Blog Content Areas

The Blog templates in MoveableType have many subsections. These are the sections broken down by category and listed below.

• Individual Content Areas
  • Recent Posts
  • Blog Entries
  • Calender
  • Categories
  • Header
  • Links
  • Recent Entries
  • Search
  • List of Links
  • Calendar
• Special Pre-Made Content Configurations
• MovableType Default Templates

Individual Content Areas

Blog Entries

<MTEntries>
<$MTEntryTrackbackData$>
<MTDateHeader><h2 class="date-header"><$MTEntryDate format="%x"$></h2></MTDateHeader>
<a id="a<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>"></a>
<div class="entry" id="entry-<$MTEntryID$>">
<h3 class="entry-header"><$MTEntryTitle$></h3>
<div class="entry-content">
<div class="entry-body">
<$MTEntryBody$>
<MTEntryIfExtended>
<p class="entry-more-link">
<a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#more">Continue reading "<$MTEntryTitle$>" &raquo;</a>
</p>
</MTEntryIfExtended>
<p class="entry-footer">
<span class="post-footers">Posted by <$MTEntryAuthorDisplayName$> at <$MTEntryDate format="%X"$></span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>">Permalink</a>
<MTIfCommentsActive>| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#comments">Comments (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a></MTIfCommentsActive>
<MTIfPingsActive>| <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#trackback">TrackBacks (<$MTEntryTrackbackCount$>)</a></MTIfPingsActive>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</MTEntries>

Catagories

<MTIfArchiveTypeEnabled archive_type="Category"><div class="module-categories module">
<h2 class="module-header">Categories</h2>
<div class="module-content">
<MTTopLevelCategories>
<MTSubCatIsFirst><ul class="module-list"></MTSubCatIsFirst>
<MTIfNonZero tag="MTCategoryCount">
<li class="module-list-item"><a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>" title="<$MTCategoryDescription$>"><MTCategoryLabel></a>
<MTElse>
<li class="module-list-item"><MTCategoryLabel>
</MTElse>
</MTIfNonZero>
<MTSubCatsRecurse>
</li>
<MTSubCatIsLast></ul></MTSubCatIsLast>
</MTTopLevelCategories>
</div>
</div>
</MTIfArchiveTypeEnabled>

Header

<div id="banner">
<div id="banner-inner" class="pkg">
<h1 id="banner-header"><a href="<$MTBlogURL$>" accesskey="1"><$MTBlogName encode_html="1"$></a></h1>
<h2 id="banner-description"><$MTBlogDescription$></h2>
</div>
</div>

Recent Entries

<div class="module-archives module">
<h2 class="module-header">Recent Posts</h2>
<div class="module-content">
<ul class="module-list">
<MTEntries lastn="10">
<li class="module-list-item"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a></li>
</MTEntries>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

Monthly Archives

<MTIfArchiveTypeEnabled archive_type="Monthly">
<div class="module-archives module">
<h2 class="module-header"><a href="<$MTBlogURL$>archives.html">Archives</a></h2> <div class="module-content">
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<MTArchiveListHeader><ul class="module-list"></MTArchiveListHeader>
<li class="module-list-item"><a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$></a></li>
<MTArchiveListFooter></ul></MTArchiveListFooter>
</MTArchiveList>
</div>
</div>
</MTIfArchiveTypeEnabled>

Search

<div class="module-search module">
<h2 class="module-header">Search</h2>
<div class="module-content">
<form method="get" action="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTSearchScript$>">
<input type="hidden" name="IncludeBlogs" value="<$MTBlogID$>" />
<label for="search" accesskey="4">Search this blog:</label><br />
<input id="search" name="search" size="20" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
</div>
</div>