Movable Type 4 Plugin FAQ

From Fliqz FAQ

The MT-Fliqz plugin enables easy video uploading within the edit entry screen for your Movable Type-powered blog (MT4 only), which in turn provides embedded video content right on your blog!

Contents 1 Requirements 2 Installation 3 How to enable the plugin for a blog 4 How to use the plugin in a blog entry 5 Other Questions 5.1 What types of videos can I upload and what is the maximum size that I can upload? 5.2 Can I delete my video? 5.3 Where is my video? 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 The plugin is installed and I have enabled it but I don't see the Fliqz button on the toolbar 7 How is the player displayed?

Requirements

Movable Type 4.0 or later.

Installation

• Log into your Fliqz account, navigate to Movable Type 4 Plug-in Configuration , set up movable type 4 uploader and download plugin.zip file.
• Unzip the plugin.zip file to a directory.
• Copy the content of the plugins directory to the plugins directory (the mt/plugins sub-directory in the cgi directory).

The result should be the creation of the <cgi path>/mt/plugins/Fliqz directory containing the fliqz.pl file and the tmpl folder.  
Example directories are as follows (where domainname is the domain name for your blog):
   * Microsoft Windows using an arbitrary installation directory (for example, mt): http://domainname/mt/plugins/Fliqz
   * Microsoft Windows using a CGI bin directory: http://domainname/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Fliqz
   * Linux/Unix using an existing cgi-bin directory: /var/www/moveabletype.org/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Fliqz. 
   * Linux/Unix with MT installed in the root directory: /var/www/moveabletype.org/htdocs/mt/plugins/Fliqz.

• Copy the content of the mt-static directory to the static content directory.

The result should be the creation of the <static web path>/plugins/Fliqz/ directory containing the insert-video.gif 
and fliqz_color-small.png files. Example directories are as follows (where domainname is the domain name for your blog):
   * Windows: http://domainname/mt/mt-static/plugins
   * Linux/Unix: /var/www/moveabletype.org/htdocs/mt-static/plugins.

THESE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. Your installation may be completely different. The important thing is to identify the locations of the cgi and static directories. These can be found in the CGIPath (http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/config-directives/cgipath.html) and StaticWebPath (http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/appendices/config-directives/staticwebpath.html) entries in the mt-config.cgi file. These entries may have been created automatically during installation.

You should now be able to see the Fliqz plugin installed on your system. See "View a list of installed plugins for your system". If you cannot see the Fliqz plugin then you should check the path to the plugins and mt-static directory.

How to enable the plugin for a blog

• Login to Movable Type.
• Display the Plugin Settings screen by selecting Preferences > Plugins from MovableType's main menu.
• Locate the MT-Fliqz plugin and click on the word Enable. The text changes to Disable when the plugin is enabled.

How to use the plugin in a blog entry

• Click the Fliqz button in the toolbar. The button is only visible when the plugin is enabled for a blog.
• Follow the prompts to upload a video.
• When the upload has completed an embedded video player is displayed in your blog.

It may take some moments to encode your video so please be patient. Most videos are encoded within 10 minutes of upload, however, larger videos (100 MB and more) may take up to an hour. During this period you will see a thumb with a message asking you to wait. If we cannot encode the video then the thumb will change to inform you of this.

If there are any problems during upload the you will receive an error code. Make a note of it, because it can help troubleshooting if you continue to have any problems.

Other Questions

What types of videos can I upload and what is the maximum size that I can upload?

We support the following files: .avi, .dv, .mov/.qt, .mpeg, .mp4, .3gp, .asf/.wmv, flv, .m4a, .mp3, .wav, .wma, QCELP, AMR-NB and accept files up to 300 MB through the site. Anythng larger than this will show a fault after the size has been exceeded.

Can I delete my video?

The easiest method is to remove the embed code displaying your video from your blog. The embed code can be found by examing the page source for your blog entry.

If you really want to delete your video then you need to Log into your Fliqz account and navigate to the video management page, find the video and delete it.

Where is my video?

Your video is hosted at the Fliqz site, you can manage uploaded videos by logging into your Fliqz account and navigate to the video management page

Troubleshooting

The plugin is installed and I have enabled it but I don't see the Fliqz button on the toolbar

You may have chosen the wrong mt-static directory as the destination for the plugin's mt-static content.

The content should be placed into a sub-directory of the directory identified by the static web path URL. However, the CGI location also contains an mt-static directory and it's easy to put the plugin's mt-static content in the wrong place.

How is the player displayed?

The player is displayed using an embed code. This can be examined by looking at the page source for your blog.