How to Use Movable Type to Blog
You may have kept a diary when you were younger or a journal when you were a little older. Now you can keep track of your daily happenings and musings through a Web log, or blog for short. Blogs are like online journals where you can write about yourself, politics, muscle cars or anything else that tickles your fancy. All you have to do is choose a blogging platform to work from. Movable Type, a professional blogging system, is great for bloggers who want to work with a publishing system that doesn't just publish posts. With Movable Type, you can build a website and blog just how you want them.
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Instructions
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Go to movabletype.com to set up your account. On the homepage, you will see a menu at the very top. Click the "Download" tab. This will take you to set of descriptions, which lay out the basic functions of each of the Movable Type platforms. Unless you're planning on using a Movable Type blog for business or media purposes, you probably will be OK with downloading Movable Type Pro for bloggers, which is free (see Resources below).
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Follow the download and installation instructions. You will need your own Web server or will need to rent space from a Web server to host the Movable Type software. Blue Host, Host Monster, Host Papa, Inmotion Hosting and Web Hosting Pad all offer pretty cheap monthly rates and will host the Movable Type platform (see Resources below).
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To create your blog after you've finished the above steps, click on the "create" tab on the top left and choose "blog." After you create this blog, you'll want to set up the publishing and general settings under the "Preferences" tab. Here you will set up your blog URL and other factors that will aid you in your publishing experience.
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Choose how you want your blog to look. Click on the "Design" tab and choose "Styles." On this page you can choose how you want your blog to look. If you are skilled with HTML, you can play around with the layout and design of your site; if you're not experienced with HTML, stick with the templates and layouts MT provides you.
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Start blogging. Click the "Create" tab and choose "Entry." Here you can write a post and publish it to your site.
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Tips & Warnings
If you need help, check out the Movable Type Documentation (see Resources below).
Movable Type may not be the best publishing platform for those without a lot of Web experience.
Resources
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