Update: Advanced version using cookies to condition “edit” links
Add an edit links to your Movable Type entries and pages.
Edit Entry
<a href="<$mt:CGIPath$><$mt:AdminScript$>?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=<$mt:EntryID$>&blog_id=<$mt:EntryBlogID$>">Edit</a>
Edit Page
<a href="<$mt:CGIPath$><$mt:AdminScript$>?__mode=view&_type=page&id=<$mt:EntryID$>&blog_id=<$mt:EntryBlogID$>">Edit</a>
Tips
- Add
style="text-decoration: none"to the anchor tag to ensure that there is no default link styling - Instead of the word “Edit” use an non-breaking space “
” and the link will be clickable but invisible
Thanks for the tip.
Is there a way to do it that one wouldn’t have to “hide” the link? E.g., the code tests to see if you’re a logged-in author/administrator and only shows the link if you are? Obviously, this would require some javascript, but it seems more secure.
Yes, it’s possible. I’ve not done it though.
Two ways:
I’ll post again if I create a this solution. =)
I do this with just about every project I work on. The key is setting your CookiePath config directive to the common ancestor of both your MT_HOME directory and your blog or site root. That way, the cookie can be seen from the published blog pages.
After that, it’s simply a matter of checking for $_COOKIE['mt_user'] and it’s expiration timestamp. Through this method, you could either conditionally hide/show edit links OR, even more interesting, implement private reading of site/blog content.