The new version of Movable Type is now available and installed on the site. The big new feature is support for text formatting plugins, which allow Web authors to easily mark up their text.
For example, by adding asterixes around text, it will displayed with strong emphasis. Chevron-type things mean superscript, and a blogging favourite, strikethrough, can be accomplished with simple dashes.
To get this loveliness, you’ll need to install Master MT Plugin author Brad Choate’s version of Textile, which is a port of an original idea by Dean Allen. And why wouldn’t you? It’s spiffy.
