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Adding ShareThis plugin to Advanced Typepad Templates

May 6, 2008 | Filed under: Tutorials

After looking for some answers and being very unsatisfied with the amount of information out there, I decided to share this.

What you need

1. You’ll need advanced template access in Typepad.
2. A Share This script for your registered blog.
3. Some HTML knowledge.

Basics

The Typepad foundation uses Moveable Type tags. You’ll see a tag called < MT Entries > that surrounds your posts. These tags are what list the posts on the page. There is an tag to close the post area. You’ll need to use these tags to place the ShareThis script in each post.

If you … Continue reading »


Posted by Leslie @ 12:01 pm   

WordPress 2.5.1

April 25, 2008 | Filed under: News

2.5.1 was released today, so if you been waiting to upgrade, now’s the time to do it.  This new release contains one important security fix for 2.5, so it’s important you upgrade soon.

If you are just concerned with fixing the security issue you may download and replace these files:

But you should really upgrade everything as 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including:

  • Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
  • Better performance for those who have many categories
  • Media Uploader fixes
  • An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
  • Widget Administration fixes
  • Various usability improvements
  • Layout fixes for IE

Also, as of 2.5 they’ve … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 2:57 pm   

WP Admin Area Options

April 21, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web, Downloads

If you’ve already upgraded to WordPress 2.5, then you know that 2.5 brings a BIG change to the admin area.  Automattic worked with a team from Happy Cog Studios to redesign the admin area for greater ease and usability.  However, while this improvement may help users new to WordPress, people used to the old admin area may be having some issues acclimating to the new interface.  In fact some “power users” downright hate it.  While that’s a perfectly valid point of view, I consider myself a power user, and I actually really like the new interface.  That’s not … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 3:04 pm   

Have you upgraded yet?

April 16, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

WordPress 2.5 has been out for over 2 weeks, have you upgraded yet? I waited about a week to make sure there were no major issues right after the release, but as of this past weekend all my personal/business WP sites as well an a good portion of my client’s sites have been upgraded. If you haven’t upgraded yet, what are you waiting for?

I’ve come across several bloggers who are waiting for the release of 2.5.1. I can’t really blame them for this logic. It should fix all of the major bugs that have cropped up … Continue reading »


Posted by Emily @ 4:20 pm   

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April 2, 2008 -

If you are having any problems with your 2.5 installation or are just generally confused about where certain things are now, this post at Weblog Tools Collection has a very comprehensive list of helpful answers and fixes to problems.

Update: More FAQs.


February 12, 2008 -

The extremely useful Share This social bookmarking plugin by Alex King (that we use on this very blog) is now available for TypePad and Blogger users! In addition to that, registered users now have access to snazzy new usage reports for the plugin.


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