I was having some major issues with my Movable Type installation today. There was some form of update through Windows Update that I think caused the initial problem, though.For whatever reason I was repeatedly being logged out of MT when I clicked on something. Click on ‘Write Entry’ and it took me back to the login screen. Click on a menu item and back to the login screen. Obviously such an issue is not conducive to blogging and needs to be fixed.
So I put a notice out using Twitter to see if someone at SixApart might be willing to lend a hand and a detailed forum post at the MT Forums. I didn’t have to wait long for a response either. Shortly after sending out my tweet SixApart direct messaged me that they’d have someone in their tech department check out my post and see if they could assist me.
After initially being confused (where do I access CookieDomain to fix it?) I was told to check out my paths in the mt-config.cgi file. Apparently since I use subdomains for the blogs I host it is not a good idea to have the ‘www’ in the path because then the cookie registers ‘www’ when there isn’t one. The cookies don’t match and it causes the site to kick you out because ‘you were never logged in’. That’s how I see it anyway and it certainly makes a lot of sense. I’m feeling smarter by the minute!
Before seeing the reply regarding the ‘www’ issue, I decided it would be a great idea to upgrade my MovableType installation anyway. I haven’t looked through anything to see what’s changed but I will when I’m done here. Excitingly, and for the second time in a row, Movable Type has upgraded successfully and easily! I am so thrilled. I can’t figure out why people use other programs and then complain when it comes to upgrading. Yes, I used to when it came to upgrading with MT but because I was always confused, now I’ve gotten really good at doing the installs and I make less and less mistakes when I create layouts.
Anyway, I want to officially thank Matt Jacobs (aka CapnDesign) for taking the time out of his busy day to help me out. Thanks, Matt. You not only made my day but you have made a loyal MT user happy in her loyalty. Laters.
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