Everitz Consulting

At Everitz Consulting, our speciality is working with the Movable Type content management system (this includes Melody or TypePad), but don't let that fool you into thinking we can't help if you don't use Movable Type.

Even if you don't use Melody, Movable Type or TypePad, that's okay. We have experience working with Expression Engine, Moodle, OpenX, phpBB, Pligg, SMF, vBulletin, Web Event and WordPress too. Not in the list? Ask - we might have tried, and if we haven't, we might be willing to give it a go.

Whatever your need, we'd love to have the opportunity to show you what we can do to help you find your online voice, and if this isn't your cup of tea, we also provide custom Perl and PHP programming solutions, will help you sort out your MySQL database issues and we can even offer network consulting.

Regardless of your choice, our ultimate goal is your complete satisfaction. We will not pick up and leave the instant that the current project is complete, nor will we leave you in a lurch wondering what is happening while your deadline approaches.

If you are interested in developing a relationship rather than just writing another contract, we look forward to working for you.

If you've been awake and online at any point in the last 48 hours or so, you have no doubt heard about Melody, the fork of the Open Source version of Movable Type, driven by a number of prominent members in the Movable Type community. If you haven't, then you surely will. The news is just about everywhere, at least for now.

What is perhaps most interesting is what is yet to be said - that there is little happening other than the news of the fork itself. While lots of places seemingly have lots to say (here, here, here, here), there has mostly been no response.

• Reorganized Perl "require" statements to ensure calling order.
• Updated language file with correct string for template.

Licensed users of MT-Notifier v4 can re-download from your unique download link to obtain the updated version.

As mentioned previously, you may need to update your URL to get to the download if you are having problems.

This release fixes the problem you may have encountered with an undefined subroutine. Requests were processed, but you would have received an error.

Also, anyone who has created translation files for MT-Notifier may have had an issue with one of the email strings. That has now been corrected as well.

Since I've heard - more than once - that users would like to send HTML notifications with MT-Notifier, and because I'm still working out the details on how to make it work more simply within the plugin itself, I decided to put together an entry on doing it yourself. It does take a bit of work, but assuming you are using a recent version, you can make it work with very little effort.

First, please make sure you back up your current files. And if you have real, live subscribers, you might want to let them know that you're about to play with your templates, so that they understand that you might send them something that they can't read. Ready? Let's move on!

• Added blog id to loading of record data to ensure consistency.
• Added check for duplicate emails being sent to the same address.
• Added more template information for plugin data.
• Enhanced request.tmpl with footer include to ease customization.
• Standardized on using routines for version information and moved to Util.pm.
• Updated logic for naming conventions.

Licensed users of MT-Notifier v4 can re-download from your unique download link to obtain the updated version.

As mentioned previously, you may need to update your URL to get to the download if you are having problems.

One notable improvement in this release is dealing with category subscriptions. Users who use them may have found that subscribers would receive multiple emails sent out if an entry belonged to more than one category. This should alleviate the problem.

Just one note - because each category subscription is its own, canceling that notification will cancel only that one. It's an effect of the way that the plugin works. Keep that in mind.

Also included are some minor improvements with loading data from the database, which should help with data consistency, and also tweaks to the templating to help with customization - specifically the inclusion of a footer module.

If you are attempting to download MT-Notifier and you receive an error message that will not allow you to download the plugin (perhaps transaction not authenticated), the likely cause is an update to the software that handles the payment processing from PayPal. Unfortunately, the software needed to be upgraded due to a change at PayPal. But this broke the way that payments were handled previously.

Luckily, you can still use your prior purchases. You just need to make a small change to the link. Where previously the link included a script named linklokipn.php, change the script name to linklokipn-legacy.php. This also applies if you have a link with "manual" in the url AND receive an error - just change linklokipn-manual.php to linklokipn-legacy.php.

Do not make any other changes - specifically, do not change your authorization code, as that's what will determine what to download. Also, don't make the change if you don't get an error - because this version will only work with earlier licensees, and you will get an error with that version if you are a recent licensee. If that's the case and you changed it, you'll want to remove "legacy" instead!

Finally, don't worry about the filename at the end - even if it is an older version than you expect (say, 4.1.1 instead of 4.2.1), it will be fine. It is the authorization code that does the magic. Just make sure you add the -legacy bit in there and you'll be set.

If this doesn't work for you, let me know by providing your full download link, and I'll update it with your new download link in return.

• Added check for blog_id to search_api table.
• Fixed problem with base_url correctly reading.
• Removed extraneous permissions from list actions.
• Standardized history write routine in history module.
• Updated write_history_records routine.

Licensed users of MT-Notifier v4 can re-download from your unique download link to obtain the updated version.

The base URL setting, as described in the installation instructions, helps alleviate errors in notifications. Except when it doesn't. Or didn't. This release addresses many errors found in the base URL, but make sure you check to be sure it is set correctly, especially if you use confirmation messages.

Failure to do so may result in errors and notifications that are not sent. If you have problems, the first place to look is your activity log. Lots of information there.