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 [...]
Helpful Blogging Links: How Can I Move My TypePad Blog to WordPress?
September 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Should I Migrate my TypePad Blog to WordPress?
September 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
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 [...]
Giveaway: WordPress In Depth (book)
April 19, 2010 By
This giveaway is closed. A few months ago, Pearson Education contacted me to see if I would accept a copy of WordPress In Depth by Bud Smith and Michael McCallister to do a review and a giveaway. I don’t usually have time to do book reviews, but I was interested in how this book presented [...]
Choosing WordPress as Your Blogging Platform
February 4, 2009 By 15 Comments
I have told you before that WordPress is the industry standard for bloggers. Certainly you have options (e.g., Blogger and Typepad), but if you want to put a more professional edge on your blog, add more functionality, and simply take it to the next level, you need to be looking at WordPress. There are two [...]
Choosing a Blogging Platform
January 21, 2009 By 28 Comments
When you decide to start your own blog, there are many choices to be made. The very first choice is which platform to use. The most popular blog platforms are Blogger, Typepad, and WordPress. This article will explain the basic differences of these platforms and the pros and cons of each. When choosing your blog [...]
User Feedback: WordPress is Nice
May 3, 2007 By 6 Comments
Today is WordPress day. Our guest blogger is Kathryn from Daring Young Mom. She rocks. You’ll soon see why (if you are the last person on earth not reading her blog, that is). I switched from Blogger to Wordpress in August of 2006, almost one year after I started blogging. Blogger was currently experiencing a [...]
Which blog platform should I choose?
March 30, 2007 By 1 Comment
There are so many blogging platforms (the company that provides your blog software–e.g., Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress) out there it would impossible for me to list them all. However, there are several that are the most popular and I’ll cover those in this post. Rather than re-type information that is already out there, I will [...]
