Adding RefTagger to a Movable Type Blog

Movable Type is probably the most common platform for corporate blogging and happens to be the software that we use to power our blogs. It’s also used by many for personal blogging.

Adding RefTagger to a Movable Type blog is can be accomplished in just a few minutes. Here are the steps you need to take to get RefTagger up and running on MT 4.21, which is presently the latest version.

1. Navigate to your admin panel (http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi or something similar).
2. If you have more than one blog, select the blog you want to add RefTagger to first from the main dropdown menu at the top left.
3. Hover over the “Design” tab, and click on “Templates.”
4. Scroll down to Template Modules, and click on “Footer.” (If you don’t see anything under Template Modules, then you’re probably using an outdated template. Considering updating to a new one, or see the additional instructions below.)
5. Scroll to the bottom, and then paste the customizable RefTagger code right before the </body> tag.
6. Click “Save.”
7. If you have more than one blog, repeat steps 2-6.
8. Publish your changes.

You’re good to go. RefTagger is now working on your entire site—no matter how many years you’ve been blogging.

If you’re using MT 3.x or a pre-MT 4 template that lacks built-in support for template modules, you’ll need to add the RefTagger code to the following templates. Repeat steps 4-6 above for each of the following templates:

1. Main Index (under the Index Templates)
2. Category Archive (under the Archive Templates)
3. Date-Based Archive (under the Archive Templates)
4. Individual Entry Archive (under the Archive Templates)

If you need help, don’t hesitate to send an email to reftagger@logos.com and let us know.