Movable Type 3.2 Hits the Street

Movable Type 3.2 is out the gate and the reception has been favorable. MT software maker Six Apart announced the forthcoming update a few days ago at the Blog Business Summit in San Francisco. Highlights include simplified install and config, much improved spam controls, new administrative tools, and some liberalization of the licensing model.Six Apart's list of 32 favorite features of v3.2 includes:

1. System Overview: A home for administrators
2. Feedback rating framework
3. The Junk Folder
4. TrackBack moderation and editing
5. Blog feedback settings
6. Better Listings Pages Throughout Movable Type 3.2
7. Search Globally, Replace Locally
8. Powerful plugin management
9. Trusted commenters
10. Simpler Templating for Comments and TrackBacks
11. Commenter management
12. Improved Documentation
13. Activity Log improvements
14. Main menu display improvements
15. Easiest Upgrade Ever
16. New multi-category selection widget
17. Dynamic Publishing support for PostgreSQL and SQLite
18. Outbound TrackBack Control
19. Entry Basename Control
20. Customize Listings Screens Actions with Plugins
21. New Template Management Screens
22. Smart New Templates
23. Define Default Templates for All Your Blogs
24. Better Archive Management and Simple Custom File Paths
25. Amazingly Automatic Authentication

You can learn more in the Six Apart announcement or for ProNet members, in the MT ProNet Blog.