MOVABLE TYPE :: Personal Publishing System November 5, 2001 | 12:13 AM

Version 1.2 Released

We have released a new version of Movable Type, version 1.2. Existing users of either version 1.0 or version 1.1 should use the upgrade distribution to update their MT installation, and should follow the new upgrade instructions.

In addition to bug fixes and improvements to general stability, this release adds the following features:

Ability to export entries from Movable Type for backup purposes, or for importing into another blog (more information)



When uploading images meant for popup windows, Movable Type will now create an HTML file to surround the image in the popup window, which fixes browser offset problems (more information)



Ability to link templates to external files, which allows templates to be edited through a standard text editor, then automatically synchronized with the Movable Type database (more information)



Greymatter comments can now be imported, either along with your Greymatter entries, or--if you have already imported your GM entries--without them



Implemented the movabletype.org Recently Updated List (more information)



Movable Type will now run on perl 5.004_04 (previously it required 5.005_03)



Added support for the weblogs.com XML-RPC ping (more information)