Killing nav-commenters.gif
You may have noticed it being generated in your blog and wondered about it purpose. You delete it because you don't need it and it keeps mysteriously coming back. I'm talking about nav-commenters.gif, that small graphics icon that MT generates in the root of every blog.
When introduced in MT 3.0, many where annoyed by this graphic's presence. Some went to some lengths to get rid o it.
It's purpose was never entirely clear to me, but I know it is related to comment logins (TypeKey) and something to do with cross domain cookies -- I think. I'm sure there was a good reason, but I've never heard anyone have a problem for lack of this file.
If this feature annoys you and you would like rid of it, good news! You can turn of this default behavior. Starting in 3.16, MT implemented a configuration directive that can disable the generation of that graphic. Just add this to your mt-config.cgi file:
PublishCommenterIcon 0
Don't forget to restart your web server if you are running MT in a persistent environment like FastCGI. Delete the files the system may have already created in each blog. nav-commenters.gif no more.
