Start, use, and customize a TypePad blog today!
TypePad is known for its intuitive user interface, built-in SEO features, optional advertising, free professionally designed templates, fully hosted blogs, and outstanding customer support. This book guides you through the technical tasks necessary for starting, using, and customizing a TypePad blog.
Step-by-step tutorials walk you through the process of signing up for a new TypePad blog, while screen shots from real-world blogs bring the book's concepts to life.
Get blogging today with TypePad!
Show moreStart, use, and customize a TypePad blog today!
TypePad is known for its intuitive user interface, built-in SEO features, optional advertising, free professionally designed templates, fully hosted blogs, and outstanding customer support. This book guides you through the technical tasks necessary for starting, using, and customizing a TypePad blog.
Step-by-step tutorials walk you through the process of signing up for a new TypePad blog, while screen shots from real-world blogs bring the book's concepts to life.
Get blogging today with TypePad!
Show moreIntroduction 1
Part I: The Basics of Blogging 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Blogging and TypePad 9
Chapter 2: The Benefi ts of TypePad 23
Part II: Getting Started with TypePad 35
Chapter 3: Creating Your TypePad Account and Profi le 37
Chapter 4: Touring the TypePad Dashboard 51
Chapter 5: Creating Your First Blog 75
Chapter 6: Writing and Editing Your Blog Posts 97
Chapter 7: Interacting on Your Blog 121
Part III: Adding Useful Elements to Your TypePad Blog 137
Chapter 8: Using TypeLists and Widgets 139
Chapter 9: Adding Multimedia to Your Blog 163
Chapter 10: Exploring Social Media 183
Chapter 11: Finding and Using a TypePad Theme 205
Part IV: Taking Your Blog to the Next Level 243
Chapter 12: Making Money with Your Blog 245
Chapter 13: Importing, Exporting, and Archiving 257
Chapter 14: Tweaking Your TypePad Theme with
Custom CSS or Advanced Templates 263
Part V: The Part of Tens 295
Chapter 15: Ten Tips and Tricks 297
Chapter 16: Ten Places to Find TypePad Resources 315
Chapter 17: Ten Bloggers Using TypePad Well 325
Chapter 18: Ten Blogging Etiquette Tips 339
Appendix A: Domain Mapping 351
Appendix B: Third-Party Stat Counters 371
Index 385
Melanie Nelson is a technical writer and the author of BloggingBasics101.com, a leading resource for beginning and intermediate bloggers.
Shannon Lowe is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul, and Parent and Child Magazine.
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