Question

I just installed Movable Type. After having created my first entry, the »Rebuild Site« will produce the following error message.

What might be wrong?

Answer

I do not know the reason, but the installation procedure will not enable the category archives by default. You have to manually perform the following steps.

• Enter the Movable Type project.
• Select »Templates« from the left navigation bar.
• A list of templates will appear. It is structured into the following groups: Index Templates, Archive Templates, Special Templates, and Template Modules.
• At the end of the Archive Templates, there is a link »Edit Archive File Options«. Click this link.
• Among other details, the following dialog shows whether an archive is activated or not.
• Select the checkbox in front of »Category«.
• Click »Save Changes«.
• Click »Rebuild Site«.

From then on, the category archives are enabled. The MTCategoryArchiveLink tag, which is coded into the Main Index Template, will be valid.

mgs

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