New MT plugin: MTExtendedAttribute

I've just released the <MTExtendedAttribute> plugin for Movable Type into the wild. I've been working on this off-and-on for the last month or so, but other things have been keeping me busy, so it's taken a while to get it polished enough for anyone else to use.

Movable Type only gives you a limited number of fields in which to store data for entries, blogs, categories and authors. With <MTExtendedAttribute>, you can add new fields by adding the extra data into a CSV file, which you drop into your file system, or into a Template Module. I'm using it right now to define multiple icons for each category in my "Quick Reviews" sidebar (which is itself a Movable Type blog).

It's possible/probably that future versions of MT will allow you to defined custom fields for your entries, categories, and other stuff, but this plugin allows you to do this right away.

Thu 28.Nov.2002 02:58

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