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Movable Type 3.16 - Known Issues

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This document details the known issues in Movable Type 3.16. These issues will be addressed in a future release.

MOVABLE TYPE 3.16 - KNOWN ISSUES

Movable Type 3.16 can't be used with DBD::Pg 1.4 because of a bug in that version of the database driver.
Plugins that need to save configuration data cannot be used with the DBI::postgres driver (mt_plugindata.data column has incorrect type).
When using MySQL 4.1, ``modified'' date strings will be mangled--for example, the output of the <MTEntryModifiedDate> tag is incorrect.
When a template is linked to a file, changes to the file are not written to the database until the user views the template and hits the ``Save'' button. As a result, when using dynamic pages, changes to the file are not reflected on the dynamic pages until the user saves the template.
Categories are shown without hierarchy in the ``Assign Multiple Categories...'' popup.
It is impossible to create two categories with the same name, even if they have different parents (on MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite).
The recently_commented_on attribute to MTEntries may function corrently when the MTEntries block is nested in a constraining block such as MTSubCategories.
It is impossible to produce files with no file extension by using the ``File extension for archive files'' box.
When a thumbnail is generated for a GIF image with animation, the thumbnail appears broken.
Under Windows XP (with IIS), the TrackBack URL that is displayed by <MTEntryTrackBackLink> does not work without further server configuration. For instructions, see ``Configuring TrackBack on IIS Servers'' in the TRACKBACK section of the Movable Type manual.
Better error checking disallows blank names in new categories, but they are still allowed when you edit and save an previously existing category.
If a post contains the URL of a large binary file (such as an image or a music file) and TrackBack auto-discovery is on, saving the post may fail.
If an error occurs while run-periodic-tasks is running, an entry may be put into ``Published'' status but not rebuilt.
On some versions of IE, after ``maximizing'' the QuickPost window, the entry text are may appear wider than the window itself, obscuring the scrollbar.
When importing or exporting a weblog, unique IDs in Atom feeds may change.
<MTComments> with lastn attribute produces an error message on dynamic pages.
When a reader submits the ``Mail This Entry'' form, no confirmation is displayed.
Clicking ``Go Back'' in a pop-up rebuilding window only re-tries the last chunk of pages, rather than taking the user back to a previous choice. On full-page error messages, ``Go Back'' does return the user to the screen where the action was taken.
After the first weblog, additional weblogs have category archives off by default, even though the default templates have category archives listed on the main index.
TrackBack pings received from a site using a different character encoding are displayed incorrectly.
<MTEntryBasename> isn't yet supported in dynamic templates.
<MTCalendarCellNumber> isn't yet supported in dynamic templates.
The new ``locale'' attribute for <MTBlogLanguage> returns a value in dynamic templates that is inconsistent with its return value on static templates.