Today Six Apart, the makers of TypePad, released a new TypePad PubSubHubub hub, which automatically promotes blog updates in real time. It’s a free feature for bloggers who use TypePad, and it automatically updates Google Reader, FriendFeed, SuperFeedr, and LiveDoor.
TypePad Connects You Via Google, Yahoo, AOL, WordPress, Etc.
Six Apart has made it simple for nearly anyone to sign in to TypePad Connect with other existing accounts via OpenID. If you have an account with Google, Yahoo, Blogger, Vox, LiveJournal, Wordpress.com, or AOL, you can easily sign in.
TypePad’s Blogger Bailout For Laid-Off Journalists
TypePad has introduced a "bailout" program for journalists who have been laid off or expect to be.
Learn To Put YouTube Videos On Your TypePad Blog
If you have a TypePad blog and want to add/embed a YouTube video into a post, you’re going to have to do a bit of under-the-hood work. Don’t worry! It’s not as tough as it sounds. Here’s the step-by-step process of embedding a YouTube video into a TypePad blog, even if the YouTube video is too wide.
WordPress Overtakes TypePad
If this were a car race, TypePad would now be seeing WordPress’s taillights; Automattic’s creation just passed its competitor in terms of traffic.
Avoid Duplicate Typepad Homepages
I had a client recently ask me about a blog that was using TypePad’s domain mapping feature and it was causing duplicate homepage URLs for the blog.
Creating a Social Media Bio in Typepad (without HTML)
If you are already a Movable Type or HTML expert, this post is not for you. But many fellow bloggers who are Typepad users (but not programming saavy) asked how I created my Social Media Bio and how they might do the same. For all of you that asked, here is how I hacked mine together – using a bare minimum of coding knowledge and mostly using the tools that already exist within Typepad:
TypePad Menus (And Getting Rid of the Border)
Have been doing some development work for a business blogging customer of ours, and again need to send out mad props (that’s what the kids these days say, right?) to John T. Unger and his Typepad Hacks site.
Getting Back up to Speed with TypePad
A welcome sight for every TypePad customer – you can access the TypePad service again and you can update your blog to reflect accurate content.
TypePad Customers Get an Offer That’s Hard to Refuse
As many TypePad users know, the hosted blog service has been a literal nightmare to use in recent months.