Clearing mangled Templates on Movable Type 4
After months of pain because I screwed up my MT4 templates, I finally found a way to sort out the problem in the Six Apart forums. There's the details, just in case the URL is ever broken/changed in the future:
For anyone experiencing similar difficulties, here's what has to be done, blog-by-blog:
(1) Export the blog using MT4's export feature.
(2) Copy the blog folder from my server to my computer as a backup, and because export doesn't retain any associated media files (videos, photos, podcasts) embedded within your blog posts.
(3) Delete the blog from within MT4.
(4) Delete the blog folder from my server, because deleting within MT4 apparently just deletes the blog from your database.
(5) Create a new blog, to be published in the same location as the old one.
(6) Transfer all of the media files BACK to the server (be sure you retain the same folder structure, or all your blog links will be broken).
(7) Import the blog entries and comments using MT4's import feature.
(8) Create all the custom changes that need to be made (new sidebars, widgets, etc).
(9) Assign an MT4 style theme to the new blog.
(10) Republish the blog from within MT4.
(11) Tweak the CSS to make the blog my own and not so cookie cutter.
For anyone experiencing similar difficulties, here's what has to be done, blog-by-blog:
(1) Export the blog using MT4's export feature.
(2) Copy the blog folder from my server to my computer as a backup, and because export doesn't retain any associated media files (videos, photos, podcasts) embedded within your blog posts.
(3) Delete the blog from within MT4.
(4) Delete the blog folder from my server, because deleting within MT4 apparently just deletes the blog from your database.
(5) Create a new blog, to be published in the same location as the old one.
(6) Transfer all of the media files BACK to the server (be sure you retain the same folder structure, or all your blog links will be broken).
(7) Import the blog entries and comments using MT4's import feature.
(8) Create all the custom changes that need to be made (new sidebars, widgets, etc).
(9) Assign an MT4 style theme to the new blog.
(10) Republish the blog from within MT4.
(11) Tweak the CSS to make the blog my own and not so cookie cutter.
