Installing Movable Type in Plesk

I've tried installing movable type on Plesk but its not that easy as Worpress so I thought of making this article so it would be helpful not only to me as reference but as well as to others who want to do the same.

1. Once you have downloaded the MT4 ZIP file, extract the files to a folder of your choice.
2. Within this folder, you should now have an MTOS-4.xx-en folder.
3. Open this folder and locate the mt-static folder.
4. Move the mt-static folder to /httpdocs/
5. Open a new Finder window and browse to /cgi-bin/
6. Create a new folder, and name it mt
7. Move the remaining files in the MTOS-4.xx-en folder to /cgi-bin/mt

So you now have the mt folder inside /cgi-bin which contains the movable type unzip files and the mt-static moved to /httpdocs. Once you have uploaded the files prepare the database and get all the necessary information like host, userid and password of the database that you will use in Movable type.

Installing Movable Type

Now that you have all the MT4 files in place, and your database has been created, you’re ready to start the Movable Type web-based installer.

1. Open your browser, and type in the following address: http://localhost:8888/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi
2. The installer will tell you that the mt-static has either been renamed or moved and will request both the Static Web Path and Static File Path to the folder. Enter the following paths:
3. • http://localhost:8888/mt-static
   • /httpdocs/mt-static
4. Click the Begin button and the installer will confirm that the paths you have entered are correct.
5. The next step brings us to the database connection setup page. Here is where we’ll tell Movable Type where our database is and how to connect to it.
6. You’ll note that the only database connection available to us is the SQLite Database/PHPMyAdmin and once again we’re being asked for the path to the database.
   
7. In order to proceed, you’ll need to Test the Connection.
8. Once MT can talk to your database, then Continue onto the next step -setting up your email.
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10. From the drop-down, select Sendmail and accept the default Sendmail path. Enter your email address and click the Send Test Email Button.
11. The next step is to set up the admin user and password.
12. The final step is to create your first blog!

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