Helpful Blogging Links: How Can I Move My TypePad Blog to WordPress?

As I reported this week, Six Apart was bought by VideoEgg and together the two companies will become SAY Media. This acquisition has led to many bloggers being concerned over whether TypePad will continue to be supported. In short, yes, SAY Media will continue to support TypePad for the  foreseeable future. However, if you’re thinking [...]

Should I Migrate my TypePad Blog to WordPress?

Should I migrate my blog to WordPress? Given the brouhaha that’s going on this week (Six Apart was bought by VideoEgg and they’re forming a new company named SAY Media. Please click that link and read the article. I was surprised at a quote from SAY Media’s president about how they plan to work with [...]

Six Apart Sold to VideoEgg: What Does It Mean for Your TypePad Blog?

Tomorrow VideoEgg is expected to confirm that it has bought Six Apart, the parent company of the Movable Type, TypePad, and Vox blogging platforms. The two companies will lose their names and together will become SAY Media. According to Mashable, Chris Alden, the CEO of Six Apart will step down and Matt Sanchez, VideoEgg’s CEO, [...]

RSS Series: How do I burn my blog’s RSS feed with Feedburner?

Today I’m starting a five-part series about RSS and why you need it. Throughout the series you’ll learn what RSS is and why you need to make sure you’re offering it (Pt. 1) how to burn a feed with Feedburner (Pt. 1) how to offer your readers RSS via e-mail (Pt. 2) how to customize [...]

Helpful Blogging Links: Win a Year of TypePad, Tips for Using Your Digital Camera, Photoshop Tutorial

Every day I share links to all the tech articles I love on the Blogging Basics 101 Tumblr blog! Subscribe to the Tumblr blog and never miss another article. Win a Copy of TypePad for Dummies and a Year of TypePad! via Blogging Basics 101. Today’s the last day to enter to win a copy [...]

Win a Copy of TypePad for Dummies and a Year of TypePad!

It’s here! After months of hard work, Shannon and I are so pleased to announce that our book, TypePad For Dummies, is now on bookshelves. Want to know what you can expect to find inside? A basic explanation of blogging technologies, geared toward newbies to get them up to speed. We explain RSS feeds, Rich [...]

Microblogging Tool: TypePad Micro

BlogHer.com did a short series on mini-blogging and some of the popular tools for joining in the party. This article is part of that series. So far in our overview of microblogging tools I’ve introduced you to Tumblr and Denise admitted her addiction to Posterous. Those two tools are the most popular options going, but [...]

How to Automatically Publish Your Latest Posts to Twitter

For the last six or eight months, a friend of mine has told me that she uses Twitter as her RSS feed. She follows everyone she’s interested in and follows the links they provide via Twitter (whether to personal or news blogs). She doesn’t use any other aggregator. Her experience made me stop and think: [...]

TypePad for Dummies

Melanie (BloggingBasics101.com) & Shannon (RocksInMyDryer.net) have been tapped by Wiley Publishing to write the upcoming TypePad for Dummies book due in stores early 2010.

Choosing Typepad as Your Blogging Platform

Typepad is a paid, hosted platform and is one of the most popular options in the blogosphere right now. One of the questions I am asked most often is whether Typepad is worth paying for. Even though the service is reasonably priced, many bloggers aren’t sure they want to pay for their hobby, but they [...]