Features
09.21.2005
Tips Accepted Here
Tips have long been a traditional way of saying thanks. The method of giving tips varies from country to country but the general nature of a tip is the same — a way to express gratitude to someone for a job well done. Now, Pro Level subscribers have a fast and easy way to receive tangible feedback from their readers by adding a Tip Jar to their weblog sidebar.
You put effort into your weblog – now you have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of your effort. And to make it easy, the Tip Jar feature works via PayPal, so millions of weblog readers can simply drop cash in to your weblog from their PayPal accounts or directly from their credit cards.
We updated TypePad’s Earnings Tracking section while developing the Tip Jar feature. This means that as a Pro-level blogger you can earn money from ads and tips, and track your progress as well as manage all of your Earnings activities in one place. We will be posting more details about how we updated the Earnings Tracking section soon. But first we want to get you started on receiving tips from readers.
Configuring Tip Jar is easy. Just follow the simple steps below or learn more details in the TypePad User Manual.
Setting Up Your Tip Jar
- Log in to TypePad and select the weblog to which you want to add a Tip Jar.
- Click on the Design Tab and Change Content Selections. You will see the new Tip Jar check box listed under Your Side Bar Content.
- Configure and select your preferences. You can choose a Tip Jar badge style, customize the badge title, provide a suggested Tip amount or even link to a post that describes your Tip Jar.
- Click Save Changes, and you are done.
You can also manage the location of your Tip Jar in the blog’s sidebar as you would any other sidebar content item. Just click Change Ordering in the Edit Design screen.
We look forward to seeing all the creative ways this new feature is put to use to help you get the most out of your blogging experience. Have fun!
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 09:21 AM | Permalink
08.30.2005
Just Your Style
In an effort to make it even easier for our TypePad Pro users to do cool things with their blog design, we created TypePad's new Custom CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) feature. You can now tailor the look and feel of your weblog without having to manage the complexity of advanced templates. By customizing the CSS instead of the templates, you can concentrate on the presentation of your weblog without having to worry about the underlying page structure.
And the best part of customizing the CSS rather than using advanced templates? Any time we add new features and content modules you'll be able to use them right away.
We asked Randy Reddig the TypePad engineer who developed this feature to tell us about why he created custom CSS and how you can take advantage of it on your blog.
Randy Reddig on Custom CSS
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A: I'm an engineer at Six Apart. I'm on sort of a long leave of absence from the gaming industry, implementing user interfaces. A typical day here involves wrangling JavaScript with a side of CSS to make our web apps hum. Some of the things I've done here include the standard Six Apart HTML and the new JavaScript libraries used in TypePad and Movable Type 3.2. Both the published side of things (weblogs) and the application interfaces present interesting challenges. I enjoy long walks in the park and am equally at home with contentEditable and unordered lists.
Continue reading “Just Your Style”
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 02:10 PM | Permalink
08.23.2005
Food for thought
This post is the fifth in a series of interviews with TypePad engineers describing the new features in TypePad, how to use them, and what motivated us to develop these features. Many of these features were developed as part of our recent Scratchathon.
Lilia Ahner on the new Gourmet Theme in TypePad.
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A: I am a visual and interaction designer at Six Apart which means that I work on the "look and feel" of themes for TypePad and our partners, including Major League Baseball. I also design graphics for the TypePad application and the Six Apart website.
Continue reading “Food for thought”
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 06:52 PM | Permalink
08.23.2005
Feed Me, Seymour!
This post is the fourth in a series of interviews with TypePad engineers describing the new features in TypePad, how to use them, and what motivated us to develop these features. Many of these features were developed as part of our recent Scratchathon.
Ben Trott on the new Feeds TypeList.
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A: I'm the co-founder and CTO, which means that I'm involved with technical stuff on all of our products and engineering teams; but in practice I do engineering mostly on TypePad.
Continue reading “Feed Me, Seymour!”
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 10:40 AM | Permalink
08.22.2005
Getting Your Sidebar Just Right
This post is the third in a series of interviews with TypePad engineers describing the new features in TypePad, how to use them, and what motivated us to develop these features. Many of these features were developed as part of our recent Scratchathon.
Mark Paschal on the new Notes TypeList.
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A: I'm a general software developer on TypePad, so I design and write code to implement new features and fix bugs.
Continue reading “Getting Your Sidebar Just Right”
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 01:11 PM | Permalink
08.19.2005
Podcasting Support in TypePad
This post is the second in a series of interviews with TypePad engineers describing the new features in TypePad, how to use them, and what motivated us to develop these features. Many of these features were developed as part of our recent Scratchathon.
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa on full podcasting support now supported in TypePad.
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A:I am a TypePad engineer, and I work mainly on API extensions and globalization of the application. I'm from Japan and I am based in Six Apart's Tokyo office, but I frequently visit our headquarters in San Francisco to do on-site development just like I've been doing for 2 months this summer.
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Posted by Mena Trott at 05:06 PM | Permalink
08.18.2005
Pick your Pics
This post is the first in a series of interviews with TypePad engineers describing the new features in TypePad, how to use them, and what motivated us to develop these features. Many of these features were developed as part of our recent Scratchathon.
Nick O'Neill on the new TypePad feature that allows you to choose which Photo Albums to display in your sidebar.
Q: What do you do at Six Apart?
A: I've been working in interface engineering on TypePad and I think the favorite part of my job is getting to work with such brilliant people. I get to learn new things about all different sides of TypePad and Movable Type almost daily.
Continue reading “Pick your Pics”
Posted by Deborah Schultz at 10:21 AM | Permalink
