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Crap Prevention:Troubleshooting Movable
Type
©Jeanette NovakovichProfessional Writing Minor Program
English DepartmentConcordia University
Montreal, Quebec
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Crap happens.
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Troubleshooting: Know what produces crap.
• Selecting the [Refresh Templates] option produces crap.
• Deleting a widget produces crap.
• Changing the [Professional Style] color produces crap.
• Copying and pasting text directly from a Word document using the default [Rich Text] editor produces crap.
• Adding code to an entry field using the [A] tool produces crap.
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Selecting [Refresh Templates] produces crap.
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• [Refresh Templates] restores default templates.
• Contact the course instructor.
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Tip: Never confuse refreshing your website with refreshing your
templates.
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A customized website brands your portfolio’s identity.
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Deleting a widget produces crap.
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• This action might produce a serious error message.
• Contact the course instructor.
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• Open Design/Widgets/Edit a [Widget Set].• Drag and drop widget(s) from the [Installed
Widgets] column to the [Available Widgets] column.
• Save. • Refresh [ ]or update the website.
Tip: Uninstalling a widget removes it from the sidebar.
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Widgets add functionality to your website.
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Changing the [Professional Style] color produces crap.
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Changing the color style, removes code from the
Stylesheet.
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Tip: Restoring the missing code will restore your customized
banner.
•To restore your customized banner, copy and paste the following code to your Stylesheet:
<mt:Assets lastn="1" type="image" tag="@banner">#homepage-image { background-image: url(<$mt:AssetURL$>) !important;}</mt:Assets>}
•Save and Publish.
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A customized banner defines your e-portfolio.
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Copying and pasting from a Word document using the [Rich Text]
editor produces crap.
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Tip: Select [Convert Line Breaks].
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Selecting [Convert Line Breaks] eliminates invisible code.
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Adding code to an entry field using the [A] tool produces crap.
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Tip: Select the [<A>] button on your toolbar before you add code.
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Selecting [<A>] will embed objects.
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Consulting online support prevents crap.
•The Portfolio-Remix Help website provides instruction sets.
•Portfolio-Remix Help [Blog] provides tips.
•Movable Type Org provides provides official guides.
•Movable Type Forum, a Q&A wiki, solves problems.
•The Composing Stick provides useful tutorials.
•Learning Movable Type Tutorials discusses recent updates and provides basic tutorials.
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Avoid crap!
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References
Kusturica, E. (Director). (1998). Black Cat, White Cat film clips[Motion picture on DVD]. Yugoslavia: Barclay.
(Video clips fall under Canadian copyright laws category of insubstantial use, defined as being less than 1-2% of a video clip)
Morgan A.J., Christine Duncan, and Avalon Moore granted permission for inclusion of screen shots of their student portfolios.
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