Hour 10. Using Movable Type Templates

One of the most powerful features of Movable Type is its template system. Movable Type templates control both the design and behavior of your weblog. You can use default templates to manage a wide range of weblog needs such as entries and archives (you worked a bit with templates in Hour 6, “Managing Archives”), and you can modify those templates to look and act the way you want them to.

In this hour, you'll learn

  • Which templates are available in Movable Type

  • How to select and apply design styles from Movable Type

  • How to find and apply design styles from third-party sources

The only real challenge in working with Movable Type templates is that without some awareness of markup and style languages, it's easy ...

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