Overview

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. Guides you through choosing the right TypePad membership plan, signing up, configuring, using, and customizing a blog using the TypePad system Explains the process of signing up for a new TypePad blog and publishing your content on the Web Shares real-world examples that bring the book's ideas to life Get blogging today with TypePad!

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Author:   Melanie Nelson ,  Shannon Lowe
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9780470550946

ISBN 10:   0470550945
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   09 March 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 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

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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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