How do I set up Movable Type v2.x on my Website? .: Netfirms 24/7 Support

To set up the Movable Type v2.661 blogging software, please follow the steps below:

Full installation instructions for Movable Type Blogging can also be found at here.
NOTE:You will need to register an account and download v2.661.
Open the mt.cfg file, and make the following entries:

CGIPath http://membername.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/
[where "membername" is the name of your site]
Set the root path to the cgi-bin

DataSource $ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}/cgi-bin/db

To find the root path to replace "$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}" enter the
following in your browser:

membername.netfirms.com/cgi/printenv
Next, set the StaticWebPath value in your mt.cfg file to the URL corresponding to the directory that you chose for your static files (images, docs, and styles.css). For example, if you chose to locate your static files at the root of your web-accesible area, you would add this line to mt.cfg:

StaticWebPath /mt

* "mt" is the name of the directory that your Moveable type files are located. This folder will need to be created within your www folder.
These are the main settings that are specific to our hosting in the mt.cfg file. From there, you can follow the instructions that are written in the mt.cfg file to complete the configuration of the file.
Once the mt.cfg file has been configured, upload the files to your site with your FTP program. Then set the permissions on all CGI files to 755.
Create your database directory in the cgi-bin, then set permissions on the database directory to 755.
Create the MT folder inside your www folder and upload these folders into the MT folder: docs, images, styles.css
Once this is complete, you can check if there are any modules that you will need to install by running the mt-check.cgi file that comes with Movable Type.
There are two modules that will most likely need to be installed. These are:

HTML::Template and Image::Size. These modules can be dowloaded from
Cpan.org. To install them, please create a directory in the cgi-bin called "extlib". Upload the file ending in .pm to the extlib directory.
Once this has been completed, you will initialize Moveable type by running the mt-load.cgi file in your browser. If you named the Moveable type directory in the cgi-bin "mt", the address would be
http://membername.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-load.cgi.
mt-load.cgi is a Perl script that loads initialization data into the Movable Type databases: an initial author, a blog, and some starter templates. If you get a 500 Internal Server Error when running this script, first check that you set the permissions to 755 (see above for what this means), and that you uploaded the file in ASCII mode. After successfully running this file you should remove to prevent any security risk.
Finally, once installed, run the mt.cgi file from your browser and enter the username Melody and the password Nelson. You will then be logged in and you can change the username and password by clicking Edit your profile.

Additional Movable Type Resources:

For additional Movable Type support and assistance, we recommend visiting the Movable Type Support, Forum, and Documentations site at: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/

How do I set up Movable Type v2.x on my Website?

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