Movable Type 5.031 was released today. This is a bugfix release without new features. It does not contain a security fix. Movable Type 5.031 fixed an issue in 5.03.

• 104608 : "Script Error" occurs when opening the "rebuild_confirm" screen in some hosting environments.

After the recent announcement about Six Apart, some of you might have been wondering about the future of Movable Type. We can be very clear about that: of course we will continue development and support of this platform that now has a decade of history behind it.

• Movable Type 4 remains rock-solid blogging software for all uses.
• Movable Type 5 is a new step up for managing multiple sites.
• Melody is driven by the most enthusiastic community of bleeding-edge developers.

All this software shares the same root: Movable Type, the publishing platform.

Movable Type 5.1 is in the final development phase, we are anticipating a Beta release early this winter. We are also planning another 4.x release to keep this mature branch up to date.

All these developments are open to the public. You can check our daily activities on FogBugz and in our code repositories. And just like every open source project, we appreciate your help to make Movable Type (even) Better !

Those of you who've followed us over the years have seen us through a number of changes as Six Apart, and the industry we helped to create, has evolved.

What started with a simple goal to make creating and publishing content for the web easy, became a social publishing platform that today powers some of the biggest brands on the web, as well as passionate individuals—those of us who simply want to express ourselves, share our expertise or insights, and reach an audience of like-minded others.

Six Apart helped empower people and companies to publish. And they did. With amazing content they created valuable publishing properties with massive and engaged audiences—the influential audiences that advertisers want to reach. Over the past several years we have grown another side of our business, Six Apart Media, which has focused on helping publishers turn their passions into businesses and on helping marketers authentically engage these publishers and their audiences.

Today Six Apart announced its intention to join forces with VideoEgg to form a modern media company called SAY Media. The new entity will combine the engagement platform and insights of VideoEgg with our social publishing platform, conversational marketing tools, and robust network of publishers.

SAY Media will be a force—powering more efficient, useful and social advertising programs that tie rich and engaging advertising experiences to online communities with meaningful and measurable results. Good for publishers. Good for advertisers.

We believe SAY Media will become one of the world's most significant modern media companies, while still embracing the same goals we've always had at Six Apart—to empower people to create great content and make money doing it. Soon we'll have the capabilities to do it that much better. When you know more, I think you'll be as excited as we are. Get a glimpse of our future at www.saymedia.com.

Chris Alden Chairman & CEO Six Apart

P.S. You can follow SAY Media on Twitter at @saymediainc or like us and join the conversation on Facebook.

Movable Type 5.03 was released today. This is a bugfix release without new features. It does not contain any security fix. Details about the issues that were fixed can be found in the release note.

• 5.03 Release Note

Movable Type 5.02 was released by Six Apart today. This is strictly a bugfix release without new features. It contains fixes for a number of issues including one security vulnerability. It is highly recommended that all users of Movable Type 5.x upgrade their installations, especially the ones with multiple users.

Details about the issues that were fixed can be found in the release notes.

You may note that the release notes are unusually long this time: the focus of this release was on fixing as many bugs and issues as possible before working on new features for the coming releases (we will tell you more about these soon). We would like to thank everybody in the Movable Type community who submitted bug reports, feature requests and other feedback. Your efforts have made this release possible!

Downloads

• Download Movable Type (Open Source)
• Download Movable Type Pro

(What is the difference?)

Installation/upgrade instructions

• Installation guide
• Upgrade guide

Note: if you purchased a Movable Type license you can also purchase our installation or upgrade service and have all the work done by our excellent support team.

Found a bug? Need a feature?

1. To avoid duplication of efforts, search existing bugs or feature requests (from the feedback page) before submitting a new bug.
2. Head over to the bug report/feature request form and let us know!