The new version comes with additional tags. Although these tag
s were not new t
o Movable
type using them together with the widget add in makes it easy play with movable type templates. Tracking the number of posts as displayed in the dashboard is very nice to keep us updated with our blog. It would even be better if its added to the blogs main page. We will be using 4 movable type tags namely:
- Used to count the categories within a blog
- Used to count all the published entries in a blog
- the total number of comments
<$mt:AssetCount$> - the total number of assets uploaded
Lets start by making a Blog Statistics Widget:
1. Navigate to your blogs templates and on the quickfilter click on
Widgets
2. Create a widget and
name it
Blog Statistics
3. Paste the following:
Total Categories:
Total Entries:
Total Comments:
Total Uploaded Assets: <$mt:AssetCount$>
4.
Save your new widget
5. Navigate to your
Widget sets
6. Drag and drop
Blog Statistics from the
Available widget to your
Installed Widgets
7. Click on
Save Changes
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