Movable Type is now Upgraded

OK, I upgraded Movable Type to 2.5. Everything went so smoothly I was rather surprised. I can't tell much difference but 2 things...there's some automatic trackback autodiscovery thingie where you don't need to do anything, it will check out the links you have selected and if they allow trackback it will ping that site automatically. The other thing is some other site blo.gs or something like that is pinged...

Choosing colors for your site ColorMatch 5K is a great tool for picking colors for your site. Actually, I think it is, I never tried it out but the colors chosen seem quite good. It would be nice if you could select the color number yourself rather than choosing by eye.

How to add Category links

OK, I figured out how to get the Category Links on the right.

This tip assumes that you are using the default template that comes with Movable Type 2.21.

As per this image, click on the Main Index template.

1. Look for (around line 79):

<div id="links">

DIRECTLY AFTER THAT ADD:

<div class="sidetitle">
Categories
</div>

<div class="side">
<MTCategories>
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a><br>
<MTEntries>
<$MTEntryTitle$><br/>
</MTEntries>
<br /><br />
</MTCategories>
</div>

2. The result should look something like.
this.

Tips & Tricks for using Movable Type

Well, I'm still getting used to Movable Type and there are a bunch of things I don't understand yet or haven't gotten around to looking up. As I discover the answers to my questions, I will post them in a Category called Movable Type tips & tricks. So my first question is, how do I link to my categories?