New in version 1.1: I fixed a bug that was preventing the list buttons from working in the "Extended Entry" field. The features remain the same, as described below.
FormatList is a plugin for Movable Type that makes it easy to create bulleted or numbered lists when creating or editing entries.
FormatList adds the following two button to the formatting toolbar that appears just above the "Entry Body" and "Extended Entry" fields:
To create a bulleted list:
- Enter the list of items, hitting enter after each line (you can leave blank lines in between list items if desired)
- Select (highlight) the list
- Click the button
To create a numbered list:
- Enter the list of items, hitting enter after each line (you can leave blank lines in between list items if desired)
- Select (highlight) the list
- Click the button
Requirements:
- BigPAPI Plugin (For convenience, I have included this plugin in the FormatList download) (more about BigPAPI)
- Movable Type 3.16 and higher (I think....currently tested with MT 3.2 only)
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New in version 1.1: I fixed a bug that was preventing the list buttons from working in the "Extended Entry" field. The features remain the same, as described below.
FormatList is a plugin for Movable Type that makes it easy to create bulleted or numbered lists when creating or editing entries.
FormatList adds the following two button to the formatting toolbar that appears just above the "Entry Body" and "Extended Entry" fields:
To create a bulleted list:
- Enter the list of items, hitting enter after each line (you can leave blank lines in between list items if desired)
- Select (highlight) the list
- Click the button
To create a numbered list:
- Enter the list of items, hitting enter after each line (you can leave blank lines in between list items if desired)
- Select (highlight) the list
- Click the button
Requirements:
- BigPAPI Plugin (For convenience, I have included this plugin in the FormatList download) (more about BigPAPI)
- Movable Type 3.16 and higher (I think....currently tested with MT 3.2 only)
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Installation Instructions:
- Download and expand the zip file
- Upload the contents of the 'plugins' folder to the 'plugins' folder of you MT installation (there are two files, FormatList.pl and BigPAPI.pl)
- Upload the contents of the' images' folder to the 'images' folder within the 'mt-static' folder. This is the location of the images and docs for MT, for most people it will likely be in '/mt-static/images' (outside your cgi-bin).
I hope others find this as helpful as I do. I created this plugin becuase it was quite tedious to create list manually, and this plugin makes it really quick and easy.
Note: As you would expect, each of the lists above was created using FormatList ;)
Comments (3)
Love it. I'm working on a client install where this is a lifesaver. Have you seen the Naughty Word Characters plugin?
http://tech.huffingtonpost.com/2006/01/naughtywordchars.html
I tried (in vain) to extend it to recognize bulleted lists copied from Word. Could that be a possible extension?
Posted by Jason Mevius | March 31, 2006 2:27 PM
Posted on March 31, 2006 14:27
Hi Mark
I'm trying the FormatList with MT3.17 but it doesn't seem to work. Have you tried testing it with this version as I can see till your last update you've only mentioned 3.2?
Thanks!
-bilal
Posted by Bilal Rafi | May 9, 2006 2:40 AM
Posted on May 9, 2006 02:40
Bilal, I have only tested with 3.2.
I say 3.16 above, because that is the minimum for BigPAPI, which is required for FormatList to work. So it should work with 3.17, but I am not sure. Perhaps I should change the minimum to 3.2.
What browsers have you tried?
Posted by Mark | May 9, 2006 8:00 AM
Posted on May 9, 2006 08:00