-MT-0.94
cp -r plugins/MagnifyPublisher /path/to/your/cgi-bin/mt/plugins
cp -r mt-static/plugins/MagnifyPublisher /path/to/your/www/mt-static/plugins
Configuration
- Load your MT installation's plugins configuration screen.
- Click on the Magnify Publisher plugin.
- Click the "enable" checkbox.
- Enter your channel name.
- Save your changes.
Usage
- Click "write entry" to begin creating a new blog post.
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Click on the "m" button in the editor formatting toolbar.
- Use the publisher interface to find, upload, or embed a video or image.
- Click the embed button to close the publisher interface and place the selected media item into your blog post.
- A placeholder image appears within the editor window and you can position it and place text around it as you'd like.
- When you publish the entry, your visitors will be able to watch and interact with the media you've embedded.
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