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On the morning of Monday, August 25th, Blogs At Penn State was updated to Movable Type 4.2.

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body text window width

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 14:08 — jwk5084

I'm having a little trouble with the style window, i wish to change it so that the layout will be of a wide /thin layout but i can't find the code for it anywhere in the .css or any other place. Is there any way to change the body. for an example of what is currently happening you can view the page here

http://www.personal.psu.edu/jwk5084/blogs/resume/resume.html

the window cuts off the text (because its a table) but i want the window to be larger.

Thanks in advance.
Jake

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Comments Settings

Wed, 04/22/2009 - 09:34 — cpl2

I would like to allow anyone in the world to comment on my blog once an email has been sent to me to approve it. I would like trusted commenters to have their comments posted immediately. What settings do I need to use to have this configuration?

How to I arrange my tabs?

Mon, 03/30/2009 - 22:46 — mps5056

Right now it shows up as Home, Blog, .... last About. I want to order my tabs to make sense. I would like Home first, then About and so on. How do I do this?

I tried changing the publish dates but that is confusing. Any other way or easier way to arrange tabs?

How long will our blog be available after we graduate?

Wed, 03/25/2009 - 11:27 — jst188

After we graduate from Penn State, how long will our blog be available for viewing? We could not remember if it was 6 months or 2 years after we left school?

Publishing Problems

Tue, 03/24/2009 - 09:09 — kam5223

I was trying to work on my site and when i went to publish it i got a message that said

"Error making path '/pass/users/k/a/kam5223/www/blogs/portfolio': mkdir /pass/users/k/a/kam5223/www/blogs: Permission denied"

How can I fix that?

How do I add an image to the header where the blog title appears?

Thu, 03/19/2009 - 09:36 — jcw173

I've read the "rooster" directions but I want to add an image to the background of the top banner where the blog title is located. I'm using the professional template and I just cannot seem to locate the right spot/code. Help!

Different Widgets on pages

Sun, 03/15/2009 - 17:58 — jls644

As of right now, the widgets that I place in the "main sidebar" show up on all of my pages. I like the main sidebar on the home page, but do not want any widgets on my other pages.

How do I get rid of the widgets from my other pages (or have different widgets on each page)?

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