At the request of the subject of one of our posts, we recently deleted a post from our blog database. But, while the post doesn't now appear in our Movable Type interface, nor in the monthly and category archives, it is still viewable by any sites that had directly linked to it, or by manually typing its direct URL.
The post in question is here: http://colossus.mu.nu/archives/186361.php
Is there a server cache that still may have the post in it or something? The person really wants this post deleted completely (and we don't have a problem doing so) so what needs to be done?
Thanks.
All versions of MT except the most recent (V3.3) have a horrific design flaw that SixApart insists isn't a bug, but also didn't do much to let their users know about.
Deleting a post from withing the MT interface DOES NOT DELETE THE POST FROM THE SERVER. So as in your case, anybody who knows the url, or has a link to it, can still get to it with no problem whatsoever.
Nice huh?
The only way to do what you need to do is to use the file manager in your cPanel account to go into your archives folder and find the file named 186361.php and delete it manually.
Paul
Posted by Light & Dark at August 4, 2006 06:38 AM
Now, see my new post!