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TypePad Services is One! Help Us Give the Gift of Giving Back
TypePad Services is one year old! On December 2, 2008, TypePad Services had our first paying customer. Since then we've helped over 200 TypePad members make their blogs better, whether through a Tune-Up, a Power Launch, or a custom design service. We hope that you'll consider purchasing one of ...
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The President of Europe on TypePad
The newly-appointed "President of Europe", Herman Van Rompuy, is a longtime TypePad customer. He's filled his blog with speeches, political articles, book reviews, notable quotes and even his own haiku poems. Visit his blog at hermanvanrompuy.be .
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our our US readers! We'll be relaxing with too much turkey pie our families after a super-busy time launching cool new stuff. But as you know, there's always more we're up to, so stay tuned.
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A Thanksgiving Treat from Six Apart - TypePad Motion 1.1
At Six Apart we have a long history of developing leading class open source applications and supporting developers who contribute to the open source community. Our latest community microblogging application, TypePad Motion, has been extremely well received since it's launch over a month ago. As ...
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Best. Gift. Ever.
My mom prints out some of my blog posts and emails to save, and for my dad to read. While that's adorable, it's doesn't hold a candle to how happy my folks would be if I made them a Blurb book from my blog: If you want to make someone special in your life happy this holiday season, why ...
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Talk about Motion. Learn how to Django
Last week, Andrew and Matt from Six Apart's New York office gave a talk about TypePad Motion to the Django-NYC group. They gave a demo of the application, explained the basic infrastructure of TypePad Motion, demonstrated the installation process and explained the details of Motion's ...
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Use mod_wsgi for large TypePad Motion sites
So you've tried out the new TypePad Motion and now you're ready to run a large public community site. That is great news and we're here to help you! We just added a guide on using mod_wsgi to run production scale communities on a stable Web server environment. We hope this guide helps you run ...
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Announcing TypePad Micro
Announcing TypePad Micro
everything.typepad.com — (LAUNCHING WITHIN THE HOUR!) As part of our ongoing rollout of the NEW TypePad we are pleased... to announce new social blogging features and the launch of TypePad Micro: a completely free level of TypePad focused on easy sharing of text, photos, and ... (more) Announcing TypePad Micro
TypePad Traffic Tip #10. Reach Your Followers' Followers with Reblog and TypePad Micro
This morning we launched TypePad Micro. Micro is a free streamlined blog, powered by TypePad, and optimized for social media. Encourage your readers to share your content with their followers on their very own free Micro blogs. Reblogged content links directly back to your blog, driving ...
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Coming Tomorrow: Design Enhancements to Make TypePad Faster and Simpler
As we continue to make TypePad faster and simpler to use we want to give you a heads up about some changes you will see in our next product update tomorrow. Skip the ‘Sign In' link Tired of having to click on the sign-in link every time you visit TypePad.com? So are we. If you're already ...
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Social Media Optimization Checklist
We've added a bunch of features to TypePad to connect your blog to the social web to drive traffic and share your posts with your followers and friends. Here's a checklist of settings to be sure you're taking full advantage of TypePad's social media optimization along with links to full ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #9. Follow Others
TypePad's dashboard keeps you up to date with your favorite bloggers. If you want to encourage others to follow you, follow them! Be on the lookout for the Follow Module on your favorite blogs. Simply click to follow the blogger and your dashboard will show their latest posts, comments ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #8. Add Email Alerts
Repeat visitors are awesome and feed readers are pretty hawt. Still, some readers find it easier to see your latest posts in their morning email. TypePad helps your readers stay current with your blog in the format of their choice - even if it is good ol' email. Build your readership with ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #7. Harness the Power of Twitter
Twitter is everywhere these days, so you never know when an avalanche of Twitter traffic will skyrocket your blog into the stratosphere. Encourage Twitter users to blast your posts out to their friends with the 'Tweet This' button. Here's how: Go to Blogs > (Your Blog) > ...
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Coming soon: a fresh look for the TypePad Sign In page
In the coming weeks, the TypePad Sign In page will be getting a fresh new look. This is only a visual change, all the functionality remains the same. We thought it'd be a good idea to let you know in advance, so you are not surprised when you see its new look: What changed? We removed ...
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Django Tutorial @ Six Apart's New York Office - November 19th
Are you a developer or just want to learn more about Django? Come join the Six Apart crew in our New York office on November 19th at 7pm EST. Space is limited so sign up now! The format of the event will be fairly simple. Everybody who is looking to learn will be asked to attempt to ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #6. Optimize Your Post Titles
In your post titles and URL, every word counts. Edit your permalinks to include key words to help search engines match your posts with the right searches. The more specific words you use to describe your post the more your target audience is likely to find it. Here's how: When ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #5. Share Posts to Twitter and Facebook
It's great to send stuff out to your Twitter followers or Facebook friends but it can be a chore to post to multiple sites. With 'Share This Post' you can post to your blog, update your Twitter status and update your Facebook profile, with one click in the new TypePad. Here's how:  ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #4. Build Your Following
The new TypePad Dashboard is updated with your latest activity on TypePad. To encourage your readers to follow you, add the Follow Module to your sidebar. Then their Dashboards will update every time you post, comment or favorite. Here's how to add the Follow Module: Go to ...
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TypePad Traffic Tip #3. Invite Compliments with Favoriting
Two weeks ago, we added Favoriting to the all new TypePad because it's fun to recognize and recommend great posts. When someone "Favorites" your post, TypePad lets everyone in their network know to come check out your awesome-ness. How to enable Favorites: Go to Blogs > (Your ...
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