My MT4 Development Blog tag:jimmetzger.net,2008-06-04:/my_mt4_development_blog//5 2008-08-01T23:08:41Z Chopping and hacking my way through MT4 Movable Type 4.1 Testing MT-Plurk tag:jimmetzger.net,2008:/my_mt4_development_blog//5.527 2008-08-01T23:05:56Z 2008-08-01T23:08:41Z Just installed Version 0.02 of the MT-Plurk plugin. This should show up on my Plurk timeline... we shall see!... Jim Metzger http://jimmetzger.net/ MT-Plurk plugin. This should show up on my Plurk timeline... we shall see! ]]> Experimenting with Stylecatcher tag:jimmetzger.net,2008:/my_mt4_development_blog//5.88 2008-06-07T04:03:09Z 2008-06-07T04:15:47Z Templates and styles are all the basis for the look and feel of your blog. I figured while relaxing tonight that I would play with trying to grab a style with the installed Stylecatcher from other than one of the... Jim Metzger http://jimmetzger.net/
Only one that I found that worked so far was at Majordojo, so I grabbed his Cutline style and applied it in just one click. Now, if others who have designed and published styles would get to the MT4 standard, there would be many more available. Then again, I guess I need to design and publish a few myself! Add it to the list...

Note - one major repository for MT styles can be found at TheStyleArchive.com. While they say that you can use Stylecatcher to grab any of the styles found there, unfortunately, it is geared towards MT3. There is a suggested work-around that I found at Movable Tweak, but I have not tried it yet. The workaround has an interesting closing paragraph...

I know that using the old templates certainly isn't ideal, and because of that, we're working to get the TSA styles functional with the MT4 default templates. Realize, however, that it's going to take some time as converting stylesheets isn't always as simple as search-and-replace.
Since the date of the entry is July 30, 2007, I guess it isn't moving forward very quickly.
]]> Testing GeoSpatial Simple Plugin tag:jimmetzger.net,2008:/my_mt4_development_blog//5.86 2008-06-04T20:08:16Z 2008-06-05T02:14:07Z Being a student of Geography, I do love to put maps in everything I do. So, here goes, using the GeoSpatial Simple plugin (download it here).The installation of the plugin is simple - download, drop it in the plugins directory,... Jim Metzger http://jimmetzger.net/ GeoSpatial Simple plugin (download it here).

The installation of the plugin is simple - download, drop it in the plugins directory, and add your Google Maps API key. Then, all you need do is update your templates and start geocoding your entries.

The map below locates the West Whiteland Fire Company in Exton, PA. Hmmm... the popup box for the pik is not working although the custom pik is indeed the one shown. Time to dissect!

Update: Just upgraded the plugin to version 1.1 which should correct the problem. Thanks Bryan!
]]> Simply to Make Things Work tag:jimmetzger.net,2008:/my_mt4_development_blog//5.85 2008-06-04T19:20:32Z 2008-06-04T19:25:16Z While I am keeping my own web sites and blogs afloat, I wanted a place where I could play and code and work on changing the wide variety of look, feel, and functionality of MT4. Simply put: somewhere that I... Jim Metzger http://jimmetzger.net/
Here you will find MT plugins that are supposed to work under MT4, ones that might work, and ones that shouldn't work that I hope to mod to make work.

Be forewarned - my new original and mod'd work will only appear on my main web site and stuff here should be considered pre-alpha. Also, please do not quote or ping my work here - not for public consumption yet.
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