Hi, authors and readers--
Update (July 20): I just want to say how pleased I am with the new version of MT.
There was a sacrifice involved in upgrading, because some of the new features in MT4 -- such as the CAPTCHA number-test for comments -- required scrapping old templates. I tossed all the old templates and styles people were using, since using CAPTCHA is just indispensable. I'm sure that losing the custom work was a not-so-pleasant surprise for the bloggers, but I'm happy to help them save material from the old MT3 installation and use it in their new designs.
The new drag-and-drop interface for "widgets" makes it quite a bit easier to add defined chunks of content to the sidebars of blogs and to rearrange the order in which those units appear. Bobbi of RevolutionofLove.com got to work on her own ahead of me, but I sent out a how-to instruction for everyone else, and have been getting good feedback.
The StyleCatcher plugin optional for MT3 is now standard and makes it easy to apply out-of-the-box designs to a blog, with no rebuilding required. I still have to work through how to customize a style with graphics replacing a plain-text header; then there will be a how-to instruction on that as well.
So, readers, be patient while the visuals of these fine blogs remain under renovation or restoration, and feel free to comment as usual.
I'm sorry, RC. I did not mean to get ahead of you. I was sick and stuck indoors and had time to figure it out.
No need to feel sorry; I'm congratulating you on the nice job!
I am still not convinced. I am not a techie, and was pretty comfortable with the way things were. I still do not like the way my blog looks in Netscape, IE 6 or 7
I feel the same thing about MS Word. Just because I get a new computer why do I have to spend all this time learning how to use a new Word Processor when the old one was working just fine and producing the type of documents I needed? Yes, you sent instructions but I have no idea what a widget is, nor did I understand what the language was. I suppose it is the same when I am speaking in Theological terms to the uninitiated.
Just for context, yes, it is still jet lag, but also I came back to a parish in disarray. What kind of violence in the sancutary does $1160 damage to the paschal candle and Paschal stand? The new media center was supposed to be done, instead it has not even started and does not look like it is will be finished by the open of school. The school hires an inadequate music teacher and I have no control over the music curriculum or any other curriculum. The blog is the least of my troubles at the moment and any trouble with it is entirely too much
I hope the new tricks I taught you during our phone chat today provide at least a little relief from the cloud of unknowing.