Setting Up a Weblog in Movable Type

Movable Type is powerful in that a single installation will allow you to run multiple weblogs. For this hour, you'll focus on adding one log, setting its preferences, and modifying it at a basic level.

Doing this will give you a foundation upon which to build a log as you work through the book. Your work in this hour will also hone your skills for building additional logs later on.

Logging In and Setting Profile Preferences

In the last hour, you stopped after you logged in to the Movable Type main welcome screen that was generated during your successful install. It's at this screen that building a weblog begins. You have to log in to Movable Type, and upon login work with several important screens to set the ...

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