Third Party Applications
06.28.2006
TypePad button for Google Toolbar
If you're using Google's Internet Explorer toolbar Version 4, we've whipped up an experimental button you can add for posting to your blog. It works almost exactly like our QuickPost bookmarklet -- clicking it will take any text you've highlighted on your current page and insert that text into a new post. Additionally, the button lets you stay up to date on the latest news from Everything TypePad.
» Install the toolbar button.
(Requires the beta version of Google Toolbar v4 Internet Explorer.)
Posted by Michael Sippey at 10:24 AM | Permalink
03.29.2006
Introducing TypePad Widgets: Bling for your Blog
Ever wanted to spice up the sidebar of your blog with some content or functionality from another site? Today we just made that a whole lot easier. We’re excited to introduce TypePad Widgets, a new feature for TypePad that will bring dozens of features to your blog from the sites you're already using.
What’s a Widget, you ask? It could be a list of your most recent photos, or a topic-oriented search box, or a stats counter, or ads that help you make money, or a badge to help your users subscribe to your feed, or even a Flash game or a chat window. We call it "bling for your blog." We're launching with dozens of widgets from more than 30 partners, and more are on the way. Here are just a few of the things you can do with TypePad Widgets:
- Add your Technorati profile to your blog
- Share a custom search roll with Rollyo
- Publicize your FeedBurner feed
- Let your readers find their next job from Jobster, Indeed and Simply Hired
- Highlight your favorite lens from Squidoo to your blog
- Let your readers subscribe to your blog via email, thanks to FeedBlitz
Adding a Widget is simple. Just browse the TypePad Widget Gallery to choose the Widget that’s right for your blog, configure it at the Widget provider’s site, and then post it to your blog. We’ve added an easy way for you to choose the blog you want to add it to and preview it before it gets posted. To learn more, read our Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about TypePad Widgets, which has information about why we developed Widgets, what you can do with Widgets on your blogs, and more.
Interested in developing your own Widgets? Today we’re also launching an open program for Widget developers. The API is easy to use; if you’re interested in developing a Widget and want to learn more, get in touch.
We love bling, we love blogs. What’s not to love about bling on your blog? We’re excited about the launch of Widgets, and look forward to bringing you more...
Posted by Michael Sippey at 11:00 PM | Permalink
04.05.2005
Breathing Life into Moblogging
When I started working at Six Apart, I pledged to get a new camera phone and try this whole “moblogging� thing for myself. I admit it, I was skeptical at first. Primarily because my experiences with camera phones up until that point were disappointing at best: the photo quality was pretty poor, and it was too difficult to get my photos off the phone and put them some place where others could see them.
And that’s the whole point right? I mean, what good is taking a photo, if I can’t share it just as easily? What I want is a way to share the photos I take with my phone with my friends and family online. If you are using a camera phone and have a bunch of photos stuck in memory, it's a snap to send them straight to your TypePad blog.
We've teamed up with the folks at Nokia so that moblogging to your TypePad account is now even better. The TypePad multimedia templates are even optimized for Lifeblog, ensuring that your photos look their best. I am no longer a skeptic. Lifeblog and TypePad combine the sharing of photos with the taking of photos – in one phone, in one mobile application, in one action: point, click and share.
If you have a TypePad weblog and a Lifeblog enabled Nokia phone, you should seriously consider downloading Lifeblog. Viewing, managing and sharing your photos just got a whole lot easier . So, what are you waiting for? Moblog!
Posted by Byrne Reese at 02:49 PM | Permalink
06.07.2004
Plugging into TypePad
One of the best ways to extend your TypePad weblog is by connecting other tools and services to make updating your site easier and more powerful. Though these tools aren't made by us at Six Apart, we do think they're pretty cool and you might want to give them a try on your own weblog.
audblog (signup for TypePad users) and Audioblog (check out the Audioblog TypePad site) are two services for posting audio to your Typepad weblog. Both of these tools are paid services, but audblog offers a free trial.
And Mac users on OS X who manage their photos in Apple's iPhoto will definitely want to try PhotoToTypePad. This neat little extension for iPhoto lets you export an album right into a TypePad photo album. There's a free 10 day demo version if you want to give it a spin, and there's no easier way to upload pictures to TypePad from your Mac.
Posted by Anil Dash at 08:20 PM | Permalink
09.22.2003
Editing TypePad Weblogs with NetNewsWire
Brent has posted a write-up on how to configure NetNewsWire so you can edit your TypePad weblog with NetNewsWire.
Posted by Mena Trott at 05:16 PM | Permalink
08.25.2003
TypePad and aggregators
First, what is an aggregator or news reader? Basically, it's an application (desktop, web-based, plugin) that allows you to subscribe to "feeds" of weblogs and news sites. Usually, these applications are scheduled to check and see if any of the sites you have subscribed to have been updated and if they have, the new version of the site (usually a post) will appear for you to read. Aggregators are great because they bring weblog updates to you, instead of you having to actively look to see if your favorite reads have been updated.
The image to the right is an example of an aggregator (in this case, NetNewsWire for the Mac). You can see in the left pane some of the sites I'm subscribe to. In the right pane are the most recent posts from one weblog. Depending on the feed you're subscribed to, you can either see the author's entire post or just an excerpt. With TypePad, your feeds (the file people can subscribe to) are generated by default.
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Posted by Mena Trott at 06:05 PM | Permalink
