New Template Module Code
Many users have grown confused with the lastest update of Media Manager why their items are no longer showing up in their sidebar. This is due to the fact that a) Media Manager now requires everyone to upgrade to MTAmazon 3.0 and b) MTAmazon 3.0 has a brand new, non-backwards compatible template tag set. Sorry ‘bout that.
In any event, the following template code will serve as an excellent reference to your old-timers. Feel free to customize the code below to produce the exact results you are looking for. This particular template code will display all the books in your queue with a status of “reading.”
<div class="module-mmanager module">
<h2 class="module-header"><MT_TRANS phrase="What I Am Reading"></h2>
<div class="module-content">
<MTMediaManagerItems status="reading" sort_order="descend" sort_by="modified_on" catalog="Books">
<MTAmazonItemLookup ItemId="[MTBookQueueEntryISBN]">
<div class="amazon-item">
<a href="<$MTAmazonDetailPageURL$>">
<$MTAmazonImageTag size="small"$>
</a>
<p><a href="<$MTAmazonDetailPageURL$>"><$MTAmazonTitle$></a><br />by <$MTAmazonItemAttributes name="Author"$></p>
</div>
</MTAmazonItemLookup>
</MTMediaManagerItems>
<p><a href="http://www.majordojo.com/projects/MediaManager/">Powered by Media Manager</a></p>
</div>
</div>
Comments
Very, very nice product! Within 2 hours I had installed MtAmazon3* and Media Manager, and had my first review published. (I had been running BookQueueToo a while back.) I love the new features. I was surprised and delighted to see the book in my entry, as well as on the sidebar. It is very easy to configure and very rich in capabilities.
I know you have quibbles about taking money for your work--but as an artisan, you're worth it. It's not greedy to want to be compensated for the sweat of your brow.
My only mystification is that the Media Manager utility isn't calling the local stylesheet, set by StyleCatcher. It's not a huge obstacle, as it just means the MM interface is ugly. I just dimly recall this not being the case with BookQueueToo. I adjusted all my permissions, made sure everything was installed... I may try reapplying StyleCatcher. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears.
About the only wish I have that you haven't fulfilled pretty much isn't your problem. I wish the links to items could call Amazon book jackets and Open WorldCat records, so that people could find these books in their local libraries.
Thanks for a fabulous product. I really love it!
Posted by: kgs | February 18, 2006 6:52 PM
Her is a short problem list; workarounds or corrections of my ignorance will be appreciated:
1) Is there any way to get MM to work with entries across several blogs? Setting it within doesn't work. I've had to use php includes to pull together review output from several blogs.
2) It appears that MM always forces its review titles to be Amazon's item title, and even if you change the review entry title, it will switch back later. It's OK as long as you don't save a new copy, otherwise you get multiple entries and lose your unique titles from the index.
3) It appears that MM lacks BookQueueToo's ability to reference individual entry titles, authors, etc. I can have a link named "review" but not the actual review entry title, etc.
4) When you add items, MM by defaults classes them as "Apparel" rather than determining by itself the proper product caegory.
And for something totally different, is anyone out there working on a plugin like this that would work with BookSense.com or Powell's as an alternative to the Amazon hegemony, which many people dislike for various reasons.
Posted by: DK | February 21, 2006 11:18 AM
Hi,
I am still having the same problem with plugin... I just can't figure out where to edit.
"the path that points to mmanager.cgi is wrong so I get this error when I try to add items to the que: "The system cannot find the file specified." - that is it can't find the mmanager.cgi. The path that I end up with is: movabletype3/plugins/MediaManager/%5Cmovabletype3%5Cplugins%5CMediaManager%5Cmmanager.cgi
This following part of the path: "%5Cmovabletype3%5Cplugins%5CMediaManager%5C" Is added unnecessarily, and when I remove it manually in the URL bar and hit enter, it works fine. But I have to do this everytime I execute mmanager.cgi. And it's time-consuming. Where in the scripts, what file and what line do I need to change in order set the path properly? Thanks."
Posted by: mollycase | March 6, 2006 12:46 PM
Is there a way to include booklists as part of individual blogposts, rather than the main index template?
The code is not executed in the posts when I try (which makes sense, I guess).
Thanks, Sivani
Posted by: Sivani | April 21, 2006 11:27 AM
Hey does this work in mt3.3?
Posted by: Tommy | July 12, 2006 9:24 AM