Movable Type Baby Steps

Well, I’ve successfully installed Movable Type 2.11 on my server. Hurrah! But that’s only the first step. Before I go importing my hundreds of entries, I need to tweak the templates so that my site looks like, well, my site. And that’s where I’m having trouble. No matter what I do to the templates, they seem to be styled from somewhere else. I hope this doesn’t mean that all MT blogs are being styled from MT Headquarters in San Francisco. Not that that would be a bad thing…(I’m feeling a little guilty posting this in Blogger, actually. It’s like using the pen your wife gave you as a gift to write a love letter to your mistress.)

Bandwidth Capping

This article is one of several I’ve seen recently on the subject of the proposed bandwidth capping by Canada’s broadband providers. Usually the limits discussed are 5-6 Gb/month before extra charges kick in. What I’m wondering is, how can I check how much bandwidth I’m using right now? Am I likely to exceed these limits? How can I know if the numbers don’t mean anything to me? Suggestions?