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Typepad vs. Radio Userland

(UPDATE 4/17/2005: The comments bring good news. Details at bottom.)

It's weird, maybe because there are more bloggers now, I have very few people linking directly to this blog. I abandoned my Radio Userland blog over a year ago, but it still gets more direct link hits (vs. bad google search "bait+tackle" hits,) than this Typepad blog. I remember tweaking with the Radio templates to make sure the blog post titles were permalinks to that post. That may be the problem. <--Fixed. See "Update" below.

While Typepad has some really nice drag-and-drop template design widgets, it is very confusing to create and use template sets. You have to duplicate one of their standard template sets, that's easy enough. Then you have to go a separate step to make sure your blog uses your special set. That works fine. But then - when you go through the control panel to change the font, it seems to start from scratch with a standard typepad template set that uses the font you just selected.

Typepad: Technorati Tags Included

ToDo:
Read the Technorati documentation on tags, implement tags in weblog DONE! Cross that one off ze list!

This is already done for you if you use Typepad:

• If your blog software supports categories and RSS/Atom (like Movable Type, WordPress, TypePad, Blogware, Radio), just use the included category system and make sure you're publishing RSS/Atom and we'll automatically include your posts! Your categories will be read as tags.
• If your blog software does not support those things, don't worry, you can still play.

SF Examiner on Brent and Mena Trott

What a kick to open today's SF Examiner Business section and see a big photo of and article on Brent and Mena Trott smack dab front and center. The online version does not include the photo, too bad. A nice picture of the happy couple in front of the Six Apart sign, reflecting their latest redesign.

Additional Uses for TypePad TypeLists

The full, unedited version of this how-to is can be found here: TypePad TypeLists - Tips.

You can use a Link TypeList to display HTML code, plain text (such as a welcome message, copyright notice, webring, Google ads, disclaimer, or other weblog add-ons) or images in your sidebar.

1) Create a Link TypeList
2) Create a new item in the TypeList
3) Add your content to the Notes field of the TypeList item.
4) Configure your TypeList - in the Display notes field, select "As text".

Your HTML code, text, or image will now display in your sidebar.

Typepad Wishlist

(Just in case anyone's listenening...)
Typepad has a really nice, clean content sorting applet in its control panel. Select the weblog to configure, then hit the Design->Content->Order. It lets you sort the sequence of your items in the left and right navbars via drag-drop. My wish: get one of these thingees to sort typelists too! I currently sort typelists by deleting items and re-adding them in the desired order.

Typepad Question

I miss Radio. Where do you go to ask a typepad question? Where is the user forum, and can you publish a category like "typepad questions" that goes to some magic aggregator blog?

My question: how in the heck do you edit your "about" page? I cannot find it in "Edit Configuration" or "Edit Style".