Shortly after upgrading Movable Type to 2.51 I was able to quickly add a search function (see down below to the right) by cutting and pasting the following code into my Main Index template:

<form method="get" action="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTSearchScript$>">
<input type="hidden" name="IncludeBlogs" value="<$MTBlogID$>" />
<label for="search" accesskey="4">Search this site:</label><br />
<input id="search" name="search" size="20" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

I also plan on revamping this layout which has never displayed properly on a Windows PC. Actually, it only works as I had planned on a Mac in Internet Explorer. On a PC, section borders don't align and my headings on the right lose their left border and margin. (If you're using a PC, here is what it's supposed to look like.)

I do most of my entries on an Apple PowerBook G4 laptop but I'm on my desktop PC now and I can see a huge difference in the colors as well. For instance, on my PowerBook the red photo in my masthead above closely matches the "thetoms" text but on my PC the photo is brighter and too saturated. I think the main reason for such a big difference in color is the display. Laptop screens in general are not as bright as desktop displays (both LCD and CRT types) and as a result colors are muted quite a bit. I noticed this before when I hooked up my PowerBook to my Sony LCD display — the external screen was much brighter with more contrast and the colors were much richer. When I redo my template, I'm going to be sure I use a desktop display. And I'll test the whole thing out on my PC as well!

I should add that sooner rather than later would be a good time for me to update my layout and templates since I've just refreshed my knowledge of HTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) from a project I'm in the middle of working on — updating http://www.bbdo.com.hk with our new logo and corporate identity. To ensure compliance with our new corporate identity guidelines, I copied http://logo.bbdo.com (our new corporate identity site) almost exactly (coding is different though)!