Memo (Movable Type Plugin)
Memo is a plugin for Movable Type that will display a memo on the Edit Entry/Page screen.
Overview
Memo will place a text box on top of the other widgets in the right column of the entries and pages edit screen. The memo display and text are customizable per blog.
Requirements
- MT 4.x
- MT 5.x
- Melody 1.0
Documentation
Install the plugin, then for each blog you want the memo displayed, go to the plugin preferences and:
- tick the “Display a memo on Edit Entry/Page screens” checkbox (unchecking it will prevent the memo to show up)
- enter a short title (defaults to “Memo” otherwise)
- enter the text of the memo (formatted as HTML). Hint: HTML
<p>…</p>paragraphs or<ul><li>…</li></ul>lists work best
Installation
- Download Memo.
- Uncompress and move the Memo directory to the MT
pluginsdirectory. More in-depth plugin installation instructions. - Customize your memo in the plugin preferences at the blog or site level.
L10N
Ce plugin parle français. ;-)
Version history
- Current: 1.1 — Removed Perl version check, added hints and improved the widget HTML code to respect the system CSS margins.
- 1.0 — First public release.
Credits
Author: Ubiquitic.
Copyright: 2011 Ubiquitic.
License: Artistic License 2.0
This free software is provided as-is WITHOUT ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Cool plugin! I just discovered some neat new use cases for it I think: http://www.movabletips.com/2011/04/using-the-movable-type-memo-plugin-to-add-anything-to-the-create-entry-screen.html
Looks interesting. I installed it and added some text, but it doesn't display in the sidebar when creating a new entry. I'm going to try disabling Zemanta and other plugins to see if a conflict. Maybe the new MT 4.36 changed slightly breaking this?
I looked at Plugin.pm where you have a function $tmpl->insertAfter( that I think inserts the code. But I can't figure out what text it's looking to "insert After".
Also, Plugin.pm has this line:
use 5.010;
I'm running MT 4.36, but I assume this line would get ignored.
Hi Tom, thanks for the report, I haven't been able to test it with 4.36 and 5.1, but I'll let you know when I get a chance.
BTW, "use 5.010;" means use Perl version ≥ 5.10, it has nothing to do with the MT version. (Might just work without that line on Perl 5.8 too.)
Just tested on MT4.361 and it works for me, with and without Zemanta.
I've just updated Memo to version 1.1 which removes the Perl version check to make it work for Perl < 5.10 and modified the HTML code in order to respect the widget margins from the system CSS.